With some of the ‘nature takes revenge’ horror of The Day of the Triffids, a touch of Black Mirror’s malevolent wit and a nod to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the intriguing, at times sinister but slightly undercooked British sci-fi drama Little Joe takes us into the lucrative but contentious world of bio-engineering and genetic modification. In an unnervingly pristine
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we’ll tell you about the creepy new British sci-fi film ‘Little Joe’. We’ll also take a look at the new Ausssie film ‘Buckley’s Chance’ which, believe it or not, stars Bill Nighy as a grizzled Australian farmer. There’ll be many fine tunes for you with new Aussie and overseas releases as well as indie
Read moreThe energetic but overlong In the Heights is a contemporary urban musical with a New York street setting and Hispanic cultural context that evokes West Side Story as well as social and politically themed hip hop extravaganzas like Hamilton. The film is in fact an adaptation of a successful stage musical from Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and playwright Quiara Alegría
Read moreThis Friday on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at some music-related films. We’ll review musical ‘In the Heights’ which comes from ‘Hamilton’ co-creator Lin Manuel-Miranda. We’ll also tell you about the new documentary ‘The Sparks Brothers’ which looks at enigmatic synth-pop, art rock etc….band Sparks. Just for something different we’ll also have a look at the Chilean documentary
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at the third instalment in ‘The Conjuring’ horror movie franchise with ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’. For something slightly different we’ll also review Argentinian caper comedy/ drama ‘Heroic Losers’. We’ll also have a feast of fine music with new Aussie and overseas tracks, indie favourites and classic
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