SECA PODCAST # 14
Round 9 matches got underway in SECA cricket with critical matches the order of the day. In Longmuir Shield 8 clubs are seeking only 4 spots so every game is important and the SECA panel check out the days play.
Read morePodcast – Rob Hirst on Purple Haze with Mark Naumann talks about The Sun Becomes The Sea
On this Podcast, Mark Naumann from Purple Haze is joined by Rob Hirst (Midnight Oil, Backsliders, Ghostwriters) chatting about Rob’s debut solo album ‘The Sun Becomes The Sea’. Rob chats about and introduces all 11 tracks from the album as well as many interesting stories along the way. The album can be downloaded for free from www.robhirst.com.au Purple Haze is
Read moreFilm review: BIRDMAN, from ‘Built For Speed’
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s idiosyncratic serio-comic take on the machinations of theatre, the decline of cinema and the fickleness of celebrity, Birdman, has been the toast of international film festivals meaning it has arrived on our shores carrying the weight of enormous expectation. That sort expectation often leads to disappointment and that is to some extent the case here. While this
Read moreFilm review: INTO THE WOODS, from ‘Built For Speed’
Into the woods, which is based on a stage musical, mixes the stories of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and Rapunzel into a campy fairy tale meta-movie. While this attempt at a jokey musical comedy initially offers some pantomime amusement it transforms into a turgid, overlong snooze fest. Set in a mythical medieval kingdom, the story
Read moreFilm review – PAPER PLANES, from ‘Built For Speed’
The charming Australian film Paper Planes has many of the ingredients usually found in successful Aussie movies: a story of triumph over adversity, larrikin humour and young romance and like recent hits such as Red Dog it deserves to become a family favourite. Ed Oxenbould, who was so impressive as the conniving younger brother in the excellent TV adaptation of
Read moreFilm review – UNBROKEN, from ‘Built For Speed’
Unbroken is Angelina Jolie‘s second film as director following 2011’s In the Land of Blood and Honey. A World War Two drama, Unbroken explores important topics in an earnest manner and with impressive film-making technique but doesn’t amount to an entirely satisfying film. Unbroken tells the gruelling story of American Private Louis Zamperini (Jack O’Connell) a delinquent kid turned star
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