Film review: WISH YOU WERE HERE, from Built For Speed

Wish You Were Here is a new Australian mystery thriller that has nothing to do with the classic Pink Floyd album of the same name. Being a contemporary Australian film it of course stars Joel Edgerton as a stressed bogan family man and has a fragmented narrative structure.  The film jumps back and forth through time, feeding the audience slivers

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What’s on Built For Speed, Friday 11th May 2012

This week on Built For Speed we pay tribute to the music of the Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch he who sadly died on Friday of last week.  We’ll have a selection of Beasties tracks including the band’s complex, pop-culture referencing hip-hop and their forays into hardcore punk.  Also, this week, 40 years ago The Rolling Stones released Exile on Main Street

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