This week on Built For Speed we review the biggest blockbuster currently on our cinema screens The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. We also look at the fascinating documentary Twenty Feet from Stardom which examines the careers and aspirations of rock’s greatest back-up singers. There’s plenty of fine music including a tribute to Freddie Mercury and a fine selection of new music including
Read moreNick’s rating: Three and a half stars. Classification: M. Director(s): Gabriela Cowperthwaite. Release date: 21st Nov 2013 Running time: 83 mins. Animal acts in circuses and marine fun parks in which trainers cavort with wild creatures, derive a lot of their entertainment from the threat these powerful and unpredictable animals pose to humans. The fascinating and at times disturbing documentary,
Read moreNick’s rating: Four stars. Genre: Documentary. Classification: M. Director(s): Morgan Neville. Release date: 21st Nov 2013 Running time: 91 mins. Music fans do not want to miss the documentary 20 Feet From Stardom which treats us to the remarkable talents of rock’s great back-up singers. The film focuses on the work of Darlene Love who has sung with The Beach
Read moreBuilt For Speed – Playlist – Friday 22nd November 2013 THE POWDERMONKEYS – I thank you. (Aus) THE BRONX – Ribcage. SUEDE – It starts and ends with you. KINGS OF LEON – Supersoaker. SEBADOH – Keep the boy alive. THE REPLACEMENTS – Alex Chilton. REM – South Central Rain. HUSKER DU – Don’t want to know if you are
Read moreWith the excellent Harry Potter film adaptations and the not so excellent Twilight films now done and dusted, the quest for the teen movie dollar falls to The Hunger Games series. The first instalment, simply titled The Hunger Games, was moderately inventive, occasionally exciting and at times attractively shot but was let down by maddening use of wobble cam during
Read moreBad Grandpa is the latest prank-fest from those renowned purveyors of low-brow cinema, Jackass. These guys having been putting their testicle-smashing, flesh-burning, skull-cracking stunts on film for over a decade but what may have once been shocking and edgy is now becoming familiar and predictable. Perhaps aware of this, the group’s Johnny Knoxville has with Bad Grandpa, attempted to transplant
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