Tag: St Vincent

Film review: ST. VINCENT, from Built For Speed

St Vincent is a charming if flawed feel-good comedy drama that provides another showcase for Bill Murray’s amusing brand of misanthropy. Murray plays Vincent a familiar figure in American cinema, the rude, miserable, middle-aged grump neighbour who disdains anyone interfering with his self-contained, self-serving world.  When his new neighbour, kindly single mum Maggie (Melissa McCarthy) is forced to work late,

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What’s on ‘Built For Speed’ Friday 9th January 2015

Last week  ‘Built For Speed’ looked at the music of the 1970’s and this week we continue the Summer series with a selection of favourite tracks from the 1980’s.  The mainstream music of the 80’s might have been horrible but there was a magnificent indie rock scene spawning thousands of amazing bands including The Replacements, REM, Sonic Youth and Died Pretty.  We’ll

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