This week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at Golden Globe winner and Oscar hopeful, WW1 drama ‘1917’. We’ll also explore the Oscar nominees list to see which other films are in contention. We also let you know if Guy Ritchie has atoned for his recent disappointing films with his latest effort ‘The Gentlemen’. There’ll be plenty of magnificent
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look the much lauded French film ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’. We’ll also let you know about the latest IMAX offering ‘Great Bear Rainforest’. There’s also plenty of fine music with new Aussie tunes, indie and classic rock favourites and a selection of magnificent tracks celebrating their 40th anniversary. Don’t
Read moreLittle Women, directed by Greta Gerwig, is the seventh cinema adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s bestselling semi-autobiographical 1868 novel; the first film version having appeared in 1917. Gerwig’s adaptation, like Gillian Armstrong’s 1994 version, intelligently combines historical fiction, romance, comedy, tragedy and feminism for a very pleasing, if at times slow-moving film. Little Women tells the story of the March
Read moreBest Films of 2019 1. Sorry We Missed You As he did with I, Daniel Blake, British director Ken Loach delivers an excruciatingly honest and effortlessly powerful look at the state of working-class Britain. Here he shows the plight of a struggling family where the father works as a contracted parcel driver forced to adhere to an impossible schedule while
Read moreWhen the trailer for Tom Hooper’s cinematic version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats hit the internet a few months ago it’s images of venerable actors like Judy Dench prancing around in furry-faced cat costumes were met with a torrent of ridicule. Sometimes trailers can be deceiving and in the broader context of the film itself, bizarre and ludicrous
Read moreWith a guaranteed worldwide audience but also an amazingly finicky, near-fundamentalist fan base, helming a Star Wars film must be a very tantalising and yet daunting prospect for any director. After directing the mostly loved The Force Awakens, JJ Abrams takes back the reins from Rian Johnson who gave us the intriguingly off-beat but ultimately silly, The Last Jedi. With
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