Built For Speed – Playlist – Friday 14th February 2014 MARK LANEGAN – Quiver Syndrome. MILENCOLIN – Ray. DINOSAUR JR – Pierce the morning rain. CROCODILES – I Like it in the dark. PLACEBO – Special K. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – High hopes. MIDNIGHT OIL – Hercules. (Aus) INXS – Don’t change. (Aus) COLD CHISEL – No sense (Aus) SILVERCHAIR –
Read moreBuilt For Speed – Playlist – Friday 7th February 2014 REDD KROSS – Stay away from downtown. STARKY – City Prison Doors. (Aus) THE DRONES – Baby squared. (Aus) CLAIRY BROWNE & THE BANGIN’ RACKETTES – Walk of shame. (Aus) RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS – Can’t stop. LOON LAKE – Carolina. (Aus) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Brilliant disguise. ELASTICA – Stutter.
Read moreThe National: Mistaken For Strangers appears at first to be a documentary about indie rock darlings The National as they embark on a world tour in the wake of their breakthrough album High Violet in 2010. It soon becomes apparent that this is a very different type of documentary. Prior to the tour, dapper lead singer Matt Berninger makes the
Read moreAdapted from Mark Helprin’s expansive 1983 novel and in no way connected to the similarly-named Shakespeare play, A Winter’s Tale offers a slightly more mature take on the teen lit obsessions of forbidden romantic passions and conflict between supernatural beings. Unfortunately, what could have been a thrilling fantasy adventure and moving story of romantic longing is neutered by a jumbled
Read moreGrudge Match is a boxing comedy featuring Sylvester Stallone and Robert de Niro but cinephiles need not fear some sort of Alien vs Predator trashing of both the Rocky and Raging Bull legacies as both Stallone and De Niro play brand new characters in this film. Stallone and de Niro are two former champs, Henry “Razor” Sharp and Billy “The
Read moreBased on the novel by Joyce Maynard, Labor Day may be a clichéd story of a prisoner on the run finding love with the woman he has taken hostage but a quality cast featuring Josh Brolin, Kate Winslet and young Gattlin Griffith transform this familiar tale into an affecting human drama. Set in 1987, the film is largely seen through
Read more