Perspectives

Anyone who's endured the ignominy of grinding poverty with an alcoholic, out-of-work parent understands that there's nothing ennobling about the experience.[Read more...]

Awash in high-flown metaphysical hooey, director and co-writer Nikolaj Arcel's dull sci-fi fantasy The Dark Tower is inappropriate for the impressionable.[Read more...]

For West Australian poet and writer Andrew Lansdown, Japan has long been a subject of fascination, for its literary styles, its history and landscape – and this is something he dra[Read more...]

A Ghost Story (A24) could be the best film about purgatory you'll see this year.[Read more...]

The Kimberley region of far-north Western Australia has long been a place of faith, with churches and schools being established there from the late 19th century onwards, and a rece[Read more...]

"Wars are not won by evacuations," British Prime Minister Winston Churchill famously observed. As writer-director Christopher Nolan's compelling historical drama Dunkirk (Warner Br[Read more...]

Throughout history, there have been numerous debates about the various aspects of Catholic belief and teachings, and a recent book by Australian theologian Tracey Rowland attempts [Read more...]

Monkey business turns deadly serious in War for the Planet of the Apes, the climactic instalment of the rebooted film franchise based on the work of French science-fiction author P[Read more...]

See blockbuster exhibitions from galleries around the world in more ”Breathtaking detail” than ever seen before giving viewers, for the first time ever, a front row seat to the wo[Read more...]

There's much to like about the vibrant comic-book adaptation "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (Columbia). [Read more...]

In reading the recently released In God’s Hands: The Spiritual Diaries of John Paul II, it would be normal to question one’s worthiness in having the opportunity to gain such an in[Read more...]

Grown-ups who yearn to connect with their inner 11-year-old boy are given a two-and-a-half-hour window of opportunity to do so in Transformers: The Last Knight (Paramount). [Read more...]

Close to eight decades ago, William Moulton Marston - whose name seems more suited to a stodgy novelist than a writer of comic books - created Wonder Woman. In the years since, the[Read more...]

If you’re looking for an introduction to the Marian apparitions at Medjugorje and their impact on people who visit the site, then Apparition Hill (Stella Mar Films, 2016) provides [Read more...]

Back in 2007, William P Young finally released his debut faith-based novel, The Shack after being rejected by countless publishers who had little faith in his vision. [Read more...]

Back in 2007, author William P Young released his debut faith-based novel, The Shack which for over a year after its release went largely unnoticed.[Read more...]

Early on in "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" (Warner Bros.), the audience is treated to the sight of magically generated giant elephants swinging boulder-size wrecking balls at t[Read more...]

Sound fundamental values underlie the spirited sci-fi follow-up Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. But thematic elements demanding discernment, together with some less than family-f[Read more...]

Stories of faith journeys can be beneficial in a number of ways, in particular by illuminating how individuals encounter God throughout their lives and revealing the daily practice[Read more...]

Christian apologetics, the branch of theology devoted to proving the reasonableness of belief in Jesus is almost as old as the faith itself. [Read more...]