The latest Marvel Comics movie adaptation, Captain America: the first Avenger, takes the comic book mythology & turns it into an Indiana Jones style WW2 romp with Nazis, ray guns and bald-headed villains. Captain America aka Steve Rogers is at first the stereotypical 90 pound weakling who, in 1943 is desperate to join the army and fight Hitler. He becomes
Read moreThis Friday on Built for Speed we review Steve Coogan’s latest film The Trip as well as the Rennie Harlin-directed Five days of war. We also have a listen to Crystal Theatre the latest album from Belles Will Ring and plenty of new and old alternative music. We’ll also take a look at the Melbourne International Film Festival and keep you up
Read moreSo, the much loved Harry Potter saga comes to an end. After 10 years and eight films, the most successful movie franchise in history reaches its dramatic conclusion. Will it tie up the loose ends of its convoluted mythology or will it do a Lost and refuse to answer all those big questions that kept us hanging on for years?
Read moreThis week Built For Speed reviews the biggest cinema blockbuster of the year, Harry Potter and the Deathly hallow part 2. There’s also a feast of new and old alternative music including a focus on France and Canada. We also look at JJJ’s top 100 Australian albums and play some of our Aussie favourites. As if that wasn’t enough we also have the
Read moreIs Tree of Life a deeply profound statement of man’s relationship with God, the natural world and death or is it just an annoyingly pretentious load of cobblers? Such will be the heated debate following every screening of Terence Malick’s befuddling epic. This is the notoriously non-prolific Malick’s first film in six years and it certainly exudes the writer/ director’s phenomenal and
Read moreWith the 4th of July approaching, Built For Speed plays all American music. We look at some of our favourite US artists, those who celebrate the country and those who critique it including #REM, #BobDylan, #PublicEnemy and #TheReplacements. With school holidays descending upon us we review blockbuster film release #Transformers: Dark of the moon and just for something different, an Australian film,
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