Film review: ‘THE BREAKER-UPPERERS’, by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

Anyone familiar with the films of New Zealand director Taika Waititi will recognise his idiosyncratic style: low budget and aesthetically minimalist with extremely droll piss-taking humour, absurdist depictions of everyday life and affectionate oddball characters. This is almost the house style for his company, Piki Films and it carries through to their latest effort The Breaker-Upperers which, for about half its

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What’s on ‘Built For Speed’, Friday 20th July 2018

This week on ‘Built For Speed’ we take a look at the latest offering from that now rare film genre, the musical, as we review the singing and dancing extravaganza of ‘Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again’.  We’ll also take a look at droll Kiwi comedy ‘The Breaker Upperers’.  There are many fine tunes for you to enjoy as we play

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