Built For Speed – Playlist – Friday 30th August 2013 RADIOHEAD – Electioneering. THE DEAD KENNEDYS – Kill the poor. EVEN – ‘Til the end of the day. (Aus) THE FAUVES – Everybody’s getting a three piece together. (Aus) ASH – Girl from Mars. NIRVANA – Smells like teen spirit. THE VERVE – Bittersweet symphony. THE JACKSON FIVE – The
Read moreThis week on Built for Speed we take a look a host of current release films including Neil Blomkamp’s follow-up to District 9, the socially conscious sci-fi actioner Elysium, outrageous comedy We’re the Millers and Woody Allen-influenced quirkfest Frances Ha. There’s also plenty of new release music and older tracks including a classic from Michael Jackson who would have celebrated
Read moreSouth African director Neill Blomkamp burst onto cinema screens in 2009 with his superb debut film District 9. That film intelligently mixed sci-fi spectacle with biting humour, Kafkaesque themes of identity loss and potent social commentary about poverty, the plight of refugees and socio-economic and racial divisions in South Africa. District 9 was always going to be a tough act
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