After the disappointment of his last sci-fi outing, the ambitious but confusing, inert and miscast Interstellar, Christopher Nolan returns with a film as gargantuan in scope, complexity, running time and likelihood of dividing audiences in Tenet. It seems Nolan’s quest with this film was to make the most confusing time travel movie ever. Apparently, the Spierig brothers’ Predestination, where characters
Read moreChristopher Nolan’s new film ‘Tenet’ has been been dubiously touted as some sort of spectacular panacea for the lockdown malaise. Is it thrilling or is it another Nolan film that, like the miscast ‘Interstellar’, disappears down a rabbit hole? Find out this Friday on ‘Built For Speed’. When we’re not dissecting overlong sci-fi action films we’re playing lots of stunning
Read moreThese days, it’s almost a spoiler to use the term ‘Liam Neeson film’ as, for the last decade most of his movies have just been a waiting game for Neeson’s gruffly charming, taciturn character to reveal himself as an indestructible tough man on a morally righteous quest which usually involves shooting and beating the crap out of sneering scumbags. Honest
Read moreUnhinged sounds like the title of a typical 80s video nasty designed to exploit fears of the mentally ill. While much slicker and a little more thoughtful than those VHS trash-fests, this tense and at times gruesomely violent road rage thriller occasionally veers into that same pulpy territory. The film establishes its threatening scenario in an unnerving opening credits sequence
Read moreIn his tense, creepy, if at times predictable interpretation of HG Wells’ The Invisible Man, Aussie writer/ director Leigh Whannell has turned the story into family violence nightmare that echoes films like Sleeping With The Enemy and Gaslight. Elizabeth Moss plays Cecilia, the victim of controlling and manipulative husband, Adrian (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) who keeps her a virtual prisoner jn his
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at the confronting drama ‘Honey Boy’ starring Shia LaBeouf and based on his experiences as a child actor. We’ll also let you know how the latest version of ‘The Call of the Wild’ which stars Harrison Ford, stacks up. We’ll have a feast of fine tunes for you with new
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