What’s on Built For Speed, Friday 23rd November 2012

This week on Built For Speed we review two of the most intriguing films of 2012, Paul Thomas Anderson’s cult-themed drama The Master and sci-fi caper film Robot and Frank.  We also have plenty of fine music with a selection of new tracks including La Sera and Bob Dylan.  We also take a look back at that early millenial phenomenon known as “new

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Film review: THE MASTER, from Built For Speed

Paul Thomas Anderson’s films are full of charismatic psychopaths and charlatans who rule crazy corrupt mini-empires and use twisted faith to exploit the emotionally fragile.  It seemed inevitable, therefore, that Anderson would tackle the world of cults. His latest film The Master which is set in 1950 takes us within a strange organisation known as The Cause which may or

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Film review: GOD BLESS AMERICA, from Built For Speed

Like Falling Down and Taxi Driver, God Bless America sees a disillusioned middle-aged white American flip out and go on a killing spree.  After losing his job, being dumped by his wife and discovering that he’s terminally ill, doughy downtrodden middle-aged guy Frank (Joel Murray) decides to he has to kill the sort of selfish, hateful people he thinks have

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Film review: ALEX CROSS, from Built For Speed

Alex Cross, the character originally played by Morgan Freeman in Kiss The Girls (1997) and Along Came A Spider (2001) now appears in a self-titled film starring Tyler Perry who’s best known at least in the US for his feisty drag character Madea. This film arrived with dire warnings that it was one of the turkeys of the year and

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Film review: THE SESSIONS, from Built For Speed

The Sessions is the moving, funny and true story of Mark O’ Brien a writer afflicted with polio who at the age of 38 decides that he wants to have sex.  Although unable to voluntarily move anything below his neck he still has bodily sensation and the ability to get an erection.  Given the fact that he has to spend

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Built For Speed, Playlist, Friday 16th November 2012

BUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 16th NOVEMBER 2012 1.     SPIDERBAIT – Outta my head.(Aus) 2.     DEAD KENNEDIES – Kill the poor. 3.     BLACK FLAG – Rise above. 4.     THE REPLACEMENTS – Customer. 5.     KISS – I was made for loving you. 6.     THE CLASH – I fought the law. 7.     RADIOHEAD – Karma Police. 8.     WILCO – I might. 9.     MIDLAKE

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