Film review: THE GUILT TRIP, from Built For Speed

From Where’s Poppa to Psycho, the overbearing and intrusive mother and her henpecked son have, for decades, been staples of Hollywood films.   Similarly, the volatile pairing of the miserable uptight businessman and the irresponsible immature nut has been the basis of many road trip comedies.  Guilt Trip tries to combine these subgenres but the comic potential of this union has

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Film review: DJANGO UNCHAINED, from Built For Speed

In the mid 1990’s Quentin Tarantino grabbed the movie world by the dangly bits and announced himself as cinema’s new enfant terrible, agent provocateur and other French clichés.  He is one of a select few directors who compel critics when reviewing his films to discuss him as much as the film itself, such is his impact and distinctive voice. Tarantino’s

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What’s on Built For Speed, Friday 25th January 2013

It’s Australian music month and appropriately Built For Speed play all Aussie music tonight.  There’ll be classics from The Saints and Radio Birdman as well as more recent music from Tame Impala, The Boat People and many others.  There’s also a deluge of new release movies and this week we take a look at Judd Apatow’s mid-life crisis comedy This

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RADIO GA GA’S FORGOTTEN AUSTRALIAN NO.1 HITS PART 2

Radio Ga Ga continues it’s expose’ of some of Australia’s great number 1 hit songs. Some of these are forgotten gems and some of them are well forgotten schlock, but they were all number ones. Tune in from 10am this Saturday morning for part two of this special on “Australian Music Week” on Southern FM.

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THE PURPLE HAZE ARCHIVE presents ROD STONE of THE GROOVE PODCAST

Join Rod Stone, the guitarist of one of Australia’s most popular bands of the 1960s, The Groove, on this Purple Haze Podcast. The Groove were best known for such hits as: Soothe Me, What Is Soul, Relax Me, etc. Rod Stone was also a member of New Zealand’s legendary Librettos as well as being a member of Normie Rowes’ Playboys. Rod Stone’s Official Website: Here The Groove on Youtube: Here Purple Haze is sponsored

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