The annual Hollywood awards season is late arriving, but that doesn’t mean it has lost its impact or importance. In fact, it has suddenly brought more choice for both big screen and home viewing. The delay, of course, is Covid-19 related, as most cinemas in North America, Europe, and much of the rest of the … Read More about Awards season boosts choice
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Ghosts in the Opera House
The essence of any great ghost story is the ... Read More about Ghosts in the Opera House
Streaming sweetens summer cinema
The fallout from Covid-19 has proved disastrous ... Read More about Streaming sweetens summer cinema
A forgettable year
Three months in, 2020 was shaping up as another ... Read More about A forgettable year
“Six top pop-rock songs for a top son”: that was the working title for this piece (my wife detested it). It’s been kicking around in my head since my boy was born several weeks ago.
The works of Jane Austen have created about 60 screen adaptations from just six novels.
Reviewed by PAT LYTHE Living in the Planet Earth, the latest by Accent Publications, speaks right into one of the major issues of our time and challenges those of us who live and worship in faith communities to examine if we accept that buying into and interacting with ecological issues is part of our core belief. A wide range … Read More about Encouraging action on ecological issues
“Seems to me that the musicians responsible for the soundtrack to filmmaker Taika Waititi’s recent triumph Hunt for the Wilderpeople played no small part in its success. The band goes by the name Moniker but is made up of core members of Wellington’s The Phoenix Foundation. They share with Waititi a sly sense of humour and a playful … Read More about Kiwi band gets on with stuff
This year’s crop of comic book-based superhero blockbusters has so far proved disappointing, with the exception of the quirky Deadpool.
Reviewed by PAT LYTHE. Love’s Urgent Longings, this slim (100 pages) book, packs a powerful punch as retired Australian Bishop Geoffrey Robinson, whose book Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church (2007) caused alarm and criticisms from the hierarchy, as he criticised the Church’s response to the sexual abuse crisis.
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