Film review: ‘THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT’, by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

The fun, quirkily amusing but not hilarious comedy, The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent plays on the strange, ironic cult surrounding actor Nic Cage while also (tentatively) parodying the Hollywood movie system. Cage plays a semi-fictionalised version of himself, a workaholic actor whose relentless and often fruitless pursuit of movie roles has led to divorce from wife Olivia (Sharon Horgan,

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What’s on ‘Built For Speed’, Friday 22nd April 2022

This week on ‘Built For Speed’ we’ll let you know what happens when you combine Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum and Daniel Radcliffe in one film as we review adventure comedy ‘The Lost City’.  We’ll also tell you about some of the films on offer at the Moro Spanish Film Festival which opened last night.  There’ll be a feast of music

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Film review: ‘AMBULANCE’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

Ambulance Director Michael Bay’s career has been marked by borderline unwatchable films such as the Transformers and Bad Boys franchises that feature maddeningly fidgety, hyper-manic action sequences and occasional gore mixed with ridiculous goofball humour. His latest audience-punisher, action heist film Ambulance, is, despite some redeeming features, mostly more and in fact too much of the same. Here, Yahya Abdul-Mateen

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