Tomorrowland, which stars George Clooney, Britt Robertson and Hugh Laurie is based on the Disneyland exhibit of the same name. Adapting an amusement park concept to the big screen generally produces diabolical results; Pirates if the Caribbean anyone? Tomorrowland is even more confused and convoluted than anything in the Pirates franchise but it is occasionally a visually spectacular sci-fi adventure.
Read moreSan Andreas is an old school disaster movie cliché fest. It’s basically a remake of the questionable 1974 film Earthquake just with better effects, less interesting characters and few nods to recent real life disasters such as 911, Hurricane Katrina and the Fukushima earthquake. Set in California the film plays on the well-established fear that the San Andreas Fault, which
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we celebrate the vast, intriguing and amazingly fruitful career of David Bowie. We’ll play plenty of classic Bowie tracks and review the ACMI exhibition ‘David Bowie Is’. We’ll also take a look at some new release films: Australian documentary Freedom Stories and Sir Ian’s latest film Mr Holmes. Don’t forget our regular preview of
Read moreIt’s a huge week on ‘Built For Speed’ as we recount our experiences of some of the major entertainment events happening in Melbourne over the week. We’ll let you know about the live show by mega star comedienne Amy Schumer, the Leaps and Bounds bus tour of Melbourne’s iconic music venues and the Sunday night gig by local legends Even. There’s
Read moreOn July 13th 1985 the world’s TV screens were tuned to one of the biggest events in music history, Live Aid. Created by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, this massive concert which included all-star gigs in Britain and the US as well as Australia’s Oz for Africa contribution provided millions in famine relief for the people of Ethiopia. This week on
Read moreDue to both its inherent artistic genius and that fact that it has been reproduced in every marketable form including fridge magnets, Gustav Klimt’s 1907 portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer aka Woman in Gold, is one of the most recognisable paintings in history. The film Woman in Gold, which stars Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds, tells the remarkable true story behind
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