After stepping aside for the Battle of the Bands last week we are back with a jam packed show. On the movie front we preview the Lavazza Italian Film Festival with its Director Elysia Zeccola Hill. We’ll also be reviewing The Help and Horrible Bosses. There’s also plenty of great new music from Belles Will Ring and The Arctic Monkeys. We’ll
Read moreThis week on Built for Speed we have a swag of films to review including family drama Beginners, Irish buddy cop comedy The Guard and violent atrocity Conan: The Barbarian. There’s also a gluttonous feast of great music including a focus on some of our favourite solo artists such as Paul Westerberg and Bob Dylan. We’ll also preview this weekend’s UFC
Read moreAs David Letterman recently pointed out, Cowboys and Aliens is one of the least ambiguous movie titles going, there’s cowboys and there’s aliens, same as there were snakes on a plane in a film that will remain nameless. While the plot barely rises above the title in terms of complexity, the film still attempts the ambitious feat of uniting two disparate
Read moreAfter Tim Burton’s abysmal Planet of the Apes remake it seemed the ape concept had been forever filed away like the Ark of the Covenant at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark. When I heard that another ape movie was being made and that it would star James Franco I feared once again for the ape movie legacy.
Read moreIt’s sci fi action on Built for Speed this week as we review Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Cowboys and Aliens. There’s also a gut busting feast of great music including Anna Calvi and the Arctic Monkeys. We also look at the latest gigs and offerings from the TV god. Check out Built for Speed on 88.3 Southern
Read moreIf super heroes were rock stars Green Lantern would be the drummer from The Smiths. Apart from those who attend comic conferences, most people don’t know who the hell he is. The producers of the Green Lantern movie seem, therefore, to be pinning their hopes on the current buzz around the superhero comic adaptations to lure the crowds. In this
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