Film review: 21 JUMP STREET, from Built For Speed

For those not familiar with the TV show on which this film is based, 21 Jump Street was a late 80’s cop show starring Johnny Depp which had young looking cops infiltrating high schools to bust teenage crims.  This film version uses the original show’s premise as the flimsy basis for a combined teen comedy/ buddy cop movie.  While this

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Film review: A SEPARATION, from Built For Speed

A Separation, which won the Oscar for the best foreign language film, is a confronting Iranian domestic drama that immerses the audience in the everyday lives of a Tehran family while examining the way religion and sexual politics impact on them. Having separated from his wife (Leila Hatami) after she tells him she wants to leave Iran, 30-something Nader (Paymen

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COMING UP ON “BUILT FOR SPEED”

Hi there Built For Speedsters, Just thought we’d give you a chance to see what’s happening on Built For Speed over the next month or so in this new “coming up” post. In the next few weeks on Built For Speed will give you the low down on blockbuster films such as The Hunger Games,  Wrath of the Titans, the re-release

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What’s on Built For Speed, Friday 23rd

Hollywood is full of original ideas, one of them isn’t the film adaptation of 80’s TV cop show 21 Jump Street.  Built for Speed provides the official verdict on the film this Friday night.  We also look at best Foreign language Oscar winner A Separation and on a slightly different note, animated film The Lorax.  There’s also new music from Mark Lanegan, The

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Playlist, Friday 16th March 2012

BUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, FRIDAY 16TH MARCH 2012 RORY GALLAGHER – Follow me. ASH – Lose control. BOOMTOWN RATS – Diamond smiles. RADIO BIRDMAN – New race (Aus). THE JEZABELS – Endless Summer. NEIL YOUNG – Downtown. WEEZER – You might think. THIN LIZZY – The rocker. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD – The look of love. THE CRANBERRIES – Salvation. U2 –

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Film review: JOHN CARTER, from Built For Speed

John Carter is the incredibly silly big screen adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs science fantasy novel Princess of Mars. The title character is a Virginian civil war veteran who after discovering an alien amulet finds himself transported to Mars. You would think this would be a shock to the system but he accepts this with unusual calm. Strangely equipped

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