This week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at the latest Marvel cinema adaptation, ‘Black Panther’. We’ll also tell you all about Oscar hopeful ‘Ladybird’, which marks the directorial debut for Greta Gerwig. CJ and Dr Nick will deliver a full wrap-up of the Father John Misty gig from last Friday at the Forum. We’ll play some Father
Read moreLike a more lyrical, more physically and metaphorically sunlit Brokeback Mountain, Call Me By Your Name ,which is based on the novel of the same name by Andre Aciman, is a homoerotic tale bathed in Mediterranean summer heat and high culture. Young up and comer Timothee Chalamet, who also co-stars in the Greta Gerwig’s excellent directorial debut Ladybird, stars as
Read moreSteven Spielberg’s The Post is part of that cinematic sub-genre, the investigative journalism film, an auspicious club that contains Spotlight, Zodiac and at its pinnacle, Alan J Pakula’s Watergate classic, All The Presidents Men. The Post almost seems like an attempt at a prequel to that film as it details the explosive story of the Washington Post’s quest in 1971
Read moreOstensibly a biopic of notorious former Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding, I, Tonya is a sharp if at times overly quirky satire on the perverse culture of American celebrity as well as a disturbing expose of what, according the film, was a life of tragic abuse. In an already lauded performance Margot Robbie plays Harding as an emotionally damaged self-confessed
Read moreIt’s movie awards season and there’s plenty of fine films around at the moment. This week ‘Built For Speed’ gives you the official opinion on two of them: Oscar hopeful ‘I, Tonya’ starring Margot Robbie and Warwick Thornton’s confronting new drama ‘Sweet Country’. Also, it’s a special music feast this week as we countdown our all-time favourite rock vocalists and
Read moreThis week ‘Built For Speed’ takes a look at one of the most acclaimed new cinema releases Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘The Shape of Water’. Keeping in line with the sci-fi fantasy theme we’ll also review Japanese animated film ‘Mary and the Witch’s Flower’. In our Summer Movie Guide, we’ll let you know about other cinematic treats currently screening. There’s also a feast of
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