This week Built For Speed is proud to feature special guest, Melbourne radio legend Billy Pinnell. Billy will be talking about his experiences in radio and some of his favourite music particularly classic B-sides. On the movie front we’ll take a look at the latest Scarlett Johansson film, sci fi thriller, Lucy. Don’t forget our regular preview of upcoming gigs and
Read moreThis Friday on Built For Speed we take a look at some of the music documentaries featuring in the “Backbeat” section of the Melbourne International Film Festival including Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon and Pulp: A Film about Life, Death and Supermarkets. We’ll play plenty of the terrific music from both these films as well as a ton of current release
Read moreMany cinemagoers might have feared that Hercules would be yet another moronic, CGI-drenched video game-like action fest. Despite the fact that it is mostly composed of sword-swinging battle scenes and that it stars former pro-wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in the title role, this vaguely post-modern take on the Hercules legend is surprisingly enjoyable. In a plot that resembles Seven
Read moreFollowing The Tracker and Ten Canoes, Rolf de Heer’s Charlie’s Country completes a film trilogy that intelligently and confrontingly examines the experience of indigenous Australians. David Gulpilil plays the title character, a man in his early 60’s eking out an existence in a government run indigenous town camp. Once a celebrated dancer who performed at the opening of the Sydney
Read moreMrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie is the big-screen adaptation of the surprisingly successful TV sit-com Mrs Brown’s Boys a gleeful yet rarely funny throwback to the broad British working class sit-coms of the 1970’s. I grew up with shows like On the Buses, Benny Hill, Dick Emery, Love Thy Neighbour and Mind Your Language so I have some nostalgic affection for
Read moreThe ever-controversial Roman Polanski is back with his latest film Venus in Fur. This film which depicts an audition for a play which is based on another play which is based on a novel and which also toys with perceptions of Polanski himself, takes the concept of a meta-movie to a bizarre new level. Not surprisingly, it’s hard to tell
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