What’s on ‘Built For Speed’, Friday 27th November 2020

Christopher Nolan’s new film ‘Tenet’ has been been dubiously touted as some sort of spectacular panacea for the lockdown malaise.  Is it thrilling or is it another Nolan film that, like the miscast ‘Interstellar’, disappears down a rabbit hole?  Find out this Friday on ‘Built For Speed’.  When we’re not dissecting overlong sci-fi action films we’re playing lots of stunning

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What’s on ‘Built For Speed’, Friday 20th November 2020

This week on ‘Built for Speed’ we’ll take a look at the latest film from director Miranda July, the uber-quirky comedy/drama,’Kajillionaire’ starring Evan Rachel Wood.  We’ll also treat you to more of the magnificent new music you may have missed during the ‘Built For Speed’ hiatus as well as indie and classic rock favourites from times past.  Don’t forget our

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Film review: ‘THE TRIP TO GREECE’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

The Trip to Greece is the fourth and purportedly last instalment in director Michael Winterbottom’s serio-comic travelogues starring Steve Coogan (best known as fictitious, cringe-inducing TV host Alan Partridge) and comic actor and quiz show host Rob Brydon. While adopting a slightly different approach to the three previous films, Trip to Greece won’t disappoint the series’ devotees. As fans of

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Film review: ‘UNHINGED’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

Unhinged sounds like the title of a typical 80s video nasty designed to exploit fears of the mentally ill.  While much slicker and a little more thoughtful than those VHS trash-fests, this tense and at times gruesomely violent road rage thriller occasionally veers into that same pulpy territory. The film establishes its threatening scenario in an unnerving opening credits sequence

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