The musical is a rare film genre these days with La La Land one of the few recent examples. It seems the broad theatrical acting, cheesy scenarios and often clunky combination of real world drama and song-and-dance fantasy stretches credulity a little too far for the more cynical modern audience. It’s a credit largely to the song writing genius of
Read moreIt will be obvious to anyone who has seen the trailer that Skyscraper is really just a remake of the 1988 Bruce Willis film Die Hard as once again an intrepid, resourceful and apparently indestructible hero battles evil terrorists in a towering building. The hero in this case is security assessor and former FBI agent Will Sawyer (Dwayne ‘The Rock’
Read moreAnyone familiar with the films of New Zealand director Taika Waititi will recognise his idiosyncratic style: low budget and aesthetically minimalist with extremely droll piss-taking humour, absurdist depictions of everyday life and affectionate oddball characters. This is almost the house style for his company, Piki Films and it carries through to their latest effort The Breaker-Upperers which, for about half its
Read moreBEST MEDICINE – today – Allergy & anaphylaxis information; Hearing for Learning; and Dr Sarah Hughes will talk about her book on parenting teenage girls. Please join me, Gaytana
Read moreGet Ready ’cause here they come! is a dance event organised by the not-for-profit society “Hooked on Dancing”. Organiser Sam spoke to Colin Tyrus and tells us that tickets are now on sale for the 24 August event at Eddies Band Room, 168 Chesterville Road, Cheltenham. For enquiries and table bookings, phone 0417 054 993
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Listen again to Songs of Hope Sunday Worship, broadcast on 19Aug18 on Southern FM 88.3. Play time is 18 minutes.
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