This week on Built For Speed we take a look at two films set in the world’s trouble spots: Good Vibrations returns us to Northern Ireland in the late 70’s where punk impresario Terri Hooley, against all odds, established his famous record shop and punk label. We also venture into the West Bank for the intense Palestinian drama Omar. There’s
Read moreThe latest screen incarnation of Godzilla was preceded by one of the more enticing trailers of recent times. It depicted a team of paratroopers descending through an ominously dark and cloudy sky to the eerie strains of Gyorgy Ligeti’s Reqium otherwise known as the monolith music from 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was spooky, menacing and instantly grabbed the attention
Read moreThis week on Built For Speed we take a look at films featuring two of Hollywood most glamorous female stars in unusual and sinister roles, Angelina Jolie in Maleficent and Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin. We also play a fine selection of music including a tribute to the late Doc Neeson from The Angels. CJ will also have plenty
Read moreQissa Indian/ German co-production Qissa (the title roughly means ‘fable’) is powerful and at times disturbing mix of family drama, social commentary and supernatural fantasy that provides a sobering view of the status of women in India. Set during the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan, the film features Life of Pi’s Irrfan Khan as Umber Singh an authoritarian and
Read moreThis week on Built For Speed we feature new bands including The Corsairs, touring artists like the mysterious chanteuse Anna Calvi and a selection of classics from the greatest lyricist of all, Bob Dylan, who recently celebrated his 73rd birthday. On the movie front we look at two films that couldn’t be more different: special effects, action extravaganza X-Men: Days
Read moreBad Neighbours seems to have been spawned by a vaguely interesting idea, to mix Animal House-style frat boy comedy with the rambling, 30-something relationship comedy of Judd Apatow. Unfortunately, Bad Neighbours takes the worst aspects of both, namely the crass, juvenile gags of the frat boy movie and the unfocused momentum-free narrative of a Judd Apatow film to create a
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