The first two instalments in the Paranormal Activity horror movie series created a genuine sense of terror by subtlety placing intensifying supernatural events in a believable everyday setting. The story of an average person being targeted by an evil force recalled the demonic threat of The Exorcist while the home-movie found-footage aesthetic gave the films a disturbing verisimilitude. Subsequent instalments
Read moreThe novelty of Tom Clancy’s CIA analyst character Jack Ryan is that as a Phd he’s not just a gun-toting assassin but a highly educated man who uses his intellect to combat villains. It’s only after the bad guys prove themselves to be sufficiently non-compliant with American values that he administers an ass-kicking. Jack Ryan has had nearly as many
Read moreBig Ass Spider should be an hilarious and gloriously stupid straight to DVD trash-fest. Like Sharknado and Snakes On A Plane, however, Big Ass Spider suffers from the fact that it tries to have a bet each way, it plays with the tropes and clichés of b-movies and “creature features” but also tries to be a straight up action film.
Read moreThis week on Built For Speed we play a selection of music from the film The Wolf of Wall Street as well as some tracks that should have appeared in the JJJ top 100. There’ll be plenty of fine Australian music and some selections from overseas. We also take a look at two current genre films screening in our cinemas: old
Read moreLittle Pattie has been a professional singer for over 50 years and is one of Australia’s most successful female entertainers. Her professional music career and hit records started in 1963! She has been awarded the Order of Australia Medal, has been inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame, was included on an Australia Post stamp, and was voted by the Sydney
Read moreHi folks! After several gruelling, ridiculously hot weeks aways from the job (pffft! who am I kidding??) we are pleased to announced the return of the most popular 12am slot on all of radio in the general area of the south eastern suburbs (again with the kidding). Join me, host Daniel H. in a merry dance-a-thon around the mulberry bush
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