In a world full of noble, philosophical super-hero movies, 2010’s obscene, ultra-violent super-hero parody Kick Ass was a welcome shock to the system. Featuring Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the superbly nerdy Dave Lizewski aka clutzy crime fighting fan-boy Kick Ass and his idols, foul mouthed pre-teen super-heroine Hit Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) and her killing-machine father Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage), Kick
Read moreBuilt For Speed – Playlist – Friday 6th September 2013 THE AFFECTED – Zilche. (Aus) KINGS OF LEON – Supersoaker. THE LIFE COACH – Fireball. SONS OF RICO – I’m not thinking about you (Aus). THE WHO – Won’t get fooled again. LED ZEPPELIN – Four sticks. QUEEN – Tie your Mother down. THE ROLLING STONES – Get off my
Read moreBuilt 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 moreSeemingly cobbled together like Frankenstein’s monster from bits of Harry Potter, Twilight and Buffy the Vampire Slayer is the latest supernatural teen-adventure romance, Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. Based on the first book in the series of popular novels by Cassandra Clare, this adaptation is, despite expensive and elaborate production design and a multitude of action sequences, strangely dull and
Read moreImagine Bridget Jones’s Diary and Zooey Deschanel’s TV show New Girl filtered through the mind of Woody Allen and you would have ultra-quirky, 20-something comedy Frances Ha. Greta Gerwig plays the ditzy, flaky title character, a 27-year-old woman who floats through her quasi-hipster life in New York City hoping to make it as a professional dancer. With almost no money
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