The original Magnificent Seven is a Hollywood classic which transposed Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai to the wild west of America; Seven Samurai having itself been inspired by Hollywood westerns. Now director Anton Fuqua has remade The Magnificent Seven with a cast that includes Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Haley Bennett and Peter Sarsgaard. Given the dire record of classic
Read moreSet in the 1920’s JK Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a prequel (of sorts) to the phenomenally successful Harry Potter films. Prequels to blockbuster film franchises have a dubious history, the horrible Star Wars prequels and erratic Hobbit films being an example. One of the problems is that the prequels are tantalisingly close but just out
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ we review two films that couldn’t be more different, the new JK Rowling adventure Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Ken Loach’s confronting social realist drama I, Daniel Blake. There’s plenty of fine tunes with more favourite tracks of the millennium, new releases from Australia and overseas including the latest from Methyl
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ Nicholas Maksymow the Director of the Russian Resurrection Film Festival tells us all about this year’s program. We also take a look at all-star Australian-set film The Light Between Oceans which stars Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander among others. On the music front we have a huge selection of favourites from the millennium so
Read moreBuilt for Speed –3oth September 2016 THE NATION BLUE – We lost everything. (Aus) RADIO BIRDMAN – Do the pop. (Aus) THE BUZZCOCKS – Ever fallen in love. THE RAMONES – Judy is a punk. THE CULT – Firewoman. JOE BONAMASSA – Mountain climbing. ZAC BROWN BAND – Castaway. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE – Go with the flow. MIDLAKE
Read moreBuilt for Speed – 23rd September 2016 EVEN – I am the light. (Aus) THE KILLS – Impossible tracks. GREEN DAY – Bang bang. DINOSAUR JR – Goin’ down. RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS – Cant stop. BLACK SABBATH- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. THE KILLERS – Jenny was a friend of mine. SUN GOD REPLICA- Who’s gonna die. (Aus) OPOSSUM – Girl.
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