Tune in tomorrow 16th March to Songs of Hope at 8:45 am to hear the story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, executed by the nazis during world war 2. Segment prepared and presented by local pastor Chris Whiting. Segment play time is 6 minutes. Songs of Hope also features a sermon by local pastor Mark Durie who speaks on the topic “Jesus
Read moreNebraska is exactly the sort of film that generates instant Oscar buzz, a quirky yet solemn tale of crumbling dreams and redemption steeped in Americana and anchored by an idiosyncratic Becket-esque performance. Bruce Dern plays irascible scraggly-haired old drunk Woodrow Grant who, sadly, floats in a state between retirement and encroaching dementia. Mistakenly believing that a sweepstakes letter guarantees him
Read moreThere’s little doubt that writer/ director Scott Cooper is a fan of The Deer Hunter as he sets his latest film, Out Of The Furnace, in a Pennsylvania steel town, has major characters returning from a contentious war and has in Christian bale, a lead character who, like Robert De Niro in The Deer Hunter, is taciturn, resourceful, goatee-bearded and
Read moreJoin two! that’s right, not one but two!! special guests on this edition of The Purple Haze Archive: Mick Flinn & Donna Jones. Mick Flinn is best known for being a member of The Mixtures (‘The Pushbike Song’) as well as legendary 60s garage band, ‘The Wild Colonials‘. Donna Jones had the Number 1 smash hit ‘The Way You Do It‘ under the moniker, ‘Pussyfoot‘. Mick & Donna discuss their musical journey
Read moreMost films are aimed at particular demographics: Hollywood blockbusters pander to 14 year old boys and teen lit adaptations to adolescent females. Chilean film Gloria, is that rare commodity, a film aimed at women aged over 40. Falling somewhere between relationship drama, oddball comedy and self-empowerment parable, the film sees 50-something divorcee Gloria (Paulina Garcia) awkwardly attempting to re-enter the
Read moreIt’s classic album time once again on Built For Speed and this month we head back to 2003 for The White Stripes “new rock” masterpiece Elephant. We also have plenty of fine new music from Australia and overseas including Jeremy Neal and The East Brunswick All Girls Choir. On the movie front we take a look at two films based on
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