The Lone Ranger, which began as radio serial in 1933, was a western adventure where the noble white hero, in an optimistically equitable pairing with a native American, triumphed over sweaty fiends in the old west. Given the source material, it was unlikely, the new cinematic version of The Lone Ranger starring Armie Hammer as the titular hero and Johnny
Read moreThis week on Built For Speed we look at two very different cinema releases: quirky western adventure The Lone Ranger starring Johnny Depp and the latest perplexing opus from Terrence Malick, To the Wonder. We also have plenty of great new music with Nordic metal from Kvelertak and bizarro sci fi sounds from Karl Bartos. There’s also plenty of our
Read moreThe Look of Love, the latest film for British director Michael Winterbottom, is not a biopic of Burt Bacharach or Dusty Springfield although the spirit of romantic 60’s cool they epitomised infuses this film. The Look of Love is like a British answer to The People vs. Larry Flynt as it depicts the career and personal travails of porn king
Read moreEpic, the latest big-budget animated adventure from Blue Sky studios which gave us the Ice Age films among others, is based on William Joyce’s book The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs. In a storyline that may prove confusing for littlies, Mary Katherine or MK (Amanda Seyfried) returns to her family home to visit her ultra-nerdy scientist dad (Jason
Read moreTime once again to break out the earplugs and the Panadol as another pop-cultural icon undergoes an oppressively loud and visually frenzied cinematic re-birthing. Here it’s Superman in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel. This film is sure to divide audiences between those who applaud its fidelity to the original Superman comic, youngsters who love the way it mimics the mass
Read moreBuilt For Speed – Playlist – Friday 5th July 2013 CAVES – WUJ. GUIDED BY VOICES – Chasing Heather Crazy. WILCO – At least that’s what you said. JAKE BUGG – Lightning bolt. DON MACLEAN – American Pie. JOAN BAEZ – They night they drove oldDixie down. FLEETWOOD MAC – Don’t stop. YOUAM I – Wally Raffles.(Aus) MELODYS ECHO CHAMBER –
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