The Melbourne International Film Festival begins on 28th July and this week on ‘Built For Speed’ we have Festival Programmer Al Cossar giving us a run down on what will be showing and the events surrounding MIFF. Speaking of movies we’ll review sci-fi blockbuster Star Trek: Beyond and the somewhat more restrained comedy of manners Love and Friendship. We’ll also tell
Read moreBuilt for Speed – 1st July 2016 KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD – Gamma knife. (Aus) SUEDE – Like Kids. PJ HARVEY – Hope Six Demolition Project. THE GOOCH PALMS – Living room bop. (Aus) MAN AND THE ECHO – As vile as you want. THE DEVIL DOGS – Baby, I’m a king. SHUDDER TO THINK – X-French t-shirt.
Read moreIn 1996 the original Independence Day set a new high in spaceship special effects and a new low in silly-ass American propaganda movie making. Its cartoonish tale of gung-ho Americans repelling an invasion by slimy aliens was dumb but tolerable sci- fi action fare. Even though it was a box office hit that film has taken 20 years to spawn
Read moreThe 2003 film Finding Nemo was a box office hit that mixed masterful animation and adorable characters to create an instant family favourite. Almost stealing the film from the title character was Nemo’s faithful and forgetful friend Dory who was voiced memorably by Ellen DeGeneres. Given that film’s success a sequel was inevitable and Disney Pixar has wisely focused on
Read moreWarcraft: The Beginning is the film adaptation of the hugely popular World of Warcraft video game. Adapting video games to the cinema screen is usually a very dubious proposition as the elements that allow the game to function often don’t translate into an entertaining or even coherent film narrative. This, sadly, is the case with Warcraft: The Beginning a film
Read moreEach week in 2016 ‘Built for Speed’ has been playing a bracket or two their favourite tracks of the millennium so far i.e. 2000-2015. We thought at this mid-point in the year you might want to see what we’d played. The tracks are listed in the chronological order in which they were played (not ranked). Australian tracks have been indicated
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