Film review: ‘MICKEY 17’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

Korean writer/ director Bong Joon Ho’s latest excursion into misanthropic weirdness, Mickey 17 is certainly ambitious, mixing science fiction, jet black comedy, farce, action and political satire. That, however, is its problem, the film is a mess.  Mickey 17 flails about in all directions never settling on a clear or satisfying approach and it isn’t especially funny, thrilling or politically

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Film review: ‘THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built for Speed’

Revered Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s latest film The Seed of the Sacred Fig was made in secret before Rasoulof fled Iran under threat of arrest and imprisonment.  He now lives in Germany and this film was Germany’s nominee for best International Feature Oscar.  While this mostly riveting film maintains the very high standard of works from Iranian directors that reach

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Film review: ‘ONE OF THEM DAYS’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built for Speed’

Some silly humour and 80’s movie “hooray for entrepreneurial capitalism” clichés aside, One Of Them Days is a vibrant, sassy feel-good comedy that celebrates and affectionately jokes with African American culture. The set up in this film is pretty familiar, having seen it in movies like Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Due Date, where the responsible person’s life is constantly

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