‘Built For Speed’ Nick’s and CJ’s Best and Worst movies of 2016

Nick’s Best Films of 2016 Son of Saul (director: László Nemes) I, Daniel Blake (director: Ken Loach) Gimme Danger (director: Jim Jarmusch) Embrace of the serpent (director: Ciro Guerra) Mustang (director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven) The Conjuring 2 (director:James Wan) The Handmaiden (director:Park Chan-wook) Don’t Breathe (director: Fede Alvarez) Indignation (director: James Schamus) The Beatles – Eight days a week (director: Ron Howard) The Jungle Book Zootopia

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‘Built For Speed’ Playlist, Friday 16th December 2016

Built for Speed – 16th December 2016 – Christmas Show THE GOOCH PALMS – Ask me why. (Aus) ROY WOOD – I wish it could be Christmas everyday MANIC STREET PREACHERS – Last Christmas. THE CRYSTALS – Santa Claus is coming to town. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Merry Christmas Baby. KEITH RICHARDS – Run Rudolph Run. U2 – Christmas, baby please

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‘Built For Speed’ Playlist, Friday 2nd December 2016

Built for Speed – 2nd December 2016 MIA DYSON – Tearing up the lawn. (Aus) SHEER MAG – Nobody’s baby PATTI SMITH – Because the night. BAD BAD NOT GOOD – In your eyes. TEENAGE FANCLUB – Baby Lee. METHYL ETHYL – No.28. (Aus) THE GOOCH PALMS – Ask me why. (Aus) CHOOK RACE – Around the house. (Aus) CHEAP

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What’s on ‘Built For Speed’, Friday 30th December 2016

After the orgasmic excesses of the ‘Built For Speed’ Best of 2016 spectacular, it’s time to see the year out with an eclectic selection of music including hard rocking Aussie classics, power pop legends, some more of the best of 2016 and a tribute to the great musicians who sadly left us this year.  We’ll also review new cinema releases

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Film review: THE ACCOUNTANT, from ‘Built for Speed’

How do you stop a film about an accountant being a snoozefest? How about making him a superhuman killing machine.  That is the dubious premise behind Gavin O’Connor’s moderately exciting, often confusing and occasionally silly hitman thriller The Accountant. Ben Affleck stars as the eponymous number and skull cruncher Christian Wolff a savant maths genius whose autism saw him persecuted

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Film review: OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY, from ‘Built for Speed’

The raunch comedy is really just a more obscene and cynical update of the 80’s party animal comedy.  For evidence look no further than Office Christmas Party, a messy, occasionally amusing but mostly predictable excuse for juvenile comedy that features the party animal movie staples: nerds, prostitutes, comical pimps, people going nuts on coke, a laid back sensible everyman central character and ultimately an

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