Only a viewer with ice in their veins could fail to be moved by low-budget US indie drama Short Term 12. Based on writer/ director Destin Cretton’s 2008 short film, Short Term 12 is set in a foster care facility for troubled and abused teenagers and focuses on social worker Grace (United States of Tara’s Brie Larsen) who supervises the
Read moreNorthern Ireland singer songwriter David McWilliams best known for the classic song Days of Pearly Spencer sadly died on January 8, 2002. In this annual tribute with Gil McWilliams, who was married to David McWilliams, we discuss his early career. David McWilliams Official Website: Click Here Purple Haze is sponsored by Classic Cars with Character
Read moreThis weeks Radio Ga Ga revisits the year 1970 in music, trivia and history. Lots of great tunes, with Chicago, Zeppelin, CCR, Three Dog Night, The Partridge Family, Black Sabbath, CSNY, Bobby Sherman and Edison Lighthouse will all be stopping by for a visit as we wind back the old clock to the year of the West Gate Bridge disaster,
Read moreThis week on Built For Speed we take a look at two films designed for slightly different audiences: Disney animated adventure/ comedy Frozen and the emotional story of a mother (played by Dame Judy Dench) searching for a child lost decades ago in the drama Philomena. There’s also some fine music from Australia and overseas including a tribute to David Bowie who turned 67 on
Read morePhilomena, starring Dame Judy Dench and Steve Coogan is an unashamed tear-jerker but an extremely affecting one. The film, based on an article by British journalist and former political spin-doctor Martin Sixsmith, tells of elderly Irish woman, Philomena Lee’s quest to find the son taken from her 50 years earlier. While a teenager in the early 1960’s, Philomena gave birth
Read moreListen again to Songs of Hope for 5 January 2014. Its the first Songs of Hope for the new year. Listen to one hour of superb Christian praise and worship music. Includes a feature on the Aussie Legend band “Family” from the 70s at the halfway mark, and at three quarters of the way through, a 5 minute feature on
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