Film review: ERRORS OF THE HUMAN BODY, from Built For Speed

With its atmosphere of clinical creepiness, the slow-burn biotech horror film Errors Of The Human Body tries to evoke the menace David Cronenberg but is let down by a slow and uninvolving story. Set within the world of cutting edge genetic research and filmed at an actual medical facility in Dresden, Germany, this film features Michael Eklund as renowned scientist

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Film review: MONSTERS UNIVERSITY, from Built For Speed

Monsters University is a prequel to the highly successful 2001 film Monsters Inc.  which was a clever and very endearing parody of both the corporate world and monster movies.  In that film monsters entered the human world to frighten kiddies in their beds and in a fine example of renewable energy, used the children’s screams to power the monster world.

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Film review: SATELLITE BOY, from Built For Speed

Satellite Boy, the debut cinematic feature for writer/ director Catriona McKenzie, is an amiable, well-meaning but dramatically flat story of an aboriginal youth’s journey of self-discovery. Newcomer, Cameron Wallaby plays Pete, a 10-year-old boy who lives on a remote and dilapidated drive-in site in the Western Australian desert. As his mother (Rohanna Angus) is away in the city trying to

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Film review: TITANS OF THE ICE AGE 3D, from Built For Speed

The fascinating but very brief IMAX documentary Titans of the Ice Age brings to life the world of two million years ago when ice sheets covered the earth. Narrated in typically soothing and distinguished tones by veteran actor and one time Captain Von Trapp, Christopher Plummer, the film describes the climatic conditions that brought about the various ice ages and

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Film review: DESPICABLE ME 2, from Built For Speed

2010’s Despicable Me was a fun and sometimes genuinely funny computer-animated spy movie parody.  Amid all the typical frenzied sight gags was a touching story about the bald-headed, pointy-nosed, Russian-accented, kyphotic super-villain Gru (Steve Carrell) who was redeemed when he unexpectedly became a single dad to three cute little moppets. In the clever, amusing but erratic sequel, Gru is trying

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Built For Speed, Playlist, Friday 21st June 2013

 Built For Speed – Playlist – Friday 21st June 2013 Drummers Special  CHEAP TRICK (Bun E Carlos) – Ain’t that a shame. SONIC YOUTH (Steve Shelley)  – Kool thing THE DESCENDENTS (Bill Stevenson 1986) – Cheer. COLD CHISEL (Steven Prestwitch) – 20th Century. (Aus) ALABAMA 3  – Woke up this morning. THEARCTIC MONKEYS (Matt Helders) – I bet you look good

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