Film review: FROZEN, from Built For Speed

What would an oppressively hot and sweaty Australian Christmas be without an animated Disney fantasy set in a wintery wonderland.  Disney’s’ Christmas offering for 2013 is tween-oriented girl-power  adventure, Frozen which is based on Hans Christian Anderson’s fable The Snow Queen. Kristen Bell stars as the voice of irrepressible teen princess Anna whose family rules the fictitious kingdom of Arrendelle. Following

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Film review: THE RAILWAY MAN, from Built For Speed

Set mostly in 1980 and based on a true story, British-Australian co-production The Railway Man begins as a typically quirky, charming romance set in a world of steam trains and verdant English countryside.  The film recalls Brief Encounter as the calm, sensible and sensitive Patti (Nicole Kidman) meets and eventually marries the awkward, dishevelled trainspotting nerd Eric Lomax (Colin Firth). 

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