This week on Built For Speed we look at two confronting new release movies Quentin Tarantino’s blaxploitation western Django Unchained and air crash drama Flight. We’ll also let you know about the Richard Hawley gig at the Hi Fi bar this week. This Thursday is also the 57th birthday for one John Lydon and we’ll here some classic pistols and
Read moreBUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 25th JANUARY 2013 ALL TRACKS ARE BY AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS 1. BORED – Little Suzie. 2. RADIO BIRDMAN – What gives. 3. YOU AM I – Mr Milk. 4. TAME IMPALA – Solitude is bliss. 5. AC/DC – Let there be rock. 6. AUSTIN FLOYD – Black silver. 7. COSMIC PSYCHOS – Quarter to three. 8. LASH
Read moreFrom Where’s Poppa to Psycho, the overbearing and intrusive mother and her henpecked son have, for decades, been staples of Hollywood films. Similarly, the volatile pairing of the miserable uptight businessman and the irresponsible immature nut has been the basis of many road trip comedies. Guilt Trip tries to combine these subgenres but the comic potential of this union has
Read moreIn the mid 1990’s Quentin Tarantino grabbed the movie world by the dangly bits and announced himself as cinema’s new enfant terrible, agent provocateur and other French clichés. He is one of a select few directors who compel critics when reviewing his films to discuss him as much as the film itself, such is his impact and distinctive voice. Tarantino’s
Read moreJudd Apatow’s latest film This is 40 masquerades as a comical insight into the pressures facing a married couple as they hit the big 4.0. This (kind of) sequel to Knocked Up is really just a grab-bag of politically incorrect jokes and pop culture references rather than a fully-formed story. Like Knocked Up, about a third of the gags are
Read moreBUILT FOR SPEED, PLAYLIST, 18th JANUARY 2013 1. GREEN DAY – Stop when the red lights flash. 2. DEVIL DOGS – Baby I’m a King. 3. BIRDY NUM NUMS – Eve. 4. SOUL ASYLUM – Easy street. 5. RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS – Can’t stop. 6. THE KILLERS – Flesh and bone. 7. OF MONSTERS AND MEN – Little talks
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