Built for Speed
Program: Built for Speed
Broadcast time: Every Friday night 8pm – 10pm
Presenters: Nick, CJ and Jimbo.
Are you a fan of rock, both alternative and classic?
Want to know whether that cinematic blockbuster or art house flick you’ve heard about is worth your time and your hard-earned cash?
Looking for some questionable comedy and pop-cultural commentary?
Then you need to listen to Built for Speed on 88.3 Southern FM.
Built for Speed presenters CJ, Jimbo and Nick have been blasting the Southern suburbs with their favourite music and totally unbiased film reviews every Friday night at 8pm for nearly 16 years.
Whether it’s established bands or music virtually no-one’s heard about, we’ll bring it you if we think it’s any good. We’re proud to say we were one of the first shows playing artists like Wilco, The Vines and MGMT.
Our film tastes are equally eclectic so if you’re a fan of extreme action, sci-fi, genteel period dramas or some strange combination of these we’ll let you know what’s worth seeing.
We also have the occasional guest drop by and in the past have enjoyed a chat with Mick Molloy, actor Tony Martin, film industry insiders and numerous up-coming bands.
Unlike most programs on the commercial stations we take song requests and every so often tantalise our learned audience with CJ’s rock quiz. So tune in this Friday and gorge yourself on the pop-cultural triple cheese burger that is “Built for Speed”.
Posts for Built for Speed:
Film review – ‘FLOW” – by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
The unusual but beguiling Latvian animated feature, Flow intrigued an entranced viewers enough to win its category amid a very strong field at the recent Academy Awards. Flow is set in the aftermath of an environmental catastrophe where a flood has submerged most of the land. It’s not explicitly stated but it seems to be a product of climate change.
Film review: ‘BLACK BAG’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
Steven Soderbergh’s latest film, Black Bag is a frosty, talky, but intriguing Le Carre-esque British spy thriller where the events mostly play out through computer screens and spiky conversations rather than violent action. Michael Fassbender plays George, an unnervingly clean-cut intelligence agent whose penchant for skivvies and thick-rimmed black glasses make him look like someone from the 1960s and a
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
Film review: ‘I’M STILL HERE’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’
Set amid the febrile atmosphere of the early 1970s Brazilian military dictatorship, I’m Still Here, which is based on the book of the same name by Marcelo Rubens Paiva, is a sobering true story of political oppression and family resilience. This is, in almost all respects, an exquisite piece of filmmaking but given the subject matter, it doesn’t emotionally shirtfront
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
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