Built For Speed – Playlist – Friday 4th April 2014 RADIO BIRDMAN – New Race. (Aus) JEREMY NEALE – In Stranger Times. (Aus) SUN GOD REPLICA – The devil and the deep. (Aus) LEANNE KINGWELL – Slingshot.(Aus) THE FRATELLIS – Chelsea Dagger. HOLE – Malibu. JACK WHITE – I’m Shaking. TEMPLES – Golden throne. STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS –
Read moreHow many times have we heard the deep mellifluous burr of a movie trailer voice-over artist exclaiming “This year” or “In a world”? The owner of that voice was more likely than not American vocal legend Don La Fontaine who recorded thousands of voice-overs for film trailers and TV commercials before his death in 2008. The vacuum he left in
Read moreI haven’t seen Gareth Evans’ (the Welsh film director not the former Labor politician) first Raid film -a martial arts epic set in a Jakarta apartment building over-run by ferocious criminals – but as far as I’m aware it is not essential to have seen that film to follow the plot of the sequel The Raid 2: Berandal. The Raid
Read morePaul W.S. Anderson creates guilty pleasure cinema. Like Roland Emmerich and Michael Bay, Anderson concocts ludicrous, trashy, over-the-top films that infuriate critics and delight the multiplex crowds. His latest film the historical, romantic, action piece Pompeii may be his loopiest effort yet. When deciding to make a film about the destruction of the city of Pompeii by Mount Vesuvius in
Read moreThis week on Built For Speed we take a look at the latest incarnation of Frankenstein’s monster in the action/ horror film I Frankenstein. We also cast a critical eye over the TV guide and the plethora of fine and not so fine shows on offer. There’s plenty of great music with new tracks from Sun God Replica and J
Read moreBuilt For Speed – Playlist – Friday 21st March 2014 YOU AM I – What I don’t know about you. (Aus) BARRENCE WHITFIELD AND THE SAVAGES – The Corner Man. STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS – Lariat. LEANNE KINGWELL – Slingshot. (Aus) MY BLOODY VALENTINE – When you sleep. THE POSIES – My Big Mouth. JELLYFISH – The King is
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