Mark Hadley
Jumper

If someone were to deliberately set out to create a hero who would appeal to a generation of ‘can’t waits’ they couldn’t do much better than the lead character of Jumper.

18/02/2008
Angels sighted on Broadway

A Sydney producer says angels are behind the success of a Broadway-bound musical that has received stunning support both here and overseas.

15/02/2008
Extreme parenting shows AUDIO

Cultural reviewer Mark Hadley discusses the Christian's perspective of a range of programs that model how to deal with difficult children with broadcaster Sheridan Voysey.

15/02/2008
Connecting you now

Australians love mobile communication. In 2005 mobile telephone penetration of the Australian population had reached 94 per cent with 19 million subscribers nation wide. In 2007 alone Australians bought just over ten million new handsets.

07/02/2008
2008’s menu for couch potatoes

They say you are what you eat. If this year’s television diet is anything to go by, we’re going to develop a taste for the overly buffed, salivate over muscle cars, digest the bitterness of organised crime and be too full for our families…

04/02/2008
Sydney steps back from Lambeth

Archbishop Peter Jensen has announced that Sydney will not be attending the Lambeth conference, the Anglican Communion's peak meeting held every 10 years.

03/02/2008
Television and violence AUDIO

Cultural reviewer Mark Hadley discusses the Christian's perspective of violence on television with broadcaster Sheridan Voysey.

01/02/2008
PROMOTE THE FEBRUARY EDITION OF SOUTHERN CROSS

Southern Cross is a vital source of the news, opinions and views on the latest issues, resources and events affecting the church, both locally and around the world for over 325 parishes, schools and institutions - this month's power-point promotion slide now available...

29/01/2008
Bionic Woman

How much would a bionic woman set you back these days? If you were thinking six million, then I suggest you may have to make an appointment with your bank manager.

21/01/2008
The Bionic Woman AUDIO

Cultural reviewer Mark Hadley discusses the Christian's perspective of the television series The Bionic Woman with broadcaster Sheridan Voysey.

17/01/2008
The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner is a record of how extinguishing guilt can lead humans down the darkest roads, while embracing it can point the path to freedom.

14/01/2008
Australian game shows AUDIO

Are you dumber than you think?

Cultural reviewer Mark Hadley discusses the Christian's perspective of the direction game shows are tending with broadcaster Sheridan Voysey.

07/01/2008
Future Anglicans unite

Archbishop Peter Jensen has given firm support to an Anglican conference that aims to call the Communion back to the basic tenets of the Christian faith. The Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) will be held in the Holy Land in June 2008.

31/12/2007
The Golden Compass - Reviewed

You’ve really got to feel for militant atheists at this most charitable time of year – particularly those who keep hoping to harness the power of the modern media to push their case. When it comes to the film industry they just can’t take a trick.

25/12/2007
The Golden Compass AUDIO

Cultural reviewer Mark Hadley discusses the Christian's perspective of violence on television with broadcaster Sheridan Voysey and movie reviewer Barry Gittens.

17/12/2007
Summer Heights High AUDIO

Cultural reviewer Mark Hadley discusses the Christian's perspective of Summer Heights High with broadcaster Sheridan Voysey.

10/12/2007
The Chaser’s War on Everything AUDIO

Cultural reviewer Mark Hadley discusses the Christian's perspective of the television series The Chaser's War on Everything with broadcaster Sheridan Voysey.

06/12/2007
Kath & Kim AUDIO

Cultural reviewer Mark Hadley discusses the Christian's perspective of the television series Kath & Kim with broadcaster Sheridan Voysey.

06/12/2007
Californication AUDIO

Cultural reviewer Mark Hadley discusses the Christian's perspective of the television series Californication with broadcaster Sheridan Voysey.

06/12/2007
Greys Anatomy AUDIO

Cultural reviewer Mark Hadley discusses the Christian's perspective of the television series Greys Anatomy with broadcaster Sheridan Voysey.

06/12/2007
The Golden Compass - Previewed

To parents sustaining the interests of children at home, The Golden Compass might seem like a God-send for the days after all the presents have been opened. But the ‘sting’, as they say, is in the tail.

29/11/2007
Marketer becomes missionary

For the past five years Deb Chen has been a vital conduit through which many producers and services have made themselves known to the Sydney Anglican community and the Christian world - but from December 5 she will be marketing the gospel in Thailand.

27/11/2007
The Amber Spyglass

It should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the first two volumes of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series, that the final part is stridently anti-Christian.

26/11/2007
PROMOTE THE DECEMBER / JANUARY EDITION OF SOUTHERN CROSS

Southern Cross is a vital source of the news, opinions and views on the latest issues, resources and events affecting the church, both locally and around the world for over 325 parishes, schools and institutions - this month's power-point promotion slide now available...

22/11/2007
Gabriel

Gabriel means ‘strength of God’ but the strongest impression left by this new Australian film is not of a benevolent creator, but confusion and contradiction in the afterlife.

19/11/2007