In 2001 Stephen Spielberg, picking up an incomplete Stanley Kubrick project, made the flawed but often very moving film AI: Artificial Intelligence. That film explored, within a modern-day Pinocchio story, the possibilities of artificial intelligence and of cyborgs who could think and feel. Alex Garland’s (writer on 28 Days Later) fascinating directorial debut Ex Machina takes the idea of artificial
Read moreBuilt For Speed – Playlist Friday 8th May 2015 JUDAS PRIEST – Hot rockin’. SPIDERBAIT – Where’s the baseline. (Aus) OH MERCY – Sandy. (Aus) COURTNEY BARNETT – Depreston. (Aus) DARK FAIR – Listen up (Aus) MOTLEY CRUE – Too fast for love. AC/DC – TNT RYAN ADAMS – New York, New York. MY MORNING JACKET – One big holiday.
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at two of the more interesting films for 2015, the cerebral sci-fi drama Ex Machina and Trash a story of political corruption set amid the Brazilian slums. There’s also plenty of fine music with a selection of magnificent tracks from Swedish bands like the Hellacopters as well as some terrific new
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