Tag: The Queen of Katwe

Film review: THE QUEEN OF KATWE, from ‘Built For Speed’

While few outside the chess playing community will know this true story’s details, The Queen of Katwe is a very familiar type of film.  Mixing a Slumdog Millionaire-type story in which a downtrodden person uses their unique talent to lift themselves out of poverty with a To Sir with Love-style depiction of a committed teacher inspiring underprivileged children, this film

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What’s on ‘Built For Speed’, Friday 2nd December 2016

This week on ‘Built For Speed’ we let you know whether the new Underworld film Blood Wars is worth your time.  Also, we take a look at ‘chess drama’ (that’s right) The Queen of Katwe.  Musically, there’s new stuff, more of the best tracks of the millennium (so far) and classics from the 60’s and 70’s including a selection of

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