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Rating our family entertainment

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 03:47:22 +0000

After the Brisbane Times recently explored whether the current classification system for movies, television and video games is really working for parents, The Scoop sat down with Digital Youth Discipleship project officer Steve Molkentin to discuss movie ratings, parenting and top tips for family-friendly entertainment. Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM) honorary ...

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Film review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 23 May 2017 00:02:04 +0000

Marvel’s swashbuckling gang of heroes are back for their latest space-adventure, but does Volume 2 build upon its blockbuster predecessor or suffer from a bad case of sequel-itis? Steve Molkentin reviews. In Volume 2 our rag-tag group return to save the universe again. Peter “Star-Lord” Quill (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Drax (Dave Bautista), Rocket ...

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Keep the home fires burning

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 01:39:09 +0000

During the darkest days of World War II, a team of British filmmakers must re-ignite the courage of those on the home front. Dianne Jensen reviews. Those tasked with the job of spinning a dispiriting reality into an uplifting narrative will recognise the dilemma faced by would-be screenwriter Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) in Their Finest, ...

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Film review: Lion

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 06:06:23 +0000

For Ashley Thompson, no film to date has better depicted the bittersweet affair of adoption than Garth Davis’ Lion. Perhaps my husband said it best as I sat blurry-eyed while we watched the end credits roll: “If you didn’t have a lump in your throat just then, there’s something wrong with you”. Lion is the ...

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Aflame with uncomfortable truths

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 01:09:59 +0000

With the upcoming release of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire at the end of November, buzz is once again gathering around the franchise, originally a trilogy of books written by Suzanne Collins. In September, the first book of the The Hunger Games series was discussed on Jennifer Byrne’s ABC show, Books that Changed the World—alongside ...

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