WRITE NOW
TONIGHT – 27/9/12 – on Write Now – a reading by Matteo, of Hazel Edwards’ story Titanic Dog – and then I talk with the multi talented David Campbell about his latest award winning pieces. Please join me – Gaytana
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TODAY – on Best Medicine – I’m talking with Karen Fischer about her book: The Eczema Diet and with M. C. Nagel about his book: Nurturing a Healthy Mind (what matters most for your child’s developing brain) and more. Please join me – Gaytana
Read moreFilm review: MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED, from Built For Speed
The DreamWorks animated films haven’t quite earned the critical plaudits of the Pixar masterpieces but they have chalked up sufficiently good box-office to spawn a few sequels and now we have one of their most successful franchises, Madagascar, back for a third helping. This time that lovable quartet of oddly non-aggressive zoo creatures: Alex the lion voiced by Ben Stiller,
Read moreBuilt For Speed, Playlist, Friday 21st September 2012
BUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 21st SEPTEMBER 2012 1. THE VACCINES – Teenage icon 2. AGAINST ME – White people for peace. 3. BAND OF HORSES – Feud. 4. RED KROSS – Meet Frankenstein. 5. THE SMITHS – There is a light that never goes out. 6. WHEATUS – Teenage dirt bag. 7. BILLY BRAGG – Waiting for the great leap
Read moreFilm review: BAIT 3D, from Built For Speed
That definitive shark movie Jaws invoked Melville’s Moby Dick in its tale of man’s quest to conquer nature. Bait has no such lofty ambitions instead it takes the Dawn of the Dead scenario of people fighting for survival in a supermarket, removes the social commentary about consumerism and adds sharks. The result is a silly, gory, horror comedy that probably
Read moreFilm review: Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3 – Dog Days, from Built For Speed
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid films aren’t the most important literary adaptations of recent times but their popularity is undeniable with the first two films generating a tidy $100 mill in pre-tween bucks. The third film Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3: Dog Days sees the eponymous wimp Greg Scheffer (Zach Gordon) trying to deal with the dilemma of
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