This week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at environmental thriller ‘Dark Waters’ which stars Mark Ruffalo and Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith in fugitive couple drama ‘Queen and Slim’. There’ll be plenty of magnificent music as Jimbo tells us all about the Port Fairy Folk Festival and we give you a full review of Weyes Blood at
Read moreColour Out of Space crosses two film genres, the b-grade horror movie and the Nicolas Cage going nuts movie. Consequently, the film, while technically well-made, will have mostly cult interest and may leave general moviegoers scratching their noggins. Set in the present day but based on a 1927 short story by that pervasive sci-fi horror influence, author HP Lovecraft, Colour
Read moreTerence Mallick’s films can be difficult beasts. Long, visually sumptuous and often involving meditations on the place of humans in the natural environment and the cosmos, they are wondrous and mesmerising for some, painfully dull and pretentious for others. His latest film, the three-hour World War Two drama, A Hidden Life will probably only serve to divide those camps further.
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at two new Australian films, the cinema adaptation of the Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries in ‘Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears’ and Leigh Whannell’s reimagining of HG Wells ‘The Invisible Man’. There’ll be many fine tunes with new tracks from Archers of Loaf and the Strokes, new Aussie indie
Read moreBased on real events, legal drama Dark Waters starring Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway and Tim Robbins is a potent and vital (if occasionally clichéd) David and Goliath story that resonates with today’s ever-increasing concerns about the liveability of our environment. The film exposes some of the sinister chemicals that fill the modern world and the powerful corporate forces that put
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at the confronting drama ‘Honey Boy’ starring Shia LaBeouf and based on his experiences as a child actor. We’ll also let you know how the latest version of ‘The Call of the Wild’ which stars Harrison Ford, stacks up. We’ll have a feast of fine tunes for you with new
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