The lack of Easter-themed movies at the cinema has been exacerbated by Hollywood’s freeze on big-budget movies in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. The central event of the Christian religion has been sidelined since the epics thrived in the 1950s and 1960s. These biblical classics are still available through online rentals from You Tube … Read More about Easter viewing at home
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Madness of the heart
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Hanks is on a mission
The classic Hollywood man-on-a-horse western has ... Read More about Hanks is on a mission
Awards season boosts choice
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The essence of any great ghost story is the ambiguity of whether the supernatural could be a real presence, or is purely in the mind. Henry James wrote The Turn of the Screw as a magazine serial in 1898. It was an instant success, possibly because it was an easy … Read More about Ghosts in the Opera House
The fallout from Covid-19 has proved disastrous for the local box office at a time when moviegoing should be at its peak, boosted by Hollywood Oscar hopefuls. But with studio production still languishing, and continuing pandemic lockdowns around the world, cinemas are having their worst year in decades. In New … Read More about Streaming sweetens summer cinema
Three months in, 2020 was shaping up as another banner year for movies and the cinema industry. The Oscar season was in full swing, with 1917, Little Women, Emma and Richard Jewell among those from prominent directors and making the running with audiences and critics alike. They were backed up … Read More about A forgettable year
REFLECTIONS IN A MONASTERY GARDEN, published for the Carmelite Sisters in Christchurch, with illustrations by Sr Teresa Kelleher OCD. Reviewed by LYNDSAY FREER Every page of this delightful book is beautifully illustrated with flowers and blossoms of many different kinds, from rhododendrons to waterlilies, and on each page is a … Read More about A floral tribute to beauty behind the monastery walls
A series of real-life terrors has given the year’s output of horror films a fresh sense of relevance. While Covid-19 pandemic is still claiming lives it has yet to make a big screen presence. That is partly due to the sustained damage to the cinema industry, among others, of the … Read More about Horror movie full of meaning
Female-centred musical biopics seldom stray from the path of a shining star that fades due to male jealousy, lousy personal decisions, and some form of addiction. The gold standard is A Star is Born, which has been made three times since the original 1937 non-musical version. Its story of an … Read More about Reddy stays steady
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