Film review: THE SHALLOWS, from ‘Built For Speed’

Ever since Jaws terrified beach-goers out of the water in 1975, sharks have been a cinematic symbol of menace and primal terror. There’s something particularly unnerving about floating around in the vast inky blackness of the ocean knowing that a huge, hungry razor-tooth creature could appear from nowhere and start munching on you. The Shallows, the latest film from Non-stop

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BEST MEDICINE

BEST MEDICINE -today – Mike McKinney will talk about his book: All or Nothing and later Delia McCabe will talk about nutrition for stressed women. Please join me, Gaytana

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Film review: BAD MOMS, from ‘Built For Speed’

In 2011 Bridesmaids set the standard for female raunch comedy. Neatly balancing obscenity and sensitivity the film showed that women behaving badly can be just as funny as men. Bad Moms aims to one-up Bridesmaids by taking those paragons of virtue, responsibility and compliance, namely, mothers and having them gleefully cast off the shackles of both domestic servitude and society’s

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Film review: ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS, from ‘Built For Speed’

The British TV comedy Absolutely Fabulous, which began in 1992 and ran sporadically for the next decade, was beloved for its gleefully irresponsible, selfish and politically incorrect lead characters Eddie (Jennifer Saunders) and Patsy (Joanna Lumley). As high-flying, perpetually partying career women from the PR and fashion worlds they were a kind of Dorian Grey embodiment of the ridiculous, superficial,

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