Colossal from writer director Nacho Vigalondo is a strange beast mixing downbeat personal drama with quirky comedy and a Kaiju monster movie; it’s an odd but mostly successful combination. Recalling Charlie’s Theron’s character from Young Adult, Anne Hathaway plays Gloria a once successful writer whose life has spiralled into drunken chaos. When her prat of a boyfriend Tim (Dan Stevens)
Read moreMining Gen X nostalgia for those plentiful middle-aged cinemagoer bucks has become increasingly common but now filmmakers are getting desperate with the uncalled-for cinema re-imagining of late 70’s motorcycle cop show CHIPS. The original CHIPS was stock-standard TV cop fare notable only for the amusingly showy performance and gleaming white teeth of star Erik Estrada. There was nothing particularly memorable
Read moreThere are some intriguing films waiting for you at the cinema and this week ‘Built For Speed’ gives you a tantalising taste as we review bizarre monster movie meets low-key psychological drama ‘Colossal’ which stars Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis, Francois Ozon’s latest, the black and white post-WW1 drama ‘Frantz’ and just for something different, the star-studded ‘Going in Style’ which
Read moreIt’s Good Friday but don’t fret you won’t be denied your fix of ‘Built For Speed’. This week we take a look at the cinema version of (believe it or not) 70’s motorcycle cop show ‘CHIPS’ and sci-fi thriller ‘Ghost in the Shell’. There’s plenty of fine music with new stuff from The Pink Tiles, Temples and Batpiss and favourites from
Read moreA film about a megalomaniacal orange-haired baby that’s voiced by Alec Baldwin… some would be forgiven for thinking animated feature The Boss Baby might turn out to be a sly dig at a certain POTUS but that is not the case although it does take a swipe at the sort of uber capitalist world which that POTUS embodies. Instead The
Read moreBuilt for Speed – 7th April 2017 RED KROSS – Stay away from downtown. SHEER MAG – What you want. LCD SOUND SYSTEM – Drunk girls. MARK LANEGAN – Beehive. SANTANA – Black magic woman. GRINSPOON – Ready one. (Aus) WHEATUS – Teenage dirtbag. MY BLOODY VALENTINE – When you sleep. SWORDFISH – Paralytic. (Aus) DINOSAUR JR – The wagon.
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