M. Night Shyamalan burst onto to the scene with his clever, creepy, atmospheric and twist-laden debut The Sixth Sense. Unfortunately, the quality of his films has plummeted since with his nadir being the dreadful The Lady in the Water. Has he redeemed himself with straight forward sci fi action pic After Earth? Unfortunately the answer is, No! After Earth, which
Read moreFew things kill a film’s credibility quicker than gratuitous product placement. The sense of a purely commercial imperative invading a film is about as palatable as a bucket of cold sick. The Internship, the latest film for Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughan, takes product placement to a new and disturbing level. We don’t just have an ad placed in a
Read moreFast and Furious 6, which sounds like the title of a ballsier Enid Blyton novel, is an utterly preposterous action film that verges on “so bad it’s good” territory. This is a film for the computer game generation so forget realism and consequences, just imbibe the hedonistic and unbridled destruction in a film so ridiculous and so disconnected from reality
Read moreThis week on Built For Speed we feature bands with legendary drummers including The Who, Cheap Trick, Led Zeppelin, Spiderbait and many more. We also cast a critical eye over the latest instalment in the Fast and The Furious film franchise and M. Night Shyamalan’s sci fi parable After Earth. Don’t forger our regular preview of gigs and TV for
Read moreOne Mile Above from director Jiayi Du is a mostly successful mix of humanist drama, travelogue and adventure story that occasionally recalls Sean Penn’s Into the Wild in its tale of a man confronting the elements and himself. The film follows the journey of young Taiwanese man Zhang (Zhang Shuhao) who decides to honour his late brother by completing a
Read moreBUILT FOR SPEED, 31st MAY 2013 1. THE NATION BLUE – We lost everything. (Aus) 2. LITTLE BIRDY – Summarise. (Aus) 3. THE DRONES – Baby 2 (Aus) 4. DALLAS CRANE – Marsanne. (Aus) 5. TAME IMPALA – Solitude is bliss. (Aus) 6. RADIOHEAD – Bodysnatchers. 7. WILCO – At least that’s what you said. 8. FLAMING LIPS – Fight
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