The original Blair Witch Project from 1999 was a genuinely creepy and inventive supernatural horror film that popularised found-footage cinema and ushered in an era of viral internet marketing campaigns. The hype surrounding the film claimed that it was recovered footage of three documentary film makers who, while investigating the legend of the Blair Witch in the Black Hills Forest
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at animated adventure Storks and Blair Witch, the sequel/ remake of iconic 90’s film The Blair Witch Project. We’ll also tell you about the Beatles documentary Eight Days A Week and play some classic Beatles tracks. There’s also plenty of great music from more recent times with excellent new releases from the
Read moreBuilt for Speed – 16th September 2016 THE CAVEDOGS – Tayter country. THE MEANIES – The shallow end’s mine. (Aus) THE OH SEES – Web (live). CHOOK RACE – Sometimes. (Aus) COURTNEY LOVE – Mono. DAN AUERBACH – Whispered words. WILD FLAG – Romance. SURFER BLOOD – Swim. SUEDE – New generation. PULP – Disco 2000. SUPERGRASS – Cheapskate BLUR
Read moreEver since Jaws terrified beach-goers out of the water in 1975, sharks have been a cinematic symbol of menace and primal terror. There’s something particularly unnerving about floating around in the vast inky blackness of the ocean knowing that a huge, hungry razor-tooth creature could appear from nowhere and start munching on you. The Shallows, the latest film from Non-stop
Read moreIn 2011 Bridesmaids set the standard for female raunch comedy. Neatly balancing obscenity and sensitivity the film showed that women behaving badly can be just as funny as men. Bad Moms aims to one-up Bridesmaids by taking those paragons of virtue, responsibility and compliance, namely, mothers and having them gleefully cast off the shackles of both domestic servitude and society’s
Read moreThe British TV comedy Absolutely Fabulous, which began in 1992 and ran sporadically for the next decade, was beloved for its gleefully irresponsible, selfish and politically incorrect lead characters Eddie (Jennifer Saunders) and Patsy (Joanna Lumley). As high-flying, perpetually partying career women from the PR and fashion worlds they were a kind of Dorian Grey embodiment of the ridiculous, superficial,
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