What’s on Built For Speed, Friday 13th April, 2012

This week marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.  To mark the occasion and possibly to grab a few Benjamins, James Cameron has re-released mega hit Titanic, this time in 3D. Built For Speed will let you know if its a successful makeover and worth your hard earned. We’ll also give you the low down on Julia

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Film review: MARGIN CALL, from Built For Speed

Margin Call, which features an all-star including Kevin Spacey, Demi Moore and Jeremy Irons speculates on what might have happened in the days leading up to the GFC. More than that, it depicts a battle between fading morality and rampant opportunism in the corporate world. The film begins on a day of mass sackings at a major New York merchant

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Film review: THE HUNGER GAMES, from Built For Speed

The Hunger Games is the hotly anticipated adaptation of the first book in Suzanne Collins’ teen sci-fi trilogy. Strangely reminiscent of Roller Ball, Series Seven and Battle Royale, the film is set in a dystopian future where a repressive American government attempts to quell war, rebellion and general public bloodlust by staging a brutal survival contest called The Hunger Games. 

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Film review: 21 JUMP STREET, from Built For Speed

For those not familiar with the TV show on which this film is based, 21 Jump Street was a late 80’s cop show starring Johnny Depp which had young looking cops infiltrating high schools to bust teenage crims.  This film version uses the original show’s premise as the flimsy basis for a combined teen comedy/ buddy cop movie.  While this

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Film review: A SEPARATION, from Built For Speed

A Separation, which won the Oscar for the best foreign language film, is a confronting Iranian domestic drama that immerses the audience in the everyday lives of a Tehran family while examining the way religion and sexual politics impact on them. Having separated from his wife (Leila Hatami) after she tells him she wants to leave Iran, 30-something Nader (Paymen

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