So, the much loved Harry Potter saga comes to an end. After 10 years and eight films, the most successful movie franchise in history reaches its dramatic conclusion. Will it tie up the loose ends of its convoluted mythology or will it do a Lost and refuse to answer all those big questions that kept us hanging on for years?
Read moreThis week Built For Speed reviews the biggest cinema blockbuster of the year, Harry Potter and the Deathly hallow part 2. There’s also a feast of new and old alternative music including a focus on France and Canada. We also look at JJJ’s top 100 Australian albums and play some of our Aussie favourites. As if that wasn’t enough we also have the
Read moreIs Tree of Life a deeply profound statement of man’s relationship with God, the natural world and death or is it just an annoyingly pretentious load of cobblers? Such will be the heated debate following every screening of Terence Malick’s befuddling epic. This is the notoriously non-prolific Malick’s first film in six years and it certainly exudes the writer/ director’s phenomenal and
Read moreThis week Built For Speed reviews director Terrence Malick’s latest brain boggling epic #TreeofLife and classical music drama #Mozart’sSister. There’s also new music from Gillian Welch and the Beastie Boys as well as a feast of hard rockin’ tracks. We’ll also look at what’s happening on TV for the week and gigs for this weekend. Check out Built For Speed,
Read moreOn Built For Speed we enjoy a self-indulgent list so recently we listed our favourite TV comedies. Below are Nick’s top five. 1. CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM (2000 – present) Curb Your Enthusiasm depicts the semi-fictionalised daily life of Seinfeld co-creator Larry David. Like all great comic characters Larry is utterly contemptible but also sympathetic. Despite having enormous wealth and success
Read moreWith the 4th of July approaching, Built For Speed plays all American music. We look at some of our favourite US artists, those who celebrate the country and those who critique it including #REM, #BobDylan, #PublicEnemy and #TheReplacements. With school holidays descending upon us we review blockbuster film release #Transformers: Dark of the moon and just for something different, an Australian film,
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