This week on Built For Speed we take a look at Sam Raimi’s Wizard of Oz prequel Oz: The Great and Powerful. We also review Russell Crowe’s latest effort, the political thriller Broken City. There’s plenty of new music including Australia’s own Saskwatch and the collaboration between Dave Grohl and Rick Springfield. Don’t forget our regular preview of upcoming gigs and TV
Read moreBUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 15th MARCH 2013 1. FRANZ FERDINAND – Cheating on you. 2. LIVING EYES – Oh Yeah (Aus). 3. ADAM ECKERSLEY BAND – Should have known better. (Aus) 4. INSTITUTE POLAIRE – We can’t wait no more. (Aus) 5. HUSKER DU – Don’t want to know if you’re lonely. 6. NEIL YOUNG – The needle and the
Read moreBUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 8th MARCH 2013 1. ARCADE FIRE – Empty room. 2. JAKE BUGG – Lightning bolt. 3. REDD KROSS – Stay away from downtown. 4. SONS OF RICO – This madness (Aus) 5. OZZY OSBOURNE – Shot in the dark 6. IGGY POP – Real wild child. 7. BOOMTOWN RATS – Someone looking at you. 8. THE
Read moreThe first two thirds of horror film Mama are so creepy and stylishly shot it’s a tragedy that the film succumbs to cliché and implausibility in its latter stages. This is yet another film with the production imprimatur of Guillermo del Toro and anyone who has seen previous films he has produced will know that this means spooky children communing
Read moreNot to be confused with Nic Roeg’s freaky 1970 counter-culture film, Performance depicts the traumas afflicting a revered American string quartet as they confront human frailty in its many forms. The film was originally titled A Late Quartet but this was changed in Australia to avoid confusion with Dustin Hoffman’s film Quartet which also focused on a group of classical musicians.
Read moreJulie Delpy seems to treat her films as a form of family therapy as they frequently explore the emotional bonds and conflicts inherent in families. Her latest film Skylab is no different as it plunges us into a (possibly autobiographical) childhood reminiscence of a pivotal time in a woman named Albertine’s (Karin Viard) life. Neither plot driven nor particularly episodic,
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