The DreamWorks animated films haven’t quite earned the critical plaudits of the Pixar masterpieces but they have chalked up sufficiently good box-office to spawn a few sequels and now we have one of their most successful franchises, Madagascar, back for a third helping. This time that lovable quartet of oddly non-aggressive zoo creatures: Alex the lion voiced by Ben Stiller,
Read moreBUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 21st SEPTEMBER 2012 1. THE VACCINES – Teenage icon 2. AGAINST ME – White people for peace. 3. BAND OF HORSES – Feud. 4. RED KROSS – Meet Frankenstein. 5. THE SMITHS – There is a light that never goes out. 6. WHEATUS – Teenage dirt bag. 7. BILLY BRAGG – Waiting for the great leap
Read moreThat definitive shark movie Jaws invoked Melville’s Moby Dick in its tale of man’s quest to conquer nature. Bait has no such lofty ambitions instead it takes the Dawn of the Dead scenario of people fighting for survival in a supermarket, removes the social commentary about consumerism and adds sharks. The result is a silly, gory, horror comedy that probably
Read moreThe Diary of a Wimpy Kid films aren’t the most important literary adaptations of recent times but their popularity is undeniable with the first two films generating a tidy $100 mill in pre-tween bucks. The third film Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3: Dog Days sees the eponymous wimp Greg Scheffer (Zach Gordon) trying to deal with the dilemma of
Read moreThis week the Green Guide listed what they believed were the 25 best TV shows of the last 25 years. We’re they right? Built For Speed will answer that question for you. See below for a link to our podcast as we dissect their list and provide a few suggestions of our own.
Read moreThis week on Built For Speed we step away from the art house reviews and provide our consumer guide to the school holiday movies: Madagascar 3, Diary of a wimpy kid and (for gore loving teens) Bait 3D. It’s also time for a Built For Speed classic album and this month it’s Neil Young’s 1970 masterpiece After the Goldrush. There’s
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