Film Review: CHIPS, from ‘Built For Speed’

Mining Gen X nostalgia for those plentiful middle-aged cinemagoer bucks has become increasingly common but now filmmakers are getting desperate with the uncalled-for cinema re-imagining of late 70’s motorcycle cop show CHIPS. The original CHIPS was stock-standard TV cop fare notable only for the amusingly showy performance and gleaming white teeth of star Erik Estrada. There was nothing particularly memorable

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What’s on ‘Built For Speed’, Friday 14th April 2017

It’s Good Friday but don’t fret you won’t be denied your fix of ‘Built For Speed’.  This week we take a look at the cinema version of (believe it or not) 70’s motorcycle cop show ‘CHIPS’ and sci-fi thriller ‘Ghost in the Shell’.  There’s plenty of fine music with new stuff from The Pink Tiles, Temples and Batpiss and favourites from

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