Built For Speed – Playlist – Friday 2nd Aug July 2013 “Rock gets controversial” THE LIBERTINES – Up the bracket. LED ZEPPELIN – Good times bad times IGGY POP – I’m bored. CHUCK BERRY – Maybelline. SKY HOOKS – You just like me cause I’m good in bed. (Aus) CROSBY STILLS NASH AND YOUNG –Ohio. JOHN LENNON – How do
Read moreIn the noble tradition of Old Dogs, Grown Ups and Hot Tub Time Machine comes The Worlds End, another low-brow comedy about a group of middle aged guys desperately trying to relive the glory days of their wayward youth. Starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, The World’s End is the last in a loosely connected comic trilogy that also includes
Read moreBlokes You Can Trust documents the chaotic career of one if Australia’s finest cultural exports, The Cosmic Psychos. Punk icons, godfathers of grunge, farmers, these are expressions that don’t always go together but in the Cosmis Psychos’ case they do and it’s this bizarre combination of qualities that makes the Psychos such a phenomenon. The film, directed by Matt Weston
Read moreClearly influenced by playwright Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, What’s in a Name depicts a dinner party among alleged French intellectuals that descends into bitter conflict. Biting and perceptive, if at times over the top, What’s In a Name cleverly skewers French middle class pretensions. The film stars Charles Berling and Valerie Benguigi as Pierre and Elisabeth, a
Read moreThe world of Marvel Comics movie adaptations is becoming increasingly confusing with the latest X-Men film entitled The Wolverine a reboot of the Wolverine character within a reboot of the X-Men franchise. Whether this attempt at reviving the series will succeed is a doubtful, though, as this film, while competently made and occasionally exciting, feels a little tired. The Wolverine
Read moreThis Is The End is a juvenile, indulgent lark that operates under the dubious belief that Seth Rogen, James Franco and Jonah Hill might be amusing or remotely entertaining playing themselves. In what seems to have been an idea cooked up over excessive amounts of beer, pizza and bongs, This is the End sees Rogen and his long-time Canadian compatriot
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