Film review: DIVERGENT, from Built For Speed

Fitting somewhere between Twilight and The Hunger Games in terms of subject matter, scenario, characters and quality, Divergent is the latest cinematic adaptation to emerge from the lucrative teen lit genre. Based on the series of novels by Veronica Roth, the film sees the very Katniss-like heroine Tris (Shailene Woodley) battling for survival and attempting to discover her identity in

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Built For Speed, Playlist, Friday 18th April 2014

  Built For Speed – Playlist – Friday 18th April 2014 1.  DALLAS CRANE – Dirty Hearts. (Aus) 2.  THE CLOUDS – Here now. (Aus) 3.  THE PICTURES – See Ya home tonight.(Aus) 4.  JAKE BUGG- Lightning bolt. 5.  KELLEY STOLTZ – Are you my love. 6.  THE ARCTIC MONKEYS – She’s Thunderstorms. 7.  AC/DC – Thunderstruck. (Aus) 8.  AC/DC –

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Film review: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, from Built For Speed

There are a few swinging voters like myself but It seems most people either love or hate Wes Anderson’s supremely quirky picture-postcard fantasies.  His latest film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, is such a fun ride, however, that it may even seduce the detractors. Like the antique dioramas Anderson often displays in his movies, this film reveals its story through several

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Film review: ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE, from Built For Speed

After a four year hiatus, Director Jim Jarmusch returns with his latest film Only Lovers Left Alive a typically quirky Jarmusch take on the much-abused vampire sub-genre.  Slow moving and largely uneventful this droll mix of horror film, gothic romance and rock star biopic provides a perplexing, occasionally amusing but underwhelming experience. Thor’s Tom Hiddleston plays Adam an ancient yet ageless

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