Film review: ACTS OF VALOUR, from Built For Speed

There have been plenty of films about US Special Forces battling terrorists and drug lords and most of these have involved outrageous, cartoonish propaganda, racially stereotyped bad guys, simplistic, biased notions of world conflict and Chuck Norris.  Acts of Valour has all these things, minus the Chuck Norris.  For many critics this film is an abomination but it’s not designed

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What’s on Built For Speed, Friday 11th May 2012

This week on Built For Speed we pay tribute to the music of the Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch he who sadly died on Friday of last week.  We’ll have a selection of Beasties tracks including the band’s complex, pop-culture referencing hip-hop and their forays into hardcore punk.  Also, this week, 40 years ago The Rolling Stones released Exile on Main Street

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