Film review: THE RAILWAY MAN, from Built For Speed

Set mostly in 1980 and based on a true story, British-Australian co-production The Railway Man begins as a typically quirky, charming romance set in a world of steam trains and verdant English countryside.  The film recalls Brief Encounter as the calm, sensible and sensitive Patti (Nicole Kidman) meets and eventually marries the awkward, dishevelled trainspotting nerd Eric Lomax (Colin Firth). 

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Built for Speed, Playlists for 6th, 13th and 20th December 2013

Built For Speed – Playlist – Friday 6th December 2013  1. DALLAS CRANE – Dirty Hearts. (Aus) 2.  ROONEY – Blueside. 3.  THE LIKE – Walk of shame. 4.  HOT HOT HEAT – Running out of time. 5.  BON JOVI – Runaway. 6.  MUSE – Uprising. 7.  THE ARCADE FIRE – We used to wait. 8.  ADAM SANDLER – Here comes Hannukah. 9.  JEFF LANG – You should have

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Film review: ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES, from Built For Speed

The Ron Burgundy Anchorman films are the contemporary equivalent of the Austen Powers movies; heavily art-directed, retro-themed pop-cultural parodies where a naïve, politically-incorrect but lovable central character manages to triumph despite his overwhelming stupidity. The first Anchorman film was a fun, endearing fitfully amusing satire of 1970’s sexism and the news reading profession that allowed Will Ferrell to gloriously indulge

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Film review: ENDER’S GAME, from Built For Speed

Nick’s rating: ***. Genre: Action/ Adventure/ Science Fiction. Classification: TBA Director(s): Gavin Hood. Release date: 5th Dec 2013. Running time: 114 mins. Based on controversial author Orson Scott Card’s famed 1985 science fiction novel, Ender’s Game is one of the most hotly anticipated film adaptations of recent times.  I have not read the book so my review comes from the

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Film review: DELIVERY MAN, from Built For Speed

With Delivery Man, Vince Vaughan takes his irresponsible slob persona into slightly more serious territory.  He plays Dave Wozniak, a meat delivery driver with his family’s butcher shop who lives in a perpetual adolescence. Unable to commit to his pregnant girlfriend, disinterested in his job and heavily in debt to gangsters, his life seems to be disappearing down the s-bend.

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Film review: ONE CHANCE, from Built For Speed

Nick’s rating: *** ½ Genre: Drama/ Biography/Comedy Classification: PG. Director(s): David Frankel. Release date: 5th Dec 2013. Running time: 103 mins. Who could forget the iconic viral video of Welsh opera singer Paul Potts nervously shuffling up to the microphone on Britain’s Got Talent his doleful form eliciting derisive giggles from audience and judges alike.  Seconds later as Paul launched

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