Film review: THE EQUALIZER

The Equalizer is yet another film which revels in a mass-murdering vigilante’s psychopathic behaviour then tries to justify that behaviour by giving it a patina of paternalistic righteousness and by suggesting it’s all necessary to clean up the mean streets.  In other words it’s offensive right-wing clap trap. Based loosely on the 1980’s TV show which starred Edward Woodward as

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Film review: FLIGHT, from Built For Speed

What starts as a an air crash thriller with Denzel Washington seemingly the heroic pilot, turns into a searing drama about guilt, responsibility, faith, fate and the vice-like grip of alcoholism. Denzel plays the highly experienced airline pilot “Whip” Whittaker who finds himself flying a malfunctioning plane that looks set to nose-dive into the earth.  After he pulls an astonishing

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What’s on Built For Speed, Friday 1st February, 2013

This week on Built For Speed we look at two confronting new release movies Quentin Tarantino’s blaxploitation western Django Unchained and air crash drama Flight.  We’ll also let you know about the Richard Hawley gig at the Hi Fi bar this week.  This Thursday is also the 57th birthday for one John Lydon and we’ll here some classic pistols and

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