Tag: Gifted

Film review: GIFTED, by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

Gifted is an unashamed tear-jerker but a surprisingly effective one. It falls into the vulnerable kid genius sub-genre along with films like Little Man Tate although, refreshingly, the wunderkind here is a little girl. Mary (McKenna Grace) is a seven-year-old orphan who has lived with her mechanic uncle Frank (Captain America’s Chris Evans) since her mathematician mother’s death. Home-schooled for

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What’s on ‘Built For Speed’, Friday 8th September 2017

This Friday ‘Built For Speed’ hops into the time machine and journeys back to an era of checked shirts, shaggy haircuts and excessive use of the word ‘angst’.  Yes, it’s the 1990’s and this week we play favourite tracks and some obscurities from that remarkable decade.  We’ll still keep you up do date with what’s happening in cinema with reviews

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