Film review: HITCHCOCK, from Built For Speed

Hitchcock, is a prosaic but still engrossing biopic of the legendary director Alfred Hitchcock (played here by Anthony Hopkins).  Based on the critically acclaimed Stephen Rebello book “Alfred Hitchcock and the making of Psycho”, the film doesn’t provide an overview of Hitchcock’s life but instead focuses on a pivotal segment of it, in this case the making of what is

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THE PURPLE HAZE ARCHIVE presents THE ANNUAL TRIBUTE to DAVID McWILLIAMS 2013 PODCAST

PODCAST: Our Annual Tribute to Northern Irish singer songwriter David McWilliams best known for the classic song “Days of Pearly Spencer”. Our guest is Gil McWilliams, who was married to David McWilliams, all the way from Northern Ireland.  This tribute podcast concentrates on the many many worldwide covers of “Days of Pearly Spencer”. DAVID McWILLIAMS OFFICIAL WEBSITE: Here HURRY LAST WEEKS!!! Purple Haze is sponsored by

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RADIO GA GA’S FORGOTTEN SONGS

Radio Ga Ga is a show that invents a theme each week and bases its music selections for the week around that theme. This week on RGG we are remembering the “forgotten songs”. Yes, Ol ’55 had a hit with “On The Prowl” but do you remember “Two Faces Have I”?, Thin Lizzy belted out “The Boys Are Back In

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BLUE EYES CRY to ramp up Live Sunday Sessions

The Melbourne Blues scene’s latest best kept secret appear this Sunday on the 88.3 Live Sunday Sessions. A relatively new addition to the vibrant Melbourne blues movement after crossing over from the dark side (Sydney), Blue Eyes Cry are an uber impressive live combination so listeners are guaranteed a spectacular hour of live soulful rockin’ electric blues, but without a

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Film review: JACK REACHER, from Built For Speed

The lengthy right-wing revenge fantasy Jack Reacher brings to the screen the violent antics of a character who has appeared in 17 novels by author Lee Child. In the title role, Tom Cruise plays a former soldier now drifter who goes from town to town having adventures just like Bill Bixby in The Incredible Hulk.  In this film he’s called

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