Film review: ‘WORDS ON BATHROOM WALLS’, by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

The cinema has handled the topic of mental illness with vastly differing degrees of accuracy and sensitivity.  Films like Silver Linings Playbook have intelligently captured the complexities of mental illness and the way in which it impacts on sufferer’s loved ones while movies like Split have alarmingly equated mental illness with something monstrous.  Words on Bathroom Walls, which stars Lean

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Film review ‘BOOKSMART’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

Teen comedy Booksmart is the slightly unexpected directorial debut for actress Olivia Wilde. Playing like a grungier Romy and Michelle and an indie American Pie with touches of Superbad, the film explores teen high school rituals in a refreshingly honest, insightful and ballsy manner. The film sees nerd besties Molly (Beanie Feldstein) and Amy (Kaitlyn Deaver) preparing to crown their

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