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w3 14 truntvhlursbay may 8 1997 5t the tribune arts entertainment christian singer finds peace through music kate gilderdale correspondent when heather mccullough became a christian it seemed only natural that she should choose to cel ebrate her faith in song mccullough who has worked at emmanuel international in stouf- fville for almost eight years recently released her first compact disc enti tled all the way home a compila tion of original songs composed by some of nashvilles finest songwrit ers i started singing when i was about five and i took dancing acting and singing lessons she continued to hone her skills throughout her school years and attended the banff school of fine arts where she studied musical the atre and performed twice at the banff festival she has appeared in produc tions at harbourfront and leah posluns theatre in toronto where she also received much of her theatri cal training i did seven shows in one year at the same time as attending the uni versity of toronto i became a chris tian in 1989 1 went through a diffi cult time just out of high school because my mom took sick with can cer explained mccullough she was ill for a couple of years and died when i was 21 as the only child of a single moth er her loss was particularly hard to bear my whole family was gone and i began to question what life was about it was an interesting time too because i also got married when i was 21 the emptiness left by her mothers death continued to haunt her howev er i was really alone in the world and i was praying and saying to god if you could just give me a mother and a friend someone that would be there for me her prayer was answered when she met a woman at the real estate office where she worked and the two estab lished an instant rapport we became friends immediately and i really believe she was the answer to my prayer her friend was a christian and one day mccullough asked if she could attend church with her i became a fifth element goes where others have gone before to enhance our entertain ment coveragethe tribune is pleased to introduce stu art green our new film reviewer green has been reviewing movies for metroland newspapers for more than six years there are a tremendous num ber of similarities between last summers blockbuster indepen dence day id4 and the fifth element t5e whether t5e the first in this years high-volt- screen scene stuart green age effectsfilled science fiction extravaganza bonanza men in black and the lost world being the next can equal the success of id4 is another question set in the 23rd century bruce willis stars as korben dallas a retired army hitman turned new york cabbie who is assigned to n k ag k5 ss mb isy ut bkbu an army or mangalores are the mercenary servants or zorg gary uld- man the agent of all that is evil in the fifth element opening this week end help save the world from an evil entity living inside a 1200-mile- wide meteor and its earthly aide zorg gary oldman with the help of a mysterious woman named leeloo milla javovich a nervous priest named cornelius ian holm and a cast of oddball humanoids the mission takes dallas on an inter- galactic search for four stones representing the four ancient ele ments of fire water earth and wind which when combined with the fifth element will create the only weapon that can save the world playing like a hightech cross between blade runner and raiders of the lost ark the fifth element is a visually spec tacular film that occasionally sacrifices its story for the sake of a cool chase scene or a laugh like independence day it bor rows a little too liberally from elsewhere in the science fiction genre going where many films have gone before it also like id4 uses comic relief far more often than it needs to and some times in all the wrong places writerdirector luc besson who certainly deserves full cred it for giving the film an awesome look should have pulled back on the humor and spent more time on the science aspects he could also have used a better continuity editor to help fix up some of the jarring quantum leaps in plot development that go unex plained i dont know where but some where along the way the major studios got it in their collective head that science fiction couldnt be serious theyre dead wrong the fifth element could and should have been a little more serious to give it any sense of suspense as it is we never get a sense that the world is in that much danger if it was the sup posed savior wouldnt take time out of his day to attend an opera which he does in the end the fifth element offers a little bit of escapist fun with cool special effects and a lush look but absolutely no depth mike meyers cools off as austin powers hes back baby and as hes as shagriffic as ever after a far too lengthy hiatus from the big screen scarborough native and saturday night live alumnus mike myers returns with his take on the early james please see page 15 heather mccullough christian along with my husband and life took on a whole new meaning as a result she also began to recon sider her career i knew that i want ed to do something different but i didnt know what soon afterwards mark middleton general director of emmanuel international came to speak at our church impressed and moved by his pre sentation she said she would be inter ested in working for the organization as a result of that conversation they called and said they had a position for me as publications editor mccullough was also proving to be an accomplished gospel singer and as people in her own congregation became aware of her vocal talents she began to receive invitations to perform at other churches i didnt promote myself it came about through word of mouth she made her first tape four years ago and her new release was pro duced by brian hardin and recorded in nashville all the way home is a powerful celebration of faith and hope which will appeal to people of all ages the cd is distributed in christian bookstores across the coun try by cmc canada all proceeds go to emmanuel international and mccullough who is a regular guest on 100 huntley street will sing selections from her album at springvale baptist church june 7