Like the operas that it references this film is full of tortured characters, potent drama and intense occasionally grating performances. Filmed in 2005, Margaret stars Anna Paquin (23 at the time) as Lisa a high school student who becomes involved in a bus accident which results in a woman’s (Allison Janney) death. Her repressed guilt over the accident makes her
Read moreYou know the drill with the Ice Age films (and just about every family-oriented animated film these days), lots of loud, manic, headache-inducing gags and obvious homilies about family and friendship made palatable by the cute, lovable characters and inventive animation. The fourth instalment of the franchise employs a plot device very similar to the last Happy Feet movie: sudden
Read moreThe school holidays are approaching and this week on Built For Speed we review holiday movie Ice Age 4: Continental drift. We also review the slightly more confronting art house flick Margaret. There’s plenty of fine music including a selection of classic Aussie, female-led 90’s bands as well as some excellent new releases including Joshua Tillman’s (Fleet Foxes) new incarnation Father John Misty.
Read more1. OFF – King Kong Brigade. 2. BEASTIE BOYS – I want some. 3. VASCO ERA – For no one. (Aus) 4. RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS – Universally speaking. 5. KASABIAN – Days are forgotten. 6. MAJOR MATCHBOX – Rockabilly rebel. 7. MARTIN MOLLOY – UK Comedy hour.(Aus) 8. THE BEES – Chicken payback. 9. DAVID BOWIE – Moonage Daydream.
Read moreSnow White and the Huntsman turns the old fairy tale about the battle between the evil queen and the squeaky clean Snow White into a Lord of the Rings style fantasy adventure. While this movie commits some of the cardinal sins of the fantasy film, namely bloodless battles filmed in wobble vision, jerky loping cgi monsters and people pontificating in
Read moreIn Take this Waltz, Michele Williams plays a restless and slightly unhinged woman who, having become disillusioned with her marriage to chicken-obsessed chef Seth Rogen, dabbles in an odd relationship with a young man, Daniel (Luke Kirby) who lives in her street. Williams’s character will produce widely differing responses from audiences; some will see her as horribly selfish while others
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