The Wager
03/11/08 | Mark Hadley
Christian films often run the risk of looking strained or improbable for the simple reason that the decisions the key characters make just don’t seem to make sense to an unbelieving world.
Packed to the Rafters
27/10/08 | Mark Hadley
So much Australian drama builds on the need for flexible morality to navigate a complex world. But Packed to…
Burn After Reading
20/10/08 | Joseph Smith
The makers of last year’s Academy Award Winner for Best Picture, Joel and Ethan Cohen, are back with another…
The Duchess
01/10/08 | Joseph Smith
Big wigs, beautiful dresses and cultured British accents can't hide the fact that this BBC co-production is little…
Up the Yangtze
21/09/08 | Alison Watts
While concurrently watching the Olympics and Paralympics on television which were being staged in Beijing I watched…
The Ten Commandments
18/09/08 | Joseph Smith
Children and adults alike appreciate the drama innate in the Exodus story and this is brought out in this new animated…
WALL•E
15/09/08 | Joseph Smith
Is Disney’s latest feature a modern day Christian parable?
Son of a Lion
14/09/08 | Alison Watts
Gilmour's idea in creating this film was to debunk many extreme ideas some of the West has about the nature of…
Salam Cafe
10/09/08 | Rob Elder
Salam Cafe is a very interesting TV show, providing great insights into Aussie-Muslim culture.
Hellboy II
01/09/08 | Joseph Smith
The big red guy is back with his ‘right hand of doom’ and he is in fine form.
Pineapple Express
11/08/08 | Joseph Smith
If Pineapple Express was a train I’d say “get off now!” But it’s not. It’s a movie. So you translate…
The Gruen Transfer
04/08/08 | Mark Hadley
The power of advertising is its ability to provide convincing arguments for products we may not think we need –…
The Dark Knight
29/07/08 | Joseph Smith
This might a Batman sequel but the Joker steals the show.
U2 3D
16/07/08 | Joseph Smith
The U2 Vertigo tour that went worldwide in 2005 and graced Australian shores in November 2006 is the second…
The Love Guru
10/07/08 | Josh Maule
Fitted with an elegant mane of hair, a moustache which curls at the ends, and an Indian accent, Mike Myers plays…
Altar Boyz
07/07/08 | Mark Hadley
Skin-tight t-shirts, hip-swivelling moves, thumping base-beats, five-part harmonies, the prayer of St Francis of…
Aunty say, children do
09/06/08 | Joseph Smith
It is unlikely that any more than a handful of children growing up in Australia have managed to avoid an episode…
Prince Caspian - the film
04/06/08 | Mark Hadley
For anyone who misses God, Prince Caspian will remind you that to keep His company you must be prepared…