Film review: LOOKING FOR GRACE, from ‘Built For Speed’

Much like the Western Australian outback in which it is largely set, Looking for Grace is disconcertingly empty. A wafer thin plot sees rebellious teen Grace (Odessa Young) steal money from her gormless parents Denise and Dan (Rhada Mitchell and David Wenham) and run away with friend Sapho (Kenya Pearson) presumably to see a hard-core punk band called Dead Dog.

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Film review: THE DANISH GIRL, from ‘Built For Speed’

The Danish Girl sensitively depicts the life of Danish landscape painter Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne) and his transition from male to female through gender reassignment. Einar was married to painter Gerda (Alicia Vikander) but came to the realisation that he felt more comfortable as a woman. In the mid-1920’s he underwent the first gender reassignment surgery and became Lili. While

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What’s on ‘Built For Speed’, Friday 29th January 2016

This week on ‘Built For Speed’ we play all Australian music with classic tunes from across the decades and plenty of current indie rock.  On the movie front we’ll review the new Australian film Looking for Grace and the disturbingly titled Dirty Grandpa which, believe it or not, stars Robert de Niro and Zach Efron.  Don’t forget our regular preview

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SECA PANEL PODCAST # 13

Round 9 kicked off and is a huge round across the grades. Plenty to discuss and the panel snuck it all in which you may review and rate via this podcast.

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