Sometimes a single stand-out quality can make bad film tolerable and that’s the case with medieval sword and sorcery adventure lark Seventh Son. The plot makes no sense, the dialogue sounds like it was written by a 13-year-old ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ fan, the non-white characters are disturbingly one-dimensional, the cgi monsters look fake and too it often it feels as
Read moreBuilt For Speed – Playlist Friday 6th March 2015 PARQUET COURTS – You got me wonderin’ now. RICHARD THOMPSON – Stony Ground. DJ SHADOW – This time (I’m gonna try it my way). THE OBLIVIANS – Loving cup. SOUNDGARDEN – Spoonman. MADONNNA – Hung up. CHET FAKER – Talk is cheap. (Aus) THE MURLOCS – Adolescence. (Aus) FIRST AID KIT –
Read moreThis Friday night on ‘Built For Speed’ it’s movies and music galore as we review selections from the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival as well as fantasy adventure Seventh Son. There’s a fine selection of music from Australian bands and many of the wonderful artists who will be visiting our shores in the coming months including Richard Thompson, The Oblivians and
Read moreStu Phillips is one of America’s great & yet probably most underrated film & TV composers. Commencing his career in the 1950s & then progressing into the 1960s becoming one of the most prolific composers in the American entertainment industry, not to mention arranger, conductor, producer, etc. Stu Phillips established himself with such successful TV shows as The Monkees, & successful films such as Beyond
Read moreTune in tonight from midnight to hear resident Midnight Mäss ceremonial archivist and in-house DJ, Daniel H. spin the following toons for your listening…..pleasure (?) MASTODON – Ghosts Of Karelia THE CULT – Judith BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE – Fist Full Of Bees BORIS – Flower Sun Rain SONIC YOUTH – Chapel Hill / Nic Fit BLACK FLAG – It’s
Read moreThe last day of the home and away season bought about all sorts of carnage with teams falling out or charging into the top four in their grades and looking forward to finals contests next week. The SECA panel were across everything (nearly) and with help from SECA Exec Mark Rainey also announced the finals venues and match ups. The
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