It’ll be a massive ‘Built For Speed’ this Friday as we review the two big science fiction film releases of recent weeks Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 2 and Alien: Covenant. We’ll also tell you all about last Friday’s Green Day show at Rod Laver Arena. There’ll be some classic Green Day tracks, Aussie favourites and new music from the
Read moreThe first Guardians of the Galaxy film caused a minor sensation as it broke from the Marvel formula for a wildly different superhero experience. That film unusually but successfully combined elaborate often spectacular special effects, thrilling action sequences, vivid art direction, piss-taking humour and Gen X pop-cultural references including classic 1970’s power pop hits. With the sequel, writer/ director James
Read moreColossal from writer director Nacho Vigalondo is a strange beast mixing downbeat personal drama with quirky comedy and a Kaiju monster movie; it’s an odd but mostly successful combination. Recalling Charlie’s Theron’s character from Young Adult, Anne Hathaway plays Gloria a once successful writer whose life has spiralled into drunken chaos. When her prat of a boyfriend Tim (Dan Stevens)
Read moreMining Gen X nostalgia for those plentiful middle-aged cinemagoer bucks has become increasingly common but now filmmakers are getting desperate with the uncalled-for cinema re-imagining of late 70’s motorcycle cop show CHIPS. The original CHIPS was stock-standard TV cop fare notable only for the amusingly showy performance and gleaming white teeth of star Erik Estrada. There was nothing particularly memorable
Read moreIt’s Good Friday but don’t fret you won’t be denied your fix of ‘Built For Speed’. This week we take a look at the cinema version of (believe it or not) 70’s motorcycle cop show ‘CHIPS’ and sci-fi thriller ‘Ghost in the Shell’. There’s plenty of fine music with new stuff from The Pink Tiles, Temples and Batpiss and favourites from
Read moreA film about a megalomaniacal orange-haired baby that’s voiced by Alec Baldwin… some would be forgiven for thinking animated feature The Boss Baby might turn out to be a sly dig at a certain POTUS but that is not the case although it does take a swipe at the sort of uber capitalist world which that POTUS embodies. Instead The
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