Songs of Hope podcast 8Jan17

Listen to 8Jan17 Christian News Bulletin and the story of Mary Glowrey. Mary Glowrey was a Catholic Christian who went to India after the first World War and spent her working life caring for the sick there. Our hymns podcast for 8Jan17 includes the following: St. Michael’s Singers – Soldiers of Christ Arise Bernard Hull – Psalm 23 Dallas Christian

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Film review: LA LA LAND, from ‘Built For Speed’

La La Land is Whiplash director Damien Chazelle’s exhilarating homage to 1950’s musicals and the artists who struggle to make it in the dubious city of dreams that is LA.  Superbly crafted from its touching love story to its vibrant cinematography and sprightly musical numbers this is a cinematic experiment that works from beginning to end. Chazelle’s triumph is his

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Film review: WHY HIM?, from ‘Built For Speed’

Why Him?, which stars Bryan Cranston, James Franco and Zoey Deutch, attempts to update the old-fashioned Father Knows Best-style comedy to the less wholesome digital generation.  It also vaguely recalls Meet the Parents but while that film was genuinely funny and was able to cleverly balance quirky humour with familial warmth this movie subjects us to irritating characters and for

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Film review: RED DOG: TRUE BLUE, from ‘Built For Speed’

Red Dog was one of recent Australian cinema’s greatest success stories, an unassuming and charming family film that ended up being a box office hit.  Red Dog proved (as we should have already known) that films about Australia and our national culture will find an audience.  With that film’s success a sequel was inevitable.  While unlikely to become as iconic

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‘Built For Speed’ Playlist, Friday 6th January 2017

Built for Speed – 6th January 2017 QUEEN – Let me entertain you. SASKWATCH – I get lonely. (Aus) HALFWAY – Dropout. (Aus) TEETH AND TONGUE – Cupcake. (Aus) DAVID BOWIE – Moonage Daydream. STATUS QUO – Rockin’ all over the world. GEORGE MICHAEL – Shoot the dog. THE REPLACEMENTS – Little mascara. TOM WAITS – Hang down your head.

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Almost a saint

Listen to Songs of Hope this Sunday 8Jan17 for the story of Mary Glowrey. Mary Glowrey was a Catholic Christian who spent her life tending the sick in India. She may well be made saint shortly. Her story goes to air at 8:45am and goes for 5 minutes. Another feature this Sunday is Mark Durie’s talk to open the new

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