There’s something about the rarefied heights of superstardom in America that produces eccentricity bordering on craziness. From Elvis shooting the TV to Michael Jackson living in an amusement park with lamas, it seems that the power and fame bestowed upon stars irreparably warps their sense of reality. Nowhere was this more apparent than in the person of outrageously flamboyant piano
Read moreAmid the onslaught of chaotic, brain-pummelling effects-driven computer games posing as movies comes romantic drama Before Midnight, a film that actually relies on character development and intelligent dialogue. Before Midnight is the concluding chapter in the trilogy director Richard Linklater began in 1995 with the much-praised Before Sunrise. That film saw itinerant American student Jessie (Ethan Hawke) and French student
Read moreBuilt For Speed – Playlist – Friday 26th July 2013 THE STROKES – All the time. COSMIC PSYCHOS – Lost cause. (Aus) THE NATION BLUE – We lost everything. (Aus) COSMIC PSYCHOS – Nice day to go to the pub. (Aus) ROLLING STONES – It’s only rock’n’roll. REM – It’s the end of the world as we know it. THE
Read moreBuilt For Speed – Playlist – Friday 19th July 2013 THE CLOUDS – Here now. (Aus) ANDREW STOCKDALE – Long Way To Go. (Aus) CALEXICO – Splitter. MOHAWK LODGE – Howling at the moon. HOWLIN’ STEAM TRAIN – Over The Bend. (Aus) MUSE – Uprising. PEARL JAM – Dissident. PEARL JAM – Animal. MGMT – Kids STATUS QUO – Rain.
Read moreBuilt For Speed – Playlist – Friday 12th July 2013 BORED – Little Suzie. (Aus) KNIEVEL – Might as well be gone. (Aus) SURFER BLOOD – Demon dance. SUEDE – It starts and ends with you. OFFSPRING – Self esteem METALLICA – Enter Sandman. BLACK SABBATH – Age of reason. THE CURE – 100 years. THE ROLLING STONES – Bitch. THE STONE ROSES
Read moreThe Australian release of Only God Forgives has been preceded by much hype and vitriol claiming it to be one of the worst and most hideously violent films of recent times. Fortunately, it’s neither of these things. It’s certainly not for all tastes and like many of Danish director Nicholas Winding Refn’s films, seems like an exercise in style over
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