Frank Herbert’s award winning iconic 1965 sci-fi novel Dune is a broad sweeping saga of royal ascent, political intrigue and imperial conquest while at the same time a story filled with multiple character arcs and invented alien societies, cultures, religions and mythologies. Consequently, Dune makes for a dense and tangled narrative and one that many have deemed unfilmable. In 1984,
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we tell you all about Canadian director Denis Villeneuve’s crack at that treacherous Mt Everest of filmmaking, the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic 1965 sci-fi novel ‘Dune’. Also, as we head toward the end of 2021 and our end of year, ‘best of’ spectacular, we take a look back at the best music of
Read moreAs we emerge from the lockdown bunker we might be thinking we’re entering a brave new world but just to prove little has changed, there’s a Marvel film waiting for us, namely Eternals. The advanced word was that Eternals was the worst reviewed film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) so far. Given that the Marvel films have mostly been fast
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at low-budget drama ‘Blue Bayou’ from director/ star Justin Chon, co-starring Alicia Vikander. There’ll also be a feast of fine music with new Aussie and overseas tracks as well as indie and classic rock favourites from across the decades. Check out ‘Built For Speed’, Friday 8-10pm on 88.3 Southern FM.
Read moreThe 25th James Bond film, No Time to Die had promised to appear so many times we were starting to wonder whether it actually existed. Of course, Covid was largely blame for its absence but thankfully, with cinemas now open, it’s finally with us and it was definitely worth the wait. No Time to Die is the final Bond film
Read moreThe Many Saints of Newark is writer/ producer David Chase’s eagerly anticipated feature-length prequel to one of the most lauded TV series in history, The Sopranos. While the show’s contemporary The Wire was about sociology, The Sopranos was about psychology, its central motif was the therapy that mob boss Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) underwent with psychiatrist Dr Melfi (Lorraine Bracco).
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