It’s a huge week on ‘Built For Speed’ as we recount our experiences of some of the major entertainment events happening in Melbourne over the week. We’ll let you know about the live show by mega star comedienne Amy Schumer, the Leaps and Bounds bus tour of Melbourne’s iconic music venues and the Sunday night gig by local legends Even. There’s
Read moreDue to both its inherent artistic genius and that fact that it has been reproduced in every marketable form including fridge magnets, Gustav Klimt’s 1907 portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer aka Woman in Gold, is one of the most recognisable paintings in history. The film Woman in Gold, which stars Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds, tells the remarkable true story behind
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ Arnie’s back as we review action blockbuster Terminator: Genisys. We also take a look at the biopic of Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson in Love and Mercy. Accordingly, we’ll play some classic Beach Boys and some bands who were clearly influenced by Brian Wilson’s genius. We’ll also take a selection from Sonic Youth’s classic
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at two of the more interesting films currently in our cinemas: Pixar’s latest animated extravaganza Inside Out and an exploration of the Church of Scientology in Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. There’s plenty of fine music with a selection of new releases including tracks from Teeth and
Read moreWriter/ director Paul Feig had a massive hit with the hilariously obscene women behaving badly comedy Bridesmaids which featured an unforgettable star-making performance from Melissa McCarthy. Their subsequent collaboration on the disappointing female buddy cop comedy The Heat however, had critics and audiences questioning their comic smarts. McCarthy’s box office appeal took an even bigger nosedive after her obnoxious performances
Read moreIn 2001 Stephen Spielberg, picking up an incomplete Stanley Kubrick project, made the flawed but often very moving film AI: Artificial Intelligence. That film explored, within a modern-day Pinocchio story, the possibilities of artificial intelligence and of cyborgs who could think and feel. Alex Garland’s (writer on 28 Days Later) fascinating directorial debut Ex Machina takes the idea of artificial
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