Usain Bolt story – podcast
Usain Bolt has been a running legend for years, winning the triple triple at the Olympics. Hear his story in 5 minutes. Broadcast on Songs of Hope yesterday
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Film review: ATOMIC BLONDE, by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
Atomic Blonde which features a pretty remarkable cast including Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, Sofia Boutella, John Goodman and Toby Jones is a slick, bone-crunching if occasionally slow adaptation of the first volume in the graphic novel series The Coldest City. Set in the volatile atmosphere of East Germany in the dying days of the Cold War in 1989, the film
Read moreFilm review: THE BEGUILED, by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
Sofia Coppola’s films are rarely plot driven, instead they focus on relationships, manners, gestures and as in The Bling Ring and The Virgin Suicides, female sub-cultures. Coppola’s remake of the 1970 Clint Eastwood film The Beguiled exemplifies these themes. Set in the deep south during the American Civil War as the confederate campaign began to collapse, the film sees wounded
Read moreFilm review: IT COMES AT NIGHT, by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
Post-apocalyptic survivalist thriller It Comes at Night is a stylish slow-burn film that delivers palpable tension and some effective scares but suffers due to its minimalist plot. Joel Edgerton and Carmen Ejogo and Kelvin Harrison Jr play Paul, Sarah and Travis one of what seems to be few surviving families following an unnamed global catastrophe. Eking out a rugged existence
Read more‘Built For Speed’ Playlist, Friday 18th August 2017
Built for Speed – 18h August 2017 THE PINK TILES – For tomorrow. (Aus) WET LIPS – Shame. (Aus) CLAIRY BROWN & THE BANGIN’ RACKETTES – Good problems. (Aus) ELVIS PRESLEY – Let yourself go. MIDNIGHT OIL – Kosciousko. (Aus) AMY SHARK – Adore. (Aus) PEEP TEMPEL – Rayguns. (Aus) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Fortunate Son. JANIS JOPLIN – Ball
Read moreWhat’s on ‘Built For Speed’, Friday 18th August 2017
It’s a huge show this week on ‘Built For Speed’ as we check out the latest instalment in the Annabelle horror franchise, ‘Annabelle: Creation’. We also take a look at Steven Soderbergh’s latest film, crime-caper comedy ‘Logan Lucky’. It’s 40 years since the death of ‘The King’, Elvis Presley and we’ll hear a musical tribute to the rock legend. It’s also
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