Film review: BAD NEIGHBOURS, from Built For Speed

Bad Neighbours seems to have been spawned by a vaguely interesting idea, to mix Animal House-style frat boy comedy with the rambling, 30-something relationship comedy of Judd Apatow.  Unfortunately, Bad Neighbours takes the worst aspects of both, namely the crass, juvenile gags of the frat boy movie and the unfocused momentum-free narrative of a Judd Apatow film to create a

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Built For Speed, Playlist, Friday 15th March 2013

BUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 15th MARCH 2013 1.     FRANZ FERDINAND – Cheating on you. 2.     LIVING EYES – Oh Yeah (Aus). 3.     ADAM ECKERSLEY BAND – Should have known better. (Aus) 4.     INSTITUTE POLAIRE – We can’t wait no more. (Aus) 5.     HUSKER DU – Don’t want to know if you’re lonely. 6.     NEIL YOUNG – The needle and the

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Film review: THE PAPERBOY, from Built For Speed

The Paperboy is a slightly loopy, gleefully trashy and occasionally entertaining adaptation of Peter Dexter’s steamy story of murder and sexual taboos in the Florida swamps. The star-packed film, which is set in 1969, sees journalist Ward Jansen (Matthew McConaughey) returning to his former home town of Somerton Florida to investigate the questionable murder conviction of slimy, white trash creep

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