What’s on ‘Built For Speed’, Friday 16th February 2018

This week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at the latest Marvel cinema adaptation, ‘Black Panther’.  We’ll also tell you all about Oscar hopeful ‘Ladybird’, which marks the directorial debut for Greta Gerwig.  CJ and Dr Nick will deliver a full wrap-up of the Father John Misty gig from last Friday at the Forum.  We’ll play some Father

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Film review: THE POST, by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

Steven Spielberg’s The Post is part of that cinematic sub-genre, the investigative journalism film, an auspicious club that contains Spotlight, Zodiac and at its pinnacle, Alan J Pakula’s Watergate classic, All The Presidents Men. The Post almost seems like an attempt at a prequel to that film as it details the explosive story of the Washington Post’s quest in 1971

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What’s on ‘Built For Speed’, Friday 2nd February 2018

This week on ‘Built For Speed’ we continue our look at the big Oscar hopefuls as we review Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film ‘Phantom Thread’.  We’ll also remind you of what we thought of recent cinema releases in our movie rap.  There’ll plenty of great tunes as we play favourites of the 21st century so far.  Don’t forget our regular

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Film review: I, TONYA by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

Ostensibly a biopic of notorious former Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding, I, Tonya is a sharp if at times overly quirky satire on the perverse culture of American celebrity as well as a disturbing expose of what, according the film, was a life of tragic abuse. In an already lauded performance Margot Robbie plays Harding as an emotionally damaged self-confessed

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What’s on ‘Built For Speed’, Friday 26th January 2017

It’s movie awards season and there’s plenty of fine films around at the moment.  This week ‘Built For Speed’ gives you the official opinion on two of them: Oscar hopeful ‘I, Tonya’ starring Margot Robbie and Warwick Thornton’s confronting new drama ‘Sweet Country’.  Also, it’s a special music feast this week as we countdown our all-time favourite rock vocalists and

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