You may have blissfully entertained the notion that the brain-pummelling Marvel superhero movies had ended with the encouragingly titled Avengers: Endgame. You would, however, be wrong… so wrong. Folks, believe it or not, there’s several lifetimes of these films yet to come. The latest is the unremarkable Natasha Romanov spin-off Black Widow which was largely filmed in Australia. Rather than
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we’ll tell you about the creepy new British sci-fi film ‘Little Joe’. We’ll also take a look at the new Ausssie film ‘Buckley’s Chance’ which, believe it or not, stars Bill Nighy as a grizzled Australian farmer. There’ll be many fine tunes for you with new Aussie and overseas releases as well as indie
Read moreThe documentary The Sparks Brothers attempts to address the enigma that is the band Sparks. Was their music art rock, pop, new wave or electronica? Why did lead songwriter and keyboardist Ron Mael have a toothbrush moustache reminiscent of a certain 20th century dictator? For a band that has been around for 50 years, created at least 300 songs, had
Read moreThe energetic but overlong In the Heights is a contemporary urban musical with a New York street setting and Hispanic cultural context that evokes West Side Story as well as social and politically themed hip hop extravaganzas like Hamilton. The film is in fact an adaptation of a successful stage musical from Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and playwright Quiara Alegría
Read moreThis Friday on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at some music-related films. We’ll review musical ‘In the Heights’ which comes from ‘Hamilton’ co-creator Lin Manuel-Miranda. We’ll also tell you about the new documentary ‘The Sparks Brothers’ which looks at enigmatic synth-pop, art rock etc….band Sparks. Just for something different we’ll also have a look at the Chilean documentary
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at the third instalment in ‘The Conjuring’ horror movie franchise with ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’. For something slightly different we’ll also review Argentinian caper comedy/ drama ‘Heroic Losers’. We’ll also have a feast of fine music with new Aussie and overseas tracks, indie favourites and classic
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