Two Smokin’ Guns
Scotty and Ruttsy are now on Southern FM every Sunday from 2 PM to 4 PM with their new show “Two Smokin’ Guns”. Here’s the second hour of their first show as broadcast on 88.3 Southern FM on 15 September 2019.
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Film review: ‘LATE NIGHT’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
The world of late-night TV talk shows has provided fruitful material for ‘behind the scenes’ satires and exposés with comedy classics like The Larry Sanders Show and tele-movies such as The Late Shift. Hosting a talk show appears to be an odd mix of empathy and narcissism in which the host is often a bigger star than the person they’re
Read moreFilm review ‘BOOKSMART’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
Teen comedy Booksmart is the slightly unexpected directorial debut for actress Olivia Wilde. Playing like a grungier Romy and Michelle and an indie American Pie with touches of Superbad, the film explores teen high school rituals in a refreshingly honest, insightful and ballsy manner. The film sees nerd besties Molly (Beanie Feldstein) and Amy (Kaitlyn Deaver) preparing to crown their
Read moreHistorical John with the Newsman – Podcast
Did television clowns Zig and Zag really break the King Street bridge while trying to crack a coconut? Who would have succeeded King Edward the Second if he’d been Irish?
These and many other questions are answered by “Historical John” in this podcast from the 8 July 2019 edition of “A Newsman and his Music” on 88.3 Southern FM.
Film review: ‘THE HUSTLE’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
As any film fan who has seen the trailer would realise, The Hustle is a remake of 80’s comedy classic Dirty Rotten Scoundrels which starred Michael Caine and Steve Martin and was itself a remake of the 1964 film Bedtime Story which featured David Niven and Marlon Brando (in an intentional comic role). Notably, The Hustle has a gender flip
Read moreFilm review ‘Book Club’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
Befitting its innocuous title, Book Club, the directorial debut for Walk in the Woods writer Bill Holderman, is a wafer thin but amiable senior citizen rom-com. The film would probably evaporate if not for its wonderful all-star cast which features Dianne Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen as well as Craig T. Nelson, Richard Dreyfus, Ed Begley Jr
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