The Croods is an animated film about a family of cave people which might sound like a thinly disguised rehash of The Flintstones but it’s actually a thinly disguised but very well made, rehash of most family-oriented animated films of the last few decades. The eponymous Croods are a prehistoric family whose lives are, not surprisingly, ruled by fear of
Read moreA good actor can’t save a film with a bad script and neither, it seems can a good director. Andrew Niccol may have helmed the very fine Truman Show and one of the best films of the 90’s, Gattaca but not even he can breathe life into the torpid sci fi romance The Host. Maybe he could blame author Stephanie
Read moreGI Joe Retaliation is an utterly preposterous action movie that continues the wonderful artistic trend of turning toys and video games into feature length films; nothing quite says quality cinema like a film who’s opening credit include the word “Hasbro”. The plot here is really just a Bond (or perhaps an Austin Powers) knock-off as a maniacal villain hilariously named
Read moreBUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 5th APRIL 2013 1. FAKER – Hurricane. (Aus) 2. SASKWATCH – I get lonely. (Aus) 3. THE DATSUNS – Gold Halo.(Aus) 4. DAVE GROHL & RICK SPRINGFIELD – The Man That Never Was.(Aus) 5. THE ROLLING STONES – Brown Sugar. 6. IGGY POP – The Passenger. 7. BOOMTOWN RATS – Banana Republic. 8. THE JACKSON FIVE
Read moreIts a long introduction but many of them are short songs. We are going through the alphabet, one song for each letter with, as mentioned, well known songs which do not feature the title of the song within the lyrics of the song. Here is the playlist of the artists we will feature but what will the songs be?? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…………….
Read moreThis week on Built For Speed we take a look at the latest instalment in the Die Hard movie franchise A Good Day to Die Hard. We also step away from the violence and smirking Bruce Willis to have a look at animated family film The Croods. There’s plenty of fine new music with Saskwatch, The Datsuns and many others as well
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