What’s on Built For Speed, Friday 27th September 2013

This week on Built For Speed we speak to Benjamin Zeccola, the CEO of Palace Cinemas about the upcoming Lavazza Italian Film Festival.  We also review two special effects laden movie sequels Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters and Riddick.  There’s also plenty of fine music new and old including Kings of Leon and Aussie artists like Howlin’ Steam Train and

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RADIO GA GA DOES NEIL YOUNG COVERS

Nearly half a century on and the Canadian is still producing fantastic popular original music. This Saturday on RGG we revisit his catalogue of tunes and hear a plethora of alternative versions of some of his songs performed by other artists. Songs such as Lotta Love, Powderfinger, Love is a Rose, Winterlong, After the Gold Rush, Pocohontas, Long May You

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WRITE NOW

Write Now – TONIGHT – I’m talking with Lenny Bartulin about his latest book: INFAMY and later I’ll talk with Kathryn Heyman about her latest book:  FLOODLINE. Please join me, Gaytana

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Film review: RIDDICK, from Built For Speed

Riddick, which sees Vin Diesel return as the indestructible and indecipherable, intergalactic outlaw of the title is one of the least anticipated sequels of recent years.  This is the third instalment in an ersatz trilogy that also includes 2000’s surprisingly effective Pitch Black and 2004’s awful The Chronicles of Riddick. Sitting somewhere between the two in terms of quality and

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Film review: BLUE JASMINE, from Built For Speed

Following the disappointingly light and fluffy To Rome with Love, Woody Allen returns to form with Blue Jasmine, a confronting drama that explores the perils of downward mobility and self-delusion. Cate Blanchett, plays Jeanette or Jasmine French, a formerly wealthy Park Avenue snob who, as a result of her late husband Hal’s (Alec Baldwin) philandering and shifty business deals, has

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