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CINEMA: Man of Steel (rated M)

Music Cinema & BooksJuly 20, 2013

Man of Steel (rated M), a 3D superhero science-fiction film, is reviewed by Symeon Thompson. Returning to historical origins, Man of Steel darts back and forth in time, to explore how a child from another world, raised by decent folk in Kansas, might become the most-well known hero of the modern mythos. The planet Krypton is nearing annihilation. While chief scientist Jor-El (Russell Crowe) is seeking an honourable way to save his people, military commander General Zod (Michael Shannon) decides on the easier solution of a coup. Jor-El escapes to retrieve a genetic codex of the planet’s entire race, and…

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BOOK REVIEW Climate-change fraud exposed

Music Cinema & Books, UncategorizedJuly 20, 2013

TAXING AIR: Facts and Fallacies about Climate Change by Bob Carter and John Spooner (Williamstown, Victoria: Kelpie Press) Paperback: 280 pages ISBN: 9780646902180 RRP: $29.95 Reviewed by Peter Westmore Taxing Air is an unusual collaboration between Professor Bob Carter, a geologist and palaeoclimatologist, and well-known cartoonist John Spooner, with the assistance of the former head of the National Climate Centre, Bill Kininmonth, economist Martin Feil, Newcastle University Professor Stewart Franks, and power systems engineer Bryan Leyland. John Spooner introduces the book with a thoughtful comment on the oft-repeated statement from people, such as former Prime Minister Julia…

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BOOK REVIEW Enchanting time-travel tale for young adults

Music Cinema & Books, UncategorizedJuly 20, 2013

THE MORA STONE by Agnes-Mary Brooke (Nelson, NZ: The Medlar Press) Paperback: 249 pages ISBN: 9780958219808 RRP: AUD$23.70 Reviewed by Siobhan Reeves Sales of young-adult (YA) fiction have increased dramatically over the past two decades, driven in part by the successful transition to Hollywood of a number of YA fiction series, such as Harry Potter, Twilight, The Hunger Games and others. YA fiction is often erroneously referred to as its own literary genre, whereas in fact it is a category of fiction which includes many different genres: romance, horror, fantasy, historical, science fiction, etc. Thanks to J.K. Rowling’s…

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UNITED STATES: Obama uses children for homosexual propaganda

UncategorizedJuly 20, 2013

The bizarre obsession of US President Barack Obama and British Conservative leader David Cameron with forcing homosexual marriage on their respective countries has brought them into direct confrontation with both the new Pope and the new Archbishop of Canterbury, head of Britain’s established Church of England, who now appears, unlike his immediate predecessor, to possess…

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