Gifted is an unashamed tear-jerker but a surprisingly effective one. It falls into the vulnerable kid genius sub-genre along with films like Little Man Tate although, refreshingly, the wunderkind here is a little girl. Mary (McKenna Grace) is a seven-year-old orphan who has lived with her mechanic uncle Frank (Captain America’s Chris Evans) since her mathematician mother’s death. Home-schooled for
Read moreHaving previously been adapted for a TV mini-series in 1990, Stephen King’s clown horror novel It now comes to the big screen. While not deserving the praise some have heaped on it, this film manages to continue a recent thread of strong mainstream horror films established by the Conjuring franchise and small-scale spookfests like Lights Out. In an apparent attempt to
Read moreThis Friday ‘Built For Speed’ hops into the time machine and journeys back to an era of checked shirts, shaggy haircuts and excessive use of the word ‘angst’. Yes, it’s the 1990’s and this week we play favourite tracks and some obscurities from that remarkable decade. We’ll still keep you up do date with what’s happening in cinema with reviews
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we let you know whether the cinematic adaptation of Stephen King’s graphic novel series ‘The Dark Tower’ is any good. We also take a look at Tom Cruise’ latest effort, the Iran-Contra drama ‘American Made’. There’s plenty of great music with new Aussie tracks, favourites from the early 2000’s and classics from across the decades.
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we talk to Mouna Zaylah, Co-Director of the Arab Film Festival about the wonderful range of films on offer from 25-27 August. We also take a look at Amazon adventure ‘The Lost City of Z’ starring ‘Sons of Anarchy’s’ Charlie Hunnam and Robert Pattinson. On a slightly different note we’ll also review biopic Maudie which stars Sally
Read moreSofia Coppola’s films are rarely plot driven, instead they focus on relationships, manners, gestures and as in The Bling Ring and The Virgin Suicides, female sub-cultures. Coppola’s remake of the 1970 Clint Eastwood film The Beguiled exemplifies these themes. Set in the deep south during the American Civil War as the confederate campaign began to collapse, the film sees wounded
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