Tag Archive for: third space

The Sea Beast – Reel Dialogue Movie Review

By: Russ Matthews

Usually, during the school holiday season, there are loads of options for families, except this year, there are few family-friendly options. With so few options for parents to choose from, it is a wonder how The Sea Beast from Netflix arrived on the scene with such little fanfare. Read more

‘The Gray Man’ is Bourne Plus a Sense of Humour – Movie Review

By: Russ Matthews at Reel Dialogue

Since Avengers: Endgame, directors Anthony and Joe Russo have been flying under the radar with smaller productions and producing roles for Netflix. Read more

The Things We Keep Coming Back To: The Great Value of The Arts

By: Aaron Johnstone

The Winter Solstice has come and gone, putting an exclamation mark on our calendars with the frosty reminder that the days are short, and the shadows long as the dreary darkness of winter takes hold. Read more

How Do We Know We Are Human?

By: Sam Chan

Lately I’ve been re-listening to “Human” – the 2008 song by The Killers. Read more

Minions: The Rise of Gru [Movie Review]

By: Russ Matthews at Reel Dialogue

We journey back in to the mid-1970’s in this latest Minion adventure. The 11¾-year-old Felonius Gru (Steve Carell) knows he wants to be a super-villain.. Read more

Vinyl is Back – Just Like the Christian Faith

By: Stephen McAlpine

Our daughter’s just turned 21. We bought her a new turntable, with speakers and plenty of vinyl records. Vinyl’s made a comeback – big time. Seems there’s something magical, and tangible, about it. Read more

‘Elvis’ is One of Luhrmann’s Best [Movie Review]

By: Russ Matthews at Reel Dialogue

Since Elvis’ untimely death in 1977, many reports of his lifestyle have made it difficult to differentiate fact from legend. Read more

Lightyear: Pixar’s Back With its Toy Story Spinoff [Movie Review]

By: Russ Matthews at Reel Dialogue

Toy Story is where it all began for Pixar. Despite a range of short films, this was how we all were introduced to this animation powerhouse. Read more

“Social Glyphosate”, aka Individualism, and How It’s Withering Our Society

By: City Bible Forum

On Monday morning I decided that I would take to all of our indoor plants with weed killer. Actually I didn’t decide that. I decided to feed all of the plants with liquid fertilizer, but inadvertently took the wrong bottle out of the cupboard and gave them all a liberal dose of glyphosate, a broad-spectrum herbicide. Read more

The Power of the Word: How Language Transforms and Transcends

By: City Bible Forum

The proverb “sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me” has long been recognised as a problematic one. Read more