Film review: HIDDEN FIGURES, from ‘Built For Speed’

Intertwining a civil rights story with the early 1960’s space race, Hidden Figures might at first glance seem like a hybrid of The Help and Apollo 13 and while it’s at times formulaic and set within a sunny 1960s milieu worthy of Ron Howard, it contains an important and uplifting story. Based on actual events, Hidden Figures traces the careers of

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What’s on ‘Built For Speed’, Friday 24th February 2017

The Academy Awards descend on us once again and this week ‘Built For Speed’ gives you a full preview and like the late Johnny Carson’s ‘Great Carnac’ we’ll deliver our earth shattering predictions of who will win.  We’ll also take a look at Best Picture nominee Hidden Figures and Best Foreign Language film nominee, Toni Erdmann.  There’s a feast of great

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