This week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at two slightly different films, touching family drama and Oscar hopeful ‘Minari’ and giant CGI monster punch-up ‘Godzilla vs Kong’. We’ll also have a feast of music big enough satiate Godzilla with new Aussie and overseas tracks, indie rock favourites and classic rock. Don’t forget our comprehensive round-up of music
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at ‘Crisis’, a crime drama that addresses America’s devastating opioid addiction. On a slightly different note we head to the world of IMAX and their latest documentary offering ‘Great Barrier Reef 3D’ narrated by Eric Bana. There’ll be plenty of great music with new releases from Australia and overseas as
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we have a look at Australian documentary ‘Girl’s Can’t Surf’ which explores female surfers’ attempts to gain the recognition they deserved on the surfing tour. We also review rom-com ‘Then Came You’ which, believe it or not, stars Kathy-Lee Gifford and Craig Ferguson. There’ll be many fine tunes for you with new Aussie and
Read moreFrank Zappa, musician, composer, band leader, producer, visual artist, the list goes on, was a perplexing and brilliant figure and perhaps appropriately but still frustratingly, the lengthy and detailed documentary, simply titled Zappa, doesn’t allow us to gain a complete handle on that brilliance. The film comes from director Alex Winter, yes Bill from Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure who,
Read moreAs cinemas reopen, one of the great annual events is back, the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival and this week on ‘Built For Speed’ we speak to Johanna Durand, the Director of the Melbourne branch of the Alliance Francaise about the selection of movies on offer this year. We’ll also take a look at the Frank Zappa documentary and Australian
Read moreSlasher film Wrong Turn is a little like a cinematic Frankenstein’s monster, stitched together from bits of other films. There’s the backwoods inbred redneck menace of The Hills Have Eyes and Deliverance (minus the pig squealing), the ‘forest as a threatening alternate world’ horror of The Blair Witch Project and the kidnapping nightmare of Wolf Creek. Derivative as it is,
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