Horrible Bosses was an enjoyably dopey, mildly obscene and occasionally amusing lads comedy that successfully tapped into the fantasy of the little guy getting the better of arrogant bastards, corporate bullies and crass, undeserving rich kids. The film worked because the three wage-slave knuckleheads Nick (Jason Batemen), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Day) who plotted to off their obnoxious
Read moreDisney/ Marvel animated film Big Hero 6 is exciting, energetic holiday entertainment for youngsters who love robots, cute characters, superheroes and tech-driven thrills. Based on the Marvel comic of the same name, Big Hero 6 features 14-year-old kid genius aptly named Hiro (Ryan Potter) who, despite a vast knowledge of science and technology, prefers to spend his time in robot
Read moreA Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is the impressive feature-length directorial debut for Iranian/ American film maker Ana Lily Amirpour. This creepy, atmospheric genre mash-up references film noir, modern Iranian cinema, westerns, feminism and romance in its strange story of a female vampire preying on victims in the fictitious Iranian industrial town of Bad City. Sheila Vand stars as
Read moreOn this Boxing Day edition of ‘Built For Speed’ we play more of our favourite tracks from 2014 as well as some classics and even a few Christmas songs. We also review Iranian/ American vampire film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, the latest Night At the Museum film Secret of the Tomb and animated action adventure Big Hero
Read moreA Thousand Times Good Night explores the emotional toll wrought on families when career commitment becomes obsession. Juliette Binoche plays Rebecca a highly respected war-zone photographer who has returned to her family in Ireland after narrowly avoiding death during a suicide bombing in Afghanistan. Desperate to re-establish her family life with husband Marcus (Nikolai Coster-Waldau) and rapidly growing daughters Steph
Read moreLet’s Be Cops is a major source of disappointment. It had most of the credentials for a mega turkey: a buddy cop piss-take storyline and a Wayans a in a lead role but astonishingly the film exceeds all expectations by being mediocre. It’s probably because Lets Be Cops borrows so liberally from other films such as Beverley Hills Cop, Stripes
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