Tag: Coriolanus

Film review: CORIOLANUS, from Built for Speed

With Coriolanus, Ralph Fiennes (as star and director) updates Shakespeare’s tale of war, betrayal and vengeance in ancient Rome to the present day. The title character is an angry, bald-headed Roman General who is very adept at annihilating enemies but not so good at dealing with people. His successes in battle see him lured into politics but his volatile manner

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What’s on Built For Speed, Friday 16th March 2012

With St Partick’s day this Saturday, Built for Speed focuses on great rock’n’roll to emerge from the Emerald Isle including Thin Lizzy, Rory Gallagher and of course U2. We also take a look at new release films including sci-fi epic John Carter and Ralph Fiennes’ Shakespeare update Coriolanus.  If that’s not enough we also review psychedelic rock leged Roky Erickson’s gig

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