The Campaign tries to fit a political comedy into the Will Ferrell movie template which means we have the joy of seeing Ferrell go nuts but also a plot so predictable that you will feel like Nostradamus as you watch the film. Just imagine Talladega Nights nascar driver Ricky Bobby as a politician and you’ll have a pretty good idea
Read moreAfter last week’s 80’s special Built For Speed is back to more contemporary fare this week with new music from Redd Kross and Jack White. We don’t completely ignore the classic rock as we commemorate the 35th anniversary of Elvis’ death. We also review the latest Will Ferrell/ Zach Galifianakis film The Campaign and look over some of the Melbourne International Film Festival
Read moreBUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 10TH AUGUST 2012 – 80’s SPECIAL 1. ADAM AND THE ANTS – Stand and deliver. 2. DEAD KENNEDYS – Holiday in Cambodia. 3. THE DESCENDENTS – Silly girl. 4. HUSKER DU – Don’t want to know if you’re lonely. 5. SMITHS – This charming man 6. STONE ROSES – I am the resurrection. 7. BILLY BRAGG –
Read moreSorry to go all Jerry Seinfeld but what is the deal with these weird films set in the back of limo’s. First, there was nightmarish French freak-fest Holy Motors and now David Cronenberg’s bizarre dystopian limo odyssey Cosmopolis. Set in a surreal, Kafkaesque New York, Cosmopolis sees Wall Street titan, Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson) creeping through grid-locked traffic in his
Read moreWith a title like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter you would be forgiven for expecting either an iconoclastic satire of the great emancipator, one of the most revered figures in US history or an over the top Evil Dead style action horror film. Unfortunately, you’d be wrong on both counts as this film is neither exciting nor funny and is really
Read moreThis week on Built for Speed we venture back into the eerie mists of time to a period when dinosaurs or at least creatures with mullets, perms and flouro clothes ruled the earth, the 1980’s. In true Built for Speed tradition, though, there’ll be none of the horrible mainstream drivel that polluted commercial radio airwaves during that disturbing decade but
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