Those whose heads are still smarting from the brain twisting weirdness of Tree of Life better stock up on Panadol for new time-hopping French Canadian drama Café de Flore. What seems like a fairly straightforward tale of marriage breakdown between a successful DJ, Antoine (musician Kevin Parent) and wife Carole (Helene Florent) becomes increasingly strange as the story jumps back
Read moreThis week Built For Speed goes retro as we explore the music of that classic period from 1968 to 1972. There’ll be plenty of Beatles, Stones, Velvets and Stooges and much more. We also look at a stack of films this week including art house head-scratcher Cafe de Flore, Brit drama Deep Blue Sea and the animated fun of Pirates.
Read moreThis Must be the Place is a very strange parable of self-discovery that attempts to unite the worlds of Goth rock and Nazi hunters. Sean Penn stars as Cheyenne an ageing American, Robert Smith-like Goth rocker who shuffles around his adopted Irish town in a matted fright wig and bright red lip stick. Damaged after a lifetime of drug use
Read moreFans of literate tasteful cinema beware, Battleship is everything you hate. Like a hybrid of Pearl Harbour, Transformers and Armageddon, Battleship features masturbatory military fetishism, American flags billowing in the breeze, party animals saving the world and scenes of mass destruction delivered at ear destroying, nerve shattering volume. Add to that one Taylor Kitsch, the man who distinguished himself with
Read moreIt’s time once again for a Built For Speed classic album, this month it’s the self titled debut from The Pretenders. We also have plenty of films to talk about with bloated, sci-fi action flag-waver Battleship and the exceptionally odd This Must Be The Place. Don’t forget our regular previews of upcoming gigs and TV. Check out Built for Speed, Friday
Read moreMirror Mirror attempts to give the Snow White story the post-modern Princess Bride makeover with anachronistic modern references and parody of the fantasy genre. That’s always a tricky proposition because modern references can kill the sense of fantasy if they’re not judged just right. Mirror Mirror is amusing at times but not it’s as funny as Princess Bride nor is
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