Rise of The Planet of The Apes from 2011 achieved the rare feat of rebooting a franchise in a fresh, intelligent and exciting fashion. Essentially a remake of the fourth film in the original series, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, the thoughtful, inventive and moving Rise revealed how lab apes, exposed to an experimental Alzheimer’s treatment, developed higher
Read moreThere’s a good chance that people who have never set foot on a skateboard will have heard of American champion Tony Hawk. Few outside the skating world, however, would be aware of Tas and Ben Pappas two Australian skateboard champion brothers who, throughout a tumultuous career, regularly defeated Hawk with Tas becoming world number one in the mid 1990’s. The
Read moreThis Friday on Built For Speed we have an awesome collection of tracks for you with classics from the last 10 years by The Kills, The Ravonettes, Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs and many more. We also play some of our favourite releases of 2014. On the movie front we give our verdict on the biggest film around at the moment, Dawn of The Planet of
Read moreClint Eastwood probably wouldn’t be the first director to come to mind when thinking of someone to adapt to the big screen the hit stage musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Jersey Boys. Then again, few would have expected him to make a film about the South African rugby team as he did with Invictus. Like any director,
Read moreCalvary, which follows the wonderfully acerbic The Guard as the second in a planned trilogy of films about Ireland from director John Michael McDonagh, is one of the strangest, cleverest and most thought-provoking films so far this year. The film grips us from its opening confession booth scene in which weary, disillusioned priest Father James Lavelle (Brendan Gleeson) hears an
Read moreThe documentary The Last Impresario, which was written and directed by Miranda Otto’s sister Gracie, – chronicles the career of theatre and film producer Michael White. If that name isn’t familiar to you, don’t worry as this film trades on the idea that White is the most famous person we’ve never heard of. Consequently, the film takes great pleasure in
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