It seems to be the year for biopics of controversial conservative icons, first it was Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, now it’s infamous FBI director J. Edgar Hoover (Leo Di Caprio) in the rather uninventively titled J. Edgar. The film portrays most of the major events in Hoover’s professional life including the search for Charles Lindbergh’s baby, his pursuit
Read moreIt’s time once again for Built for Speed’s classic album retrospective and this month its the debut album by guitar god Jimi Hendrix and his band the Jimi Hendrix Experience “Are You Experienced”. An iconic figure of a slightly different ilk is J. Edgar Hoover and this week we review the Clint Eastwood-directed biopic J. Edgar. We also review Sam
Read moreYou know the drill with sci/fi horror these days: a disparate group of pretty young adults are forced to stop whining and unite to battle a seemingly indestructible alien menace. You can clothe it in military fetishism ala Battle: Los Angeles or Inner city housing estate culture as in Attack the Block but it’s still the same film. The Darkest
Read moreLook out gen x-ers, the 90’s we thought were so cool and edgy are now middle-aged nostalgia. Young Adult, the bittersweet new film from Jason Reitman, celebrates 90’s pop culture – particularly the music – while showing the damaging effects of hanging onto the past. Much like Gross Point Blank from 1997 (scenes, music and characters from which Young Adult
Read moreWhat the hell was Journey 1 you might ask? Well J1 was in fact the 2008 Journey to the Centre of the Earth remake with Brendan Fraser. This sequel-of-sorts takes another Jules Verne adventure novel in this case Mysterious Island and gives if the same contemporary tweaking. In Journey 2, Josh Hutcherson, the kid from J 1 is now a
Read moreThis week on Built for Speed we review gen x drama Young Adult and play a selection of classic 90’s music from the film’s soundtrack. We also review fantasy adventure Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and sci fi action flick The Darkest Hour. There’s plenty of great music including selections from Uncut Magazine’s best of 2011 and Wild Flag which features members
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