One of the cinematic surprises of the year is the thoughtful, low-key drama Thanks For Sharing which focuses on a subject that has gained more recognition in cinema recently: sex addiction. While the film does contain some sex and masturbation scenes, unlike the similarly-themed but very creepy Michael Fassbender film Shame, it won’t make audiences feel like they need a
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Read moreThis week on Built For Speed we put on the goggles and the protective gloves as we take a look at the latest Adam Sandler film Grown Ups 2. We also venture into the murky world of 1970’s porn flicks with Lovelace a biopic of Deep Throat star Linda Lovelace. There’s also plenty of fine music with Mikal Cronin, Aussie band
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Read moreLovelace dramatises the life of Linda Boreman better known as Linda Lovelace who achieved notoriety as the star of iconic 1970’s porno movie Deep Throat and later became a prominent feminist and anti-porn campaigner. Focusing mainly on the events surrounding the release of Deep Throat, Lovelace is a well-made but ultimately unsatisfying drama that skates across the surface of Linda’s
Read moreThe knives were out for Grown-Ups 2 long before it hit our shores. Not only is this an Adam Sandler film (he leads the cast and co-wrote the film) it’s also a sequel to another lame Adam Sandler film. About 20 minutes in, though, the film seems to be defying expectations. Aside from a ludicrous sequence involving a deer invading
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