This week on Built For Speed we take a look at two films designed for slightly different audiences: Disney animated adventure/ comedy Frozen and the emotional story of a mother (played by Dame Judy Dench) searching for a child lost decades ago in the drama Philomena. There’s also some fine music from Australia and overseas including a tribute to David Bowie who turned 67 on
Read morePhilomena, starring Dame Judy Dench and Steve Coogan is an unashamed tear-jerker but an extremely affecting one. The film, based on an article by British journalist and former political spin-doctor Martin Sixsmith, tells of elderly Irish woman, Philomena Lee’s quest to find the son taken from her 50 years earlier. While a teenager in the early 1960’s, Philomena gave birth
Read moreThe first Hobbit film, An Unexpected Journey was a loud, ugly overlong mess full of ridiculous dwarf sing-a-longs, tedious computer-generated battle sequences and interminable scenes of dwarves traipsing through the forest. It also featured characters suspiciously shoehorned into the story from other sources such as The Lord of the Rings. Lacking subtlety, emotional depth and the simple, pastoral charm of
Read moreAmerican Hustle is an intoxicating mix of 1970’s nostalgia, slow-burn crime drama and comedy that probes themes of deception and identity and constantly asks the question “who’s playing who?” American Hustle is, along with Silver Linings Playbook director David O. Russell’s second film of 2013 and together they reassert him as one of American cinema’s most important contemporary auteurs. Set
Read moreHappy New Year “Built For Speed” listeners. There’s no respite from the “Built For Speed” machine as we charge through Summer with more fine music, film reviews and pop cultural ramblings. For our first show of 2014 we look at two of the biggest films to hit our cinemas at the end of last year, riotous retro crime caper American
Read moreHere they are Built For Speed fans, Nick and CJ’s lists of their favourite albums of 2013. CJ also talks about his favourite gigs of 2013. Nick’s favourite Albums of 2013 Suede – BLOODSPORTS. Surfer Blood – PYTHONS. Best Coast – FADE AWAY. Jeremy Neale – IN STRANGER TIMES. Savages – SILENCE YOURSELF. Superchunk – I HATE MUSIC.
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