Martin Scorsese’s latest film Hugo is a weird mix of tween romance, gadget film, Oliver style orphan drama, slapstick comedy, cinema nostalgia and of course (being a Scorsese film) a redemption story. This incongruous mix could have been a huge mess (some parts certainly fail to fire) but with Scorsese’s sure hand it holds together and offers something for kids
Read moreThe Descendants is the latest film for writer/director Alexander Payne who brought us the excellent Sideways back in 2004. Like Sideways, The Descendants combines painful self-reflection, male mid-life crisis and quirky comedy for a slightly odd but engrossing view of middle class angst. With The Descendants, Payne also adds potent family drama and a moving story of loss. Despite a
Read moreA totally excellent show at the GH Hotel in St.Kilda featuring some of AUSTRALIA’S finest blues musicians on Sunday 22nd January was captured for posterity by the Southern FM team and now you get to hear it on 88.3 on AUSTRALIA DAY. Following our live broadcast of the Great Australia Day Swim from Brighton Beach you can top your afternoon
Read morePLAY LIST 20/1/2012 1. COURTNEY LOVE – Mono 2. YOU AM I – Fifteen 3. THE DAMNED – Song.com 4. YEAH YEAH YEAHS – Turn into 5. CAPTAIN SENSIBLE – Wot 6. 28 DAYS – Rip it up 7. HOODOO GURUS – I want you back 8. DEREK AND THE DOMINOS – Bell Bottom Blues 9. DEREK AND THE DOMINOS
Read moreTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy which is directed by Let the Right One In’s Thomas Alfredson is the second adaptation of the famed John Le Carre spy thriller; it was previously turned into a TV mini-series in 1979. This film certainly has impressive credentials: it’s adapted from an acclaimed novel and features a stellar cast including Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and
Read moreStephen Spielberg’s old fashioned WW1 epic War Horse is at times thrilling and moving but too often falls victim to Spielberg’s cheesy filmmaking style. Initially set in a John Ford approved scenic English valley, the film sees young Albert (Jeremy Irvine) the son of a turnip farmer dedicating himself to raising a thoroughbred horse named Joey. When the farm falters
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