Science fiction literature is full of stories about mad professors conducting hideously unethical gene- splicing experiments to create hybrid monsters. A similar process seems to have gone into the making of comedy The Heat where the crazy scientists have spliced Miss Congeniality with Identity Thief. The result is, despite the best efforts of the cast, a fumbling and unfunny variation
Read moreThis week on Built For Speed we are ecstatic to have as our special guest a legend of the Australian music scene Billy Pinnell. We’ll discuss Billy’s long and illustrious radio career, his favourite music and much more. We also take a look at two new release films, giant robot adventure Pacific Rim and buddy cop comedy The Heat starring
Read moreIn the 1990’s, comedy/dramas about the lure of celebrity and the superficiality of reality TV were a potent commentary on society’s spiritual emptiness. Fast forward two decades, however, and reality TV as a source of satire and social comment has become passé. Consequently, Italian Big Brother satire Reality feels, despite the excellent craftsmanship of Gomorrah director Matteo Garrone, strangely outdated.
Read moreEnigmatic director Terence Malick is about to divide audiences once again with his latest perplexing cinematic tone poem To the Wonder. Post-film arguments will rage over whether this movie is a profound statement of existential malaise, decaying faith and suburban alienation or just pretentious drivel? Although Malick has ditched the dinosaurs in To the Wonder, he has managed to create
Read moreThe Lone Ranger, which began as radio serial in 1933, was a western adventure where the noble white hero, in an optimistically equitable pairing with a native American, triumphed over sweaty fiends in the old west. Given the source material, it was unlikely, the new cinematic version of The Lone Ranger starring Armie Hammer as the titular hero and Johnny
Read moreThis week on Built For Speed we look at two very different cinema releases: quirky western adventure The Lone Ranger starring Johnny Depp and the latest perplexing opus from Terrence Malick, To the Wonder. We also have plenty of great new music with Nordic metal from Kvelertak and bizarro sci fi sounds from Karl Bartos. There’s also plenty of our
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