The offbeat French rom-com Paris Manhattan is the debut feature for writer/director Sophie Lellouche. Despite its soufflé-light story the film manages to eschew much of the cheesiness normally associated with rom coms particularly those from Hollywood. The film stars Alice Taglioni as a pharmacist also named Alice who, despite being in her 30’s and looking only a few airbrushes away
Read moreBaseball films have a unique place within the sports film genre as they seem to embody American culture and mythology like no other. Even for those who don’t like the sport itself, baseball films seem to have at least some sort of folksy appeal. So it is with Clint Eastwood’s latest film (this time just as an actor) Trouble with
Read moreThe Perks of Being a Wallflower at first seems like it might be aimed exclusively at self-pitying emos. That, however, would be denying the film its due credit as it’s a mostly funny and sensitive film with a dark undercurrent and a terrific soundtrack. Like the John Hughes films of the 80’s and the more recent Adventureland this film explores
Read moreTune in tomorrow at 8:45am to find out how the first Christmases were celebrated in Australia in 1788 and those early years Songs of Hope website: http://songsofhope883.wordpress.com/
Read moreWith the end of 2012 and the Built For Speed end of year spectacular fast approaching we look at some of the tracks that made our best of lists in the last few years. There’s also a smattering of classic rock and a few tracks that just missed out this year. We also review two romantic comedies Paris Manhattan and Two Days
Read moreThis week on Radio Ga Ga we are returning to the alphabet and playing all bands beginning with the letter “B”. There have been plenty of goodies including Beatles, Bee Gees, Blondie, Bon Jovi and Blink 182 but we shall delve deeper than that and you will also hear some great tracks from the likes of Boo Radleys, Better Than
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