This week on Built For Speed we return to more art house fare with reviews of Cate Shortland’s World War 2 drama “Lore” and the long awaited adaptation of the Jack Kerouac classic “On the Road” which stars Kristen Stewart, Kirsten Dunst and Sam Riley. There’s also plenty of new music from The Vaccines, Jeff the Brotherhood and Alabama Shakes.
Read moreThe DreamWorks animated films haven’t quite earned the critical plaudits of the Pixar masterpieces but they have chalked up sufficiently good box-office to spawn a few sequels and now we have one of their most successful franchises, Madagascar, back for a third helping. This time that lovable quartet of oddly non-aggressive zoo creatures: Alex the lion voiced by Ben Stiller,
Read moreThat definitive shark movie Jaws invoked Melville’s Moby Dick in its tale of man’s quest to conquer nature. Bait has no such lofty ambitions instead it takes the Dawn of the Dead scenario of people fighting for survival in a supermarket, removes the social commentary about consumerism and adds sharks. The result is a silly, gory, horror comedy that probably
Read moreThe Diary of a Wimpy Kid films aren’t the most important literary adaptations of recent times but their popularity is undeniable with the first two films generating a tidy $100 mill in pre-tween bucks. The third film Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3: Dog Days sees the eponymous wimp Greg Scheffer (Zach Gordon) trying to deal with the dilemma of
Read moreThis week on Built For Speed we step away from the art house reviews and provide our consumer guide to the school holiday movies: Madagascar 3, Diary of a wimpy kid and (for gore loving teens) Bait 3D. It’s also time for a Built For Speed classic album and this month it’s Neil Young’s 1970 masterpiece After the Goldrush. There’s
Read moreHit and Run is a middling crime comedy that often plays like Tarantino-lite. In an in advisable piece of multi-tasking Dax Shepard (from TV’s Parenthood) writes, co-directs and stars in this film. While there are amusing, exciting and even insightful moments, a different set of eyes may have helped him avoid some of this film’s flat spots and half-baked gags.
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