Built for Speed
Program: Built for Speed
Broadcast time: Every Friday night 8pm – 10pm
Presenters: Nick, CJ and Jimbo.
Are you a fan of rock, both alternative and classic?
Want to know whether that cinematic blockbuster or art house flick you’ve heard about is worth your time and your hard-earned cash?
Looking for some questionable comedy and pop-cultural commentary?
Then you need to listen to Built for Speed on 88.3 Southern FM.
Built for Speed presenters CJ, Jimbo and Nick have been blasting the Southern suburbs with their favourite music and totally unbiased film reviews every Friday night at 8pm for nearly 16 years.
Whether it’s established bands or music virtually no-one’s heard about, we’ll bring it you if we think it’s any good. We’re proud to say we were one of the first shows playing artists like Wilco, The Vines and MGMT.
Our film tastes are equally eclectic so if you’re a fan of extreme action, sci-fi, genteel period dramas or some strange combination of these we’ll let you know what’s worth seeing.
We also have the occasional guest drop by and in the past have enjoyed a chat with Mick Molloy, actor Tony Martin, film industry insiders and numerous up-coming bands.
Unlike most programs on the commercial stations we take song requests and every so often tantalise our learned audience with CJ’s rock quiz. So tune in this Friday and gorge yourself on the pop-cultural triple cheese burger that is “Built for Speed”.
Posts for Built for Speed:
Film review: ‘HEAD SOUTH’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
Our Kiwi cousins are renowned for punching above their weight with sporting success, Russell Crowes and musical superstars like Split Enz and Crowded House. New Zealand also has a thriving post-punk and alternative music scene largely based around the famed Flying Nun record label. Before that, was a small but energetic punk scene in the 1970’s. The erratic, undercooked but
Film review: ‘BOB TREVINO LIKES IT’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
Bob Trevino Likes It is a low-key American drama based partly on the experiences of its writer/ director Tracie Laymon. At first it feels very slight, almost like a quirky, amiable tele-movie but it ends up packing a surprising emotional punch. Barbie Ferreira (Nope) plays Lily Trevino a very easy going and unassertive young woman who is treated with indifference
Film review: ‘A MINECRAFT MOVIE’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
The success of 2023’s The Super Mario Bros Movie and the dollar signs it registered in the gleaming eyes of studio execs guaranteed we would be subjected to many more years of video game movie adaptations. The latest is A Minecraft Movie which is based on the hugely successful game Minecraft that has obsessed tweens the world over. For those
Film review: ‘THE ALTO KNIGHTS’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
Anyone making a gangster film these days faces unenviable comparisons with the genre’s classics, The Godfather, Goodfellas and to a lesser extent Casino. The Alto Knights, from director Barry Levinson and writer Nicholas Pileggi (Goodfellas, The Irishman), is destined to be another victim of this comparison. While well-made and well-acted, it’s a straightforward mobster biopic that noticeably lacks the poetic
Film review – ‘FLOW” – by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
The unusual but beguiling Latvian animated feature, Flow intrigued an entranced viewers enough to win its category amid a very strong field at the recent Academy Awards. Flow is set in the aftermath of an environmental catastrophe where a flood has submerged most of the land. It’s not explicitly stated but it seems to be a product of climate change.
Film review: ‘BLACK BAG’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
Steven Soderbergh’s latest film, Black Bag is a frosty, talky, but intriguing Le Carre-esque British spy thriller where the events mostly play out through computer screens and spiky conversations rather than violent action. Michael Fassbender plays George, an unnervingly clean-cut intelligence agent whose penchant for skivvies and thick-rimmed black glasses make him look like someone from the 1960s and a