Film review: TO ROME WITH LOVE, from Built For Speed

After the wonderful nostalgic fantasy Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen’s European tour hits a major pothole with the uninspired To Rome with love.  This frothy, feather-light film features mostly unsympathetic characters in the midst of mild romantic dilemmas that are rarely interesting or funny. The film has four main story threads all of which examine the strange corrupting lure of

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Built For Speed, Playlist, Friday 2nd November 2012

BUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 2nd NOVEMBER 2012 1.     REDD KROSS – Stay away from downtown. 2.     UNIDA – Thorn. 3.     THE STROKES – Hard to explain. 4.     FLAMING LIPS – Race for the prize 5.     GAS HUFFER – Crooked bird. 6.     THE POSIES – Your big mouth. 7.     JELLYFISH – Baby’s coming back. 8.     THE DESCENDENTS –  Silly girl 9.    

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What’s on Built For Speed, Friday 2nd November 2012

After our excursion into hip-hop last week we’re back to more guitar based music with indie classics new and old including the likes of Red Kross, Pond and Unida.  We also focus on some fine Aussie artists such as Paul Kelly.  On the movie front we’ll be taking a look at Woody Allen’s latest To Rome With Love and the

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