Yes folks that time has arrived once again, not the festive season but self-indulgent list season and for self-indulgence there’s nothing better than the ‘Built for Speed – End of Year Spectacular’. We’ll regale you with our best, worst, most overrated and most underrated films of 2018, we’ll tell you our favourite albums of 2018 and our best and worst TV shows
Read moreYou’re tired, stressed, grumpy…it must be Christmas time. The only way to deal with the Christmas frenzy is to listen to the ‘Built For Speed’ Christmas special this Friday on 88.3 Southern FM. We’ll play our favourite Christmas tunes – you won’t believe some of the artists who have recorded Christmas songs – and we’ll review the much talked about
Read moreRestrained true crime drama The Old Man and The Gun is purportedly Robert Redford’s last film as an actor. It seems appropriate that it’s a meditation on ageing and the forces that defined a person’s life. This is apparently a true story based on the life of bank robber Forrest Tucker who, in 1981, led a trio of elderly crooks
Read moreWith the Russians apparently the designated bad guys once again, Hollywood producers can dust off the Cold War action movie ideas and deliver the sort of films US Republicans probably spoiled their trousers over in the 90s. One such flag-waver is the preposterous, occasionally exciting and very unsubtly-named sub-marine drama Hunter Killer which stars Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman. Butler
Read moreWith its limited setting, World War One drama, Journey’s End betrays its stage origins but still manages to be an intense and gripping if grim examination of the horror of the trench warfare. Based on the RC Sherif’s 1930 play, the film depicts a small ragged company of British soldiers on the frontline trenches of France in 1918. Led by
Read moreFollowing the utterly enchanting Harry Potter film adaptations, the purported prequel, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which focused on Ministry of Magic Zoologist and beast wrangler Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) was a disappointment. With a meandering plot, over-use of cgi and characters who ranged from unengaging to outright annoying, the film was confusing and dull. The sequel Fantastic Beasts:
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