Spotlight depicts the Boston Globe newspaper’s 2001 inquiry into allegations of child sexual abuse by members of Boston’s Catholic clergy. As a detailed dramatisation of a major piece of investigative journalism, Spotlight follows in the esteemed tradition of films like Zodiac and All the President’s Men. The film reveals how, in 2001, the Globe’s newly-appointed Chief Editor, Marty Baron (Liev
Read moreBuilt for Speed – 5th February 2016 SONS OF RICO – I’m not thinking about you. (Aus) TINY MIGRANTS – A public execution. (Aus) THE MEANIES – There’s a gap. (Aus) METZ – Knife in the water. THE BEACH BOYS – God only knows. BANANARAMA – Robert de Niro’s waiting. EARTH, WIND AND FIRE – Boogie wonderland. RED KROSS – Stay
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at two more Oscar-nominated films, investigative journalism drama Spotlight and the biopic of transgender pioneer Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl. We also have a feast of fine music as we begin our serious on the best tracks of the current millennium and play older classics and some fine new releases.
Read moreBuilt for Speed – 29th January 2016 – AUSTRALIAN SPECIAL THE SAINTS – Erotic Neurotic. (Aus) ROYAL HEADACHE – Never Again. (Aus) TAME IMPALA – Desire be desire go. (Aus) MEAGHAN WASHINGTON – The Hardest Part. (Aus) SPIDERBAIT – Alex the seal. (Aus) BRITISH INDIA – Tie up my hands. (Aus) YOU AM I – Jamie’s got a gal. (Aus)
Read moreDirty Grandpa should not be confused with the similar sounding Jackass movie Bad Grandpa. This would do a disservice to the atrocious Bad Grandpa as astonishingly, Dirty Grandpa is even worse. This embarrassingly awful road trip comedy is little more than a procession of staggeringly unfunny and moronic gags barely held together by an inane and clichéd plot. Somehow Robert
Read moreMuch like the Western Australian outback in which it is largely set, Looking for Grace is disconcertingly empty. A wafer thin plot sees rebellious teen Grace (Odessa Young) steal money from her gormless parents Denise and Dan (Rhada Mitchell and David Wenham) and run away with friend Sapho (Kenya Pearson) presumably to see a hard-core punk band called Dead Dog.
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