How do you stop a film about an accountant being a snoozefest? How about making him a superhuman killing machine. That is the dubious premise behind Gavin O’Connor’s moderately exciting, often confusing and occasionally silly hitman thriller The Accountant. Ben Affleck stars as the eponymous number and skull cruncher Christian Wolff a savant maths genius whose autism saw him persecuted
Read moreThe raunch comedy is really just a more obscene and cynical update of the 80’s party animal comedy. For evidence look no further than Office Christmas Party, a messy, occasionally amusing but mostly predictable excuse for juvenile comedy that features the party animal movie staples: nerds, prostitutes, comical pimps, people going nuts on coke, a laid back sensible everyman central character and ultimately an
Read moreApparently determined to bring us a cinema incarnation of every character that has ever graced their pages, Marvel Comics now present Dr Strange. The good doctor is one of the lesser known Marvel heroes – at least for the average cinema goer – but as his powers are based on manipulation of the metaphysical world rather than brute strength, he’s
Read moreYes folks, you can stop drooling with anticipation because it has finally arrived, the ‘Built For Speed’ End of Year Spectacular. Just like in a creepy 1950’s science fiction movie the world will grind to a halt on Friday December 23rd as everyone across the globe tunes in to hear ‘Built For Speed’s’ selections for best and worst films and TV shows and their
Read moreChristmas is almost upon us and as renowned purveyors of festive cheer, ‘Built For Speed’ will, this week , treat listeners to some of our favourite Christmas songs. They may not be the ones you’ll hear on carols nights or on mind-numbing repeat at your supermarket but they’re guaranteed to do what Christmas music should do and that’s rock. We’ll also play
Read moreThis week ‘Built For Speed’ hops into the old time machine and heads back to the 1980’s to prove that, yes, there was plenty of great music in that often dodgy decade. We’ll play classics spanning British indie rock, American and Australian alternative music, pop, metal, hip-hop and much more. We’ll also reveal our favourite films of the 1980’s as well as
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