The comedy-tinged drama Misbehaviour depicts the events surrounding the 1970 Miss World telecast in London when feminist activists staged a protest that plunged the event – hosted by Bob Hope – into chaos. The protests earned headlines around the world and put the women’s liberation movement on the map. It also saw an unexpected result to the competition itself that
Read moreWith Christmas hurtling ominously toward us, “Built For Speed’ will, this Friday, review the latest addition to that oddball cinema sub-genre the Christmas movie with comedy/ drama ‘Happiest Season’ starring Kristen Stewart. We’ll also have a feast of great music for you with more terrific tracks that have emerged in 2020, some of the favourites from our ‘best of’ lists
Read moreThe latest film for writer/ director Miranda July (Me, You and Everyone We Know), the oddball comedy/ drama Kajillionaire is at first so irritatingly quirky, many will want to yell insults at the screen. Eventually – and we’re talking by about the last 20 minutes of the film – detractors should begin to embrace or least feel less enraged by
Read moreAfter the disappointment of his last sci-fi outing, the ambitious but confusing, inert and miscast Interstellar, Christopher Nolan returns with a film as gargantuan in scope, complexity, running time and likelihood of dividing audiences in Tenet. It seems Nolan’s quest with this film was to make the most confusing time travel movie ever. Apparently, the Spierig brothers’ Predestination, where characters
Read moreChristopher Nolan’s new film ‘Tenet’ has been been dubiously touted as some sort of spectacular panacea for the lockdown malaise. Is it thrilling or is it another Nolan film that, like the miscast ‘Interstellar’, disappears down a rabbit hole? Find out this Friday on ‘Built For Speed’. When we’re not dissecting overlong sci-fi action films we’re playing lots of stunning
Read moreThis week on ‘Built for Speed’ we’ll take a look at the latest film from director Miranda July, the uber-quirky comedy/drama,’Kajillionaire’ starring Evan Rachel Wood. We’ll also treat you to more of the magnificent new music you may have missed during the ‘Built For Speed’ hiatus as well as indie and classic rock favourites from times past. Don’t forget our
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