Apparently based on a true story, Kidnapping Mr Heineken is, like Snakes on A Plane, a film summed up by its title. In 1983, a group of young small-time Dutch criminals led by Cor Van Hout (Jim Sturgess) and Willem Holleeder (Sam Worthington), decided that the best way to a quick buck was to kidnap someone with the means to
Read moreBuilt For Speed – Playlist Friday 27th March 2015 REDD KROSS – Stay away from down town. KNIEVEL – Might as well be gone. (Aus) THE MONARCHS – That’s reminds me. (Aus) THE POWDER MONKEYS – Straight until morning. (Aus) UMPIRE – Streamers. (Aus) WOVENHAND – Good Shepherd. SILVERCHAIR – Tomorrow. (Aus) TISM – Martin Scorsese is really quite a
Read moreBuilt For Speed – Playlist Friday 13th March 2015 QUEEN – Modern times rock’n’roll. THE SAINTS – Demolition girl. (Aus) HOWLING BELLS – Original sin. (Aus) PEARLS – Pretend your mine. (Aus) CW STONEKING – Get on the floor (Aus) DETROIT COBRAS – Out of this world. TWEEDY – Summer noon. SUN GOD REPLICA – The devil and the deep
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at the latest post-apocalyptic, teen dystopian adventure Insurgent. We also review Chris Rock’s latest film Top Five in which he stars, writes and directs. There’s also a taste of live burlesque as CJ tells us about the provocative Absinthe. There’s plenty of fine music as we play favourites from Australia and overseas including
Read moreA stand-up comedian doing a film about the life of a stand-up comedian seems very self-indulgent. That feeling is inescapable throughout the so-called romantic comedy/drama Manny Lewis. Popular comedian Carl Barron plays the title character, a droll, cynical, self-deprecating and often unlikeable stand-up comedian whose material often seems to be based on some disturbing child hood experiences. His off-stage life
Read more71 is a tense atmospheric and often moving drama set in Northern Ireland in 1971 as the so-called ‘troubles’ began to spiral out of control. Jack O’Connell (who recently starred in Unbroken) plays young naive British soldier Gary Hook who is hoping for a comfortable posting in Germany but finds himself thrust into the forbidding urban warzone of Belfast. As
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