Parents be warned, Jack the Giant Slayer is not as kid-friendly as you might expect. Although it’s based on the Jack and the Beanstalk fable, it’s no cute fairy tale. This is a loud, violent action fantasy that’s closer to Robert Zemeckis’ intense reimaging of Beowulf than any fairy story and may traumatise children under 12. The violence begins in
Read moreFlight of the Butterflies (3D) (which screens at the IMAX cinema) documents and dramatises the scientific quest to track the winter migration of the Monarch Butterfly from the Great Lakes of North America to its mysterious destination further south. As with nearly all IMAX doco’s Flight of the Butterflies is visually stunning as it tracks the Monarch through its life
Read moreThe Incredible Burt Wonderstone is a disappointingly lacklustre comedy that, despite the presence of two comedy giants, Steve Carell and Jim Carey, raises only a smattering of laughs. In this film, Steve Carell is essentially the same character we have seen in countless Ben Stiller and Will Ferrell movies, the decent guy transformed by fame into a vain petulant weirdo
Read moreThis week on Built For Speed we hop in the time machine and head back to the period 1983 -1987, a time generally regarded as one of the worst in popular music. Built For Speed’s mission is to prove that the mid 80’s were not a complete musical garbage dump and that some of the finest (mostly alternative) music of
Read moreBUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 22nd MARCH 2013 1. SEBADOH – Keep the boy alive. 2. SASKWATCH – I Get Lonely. (Aus) 3. THE DATSUNS – Gold Halo.(Aus) 4. THE PARTING GIFTS – Keep walking. 5. DIRE STRAITS – Twisting by the pool. 6. JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION – Danger. 7. CALEXICO – Black Heart. 8. MATTHEW SWEET & SUSANNA HOFFS
Read moreThis week on Built For Speed we take a look at Sam Raimi’s Wizard of Oz prequel Oz: The Great and Powerful. We also review Russell Crowe’s latest effort, the political thriller Broken City. There’s plenty of new music including Australia’s own Saskwatch and the collaboration between Dave Grohl and Rick Springfield. Don’t forget our regular preview of upcoming gigs and TV
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