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December 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Breaker Upperers: DVD

The Breaker Upperers Directors: Madeleine Sami/Jackie van Beek Madman The much-hyped The Breaker Upperers is a giant dud; a turkey. You get the feeling it was made in real-time almost, plotted out scene by scene as it’s happening. Shoot something. Wait. Print. Write a new scene. That’s the diminishing-returns aspect. The trailer-worthy highlights appear thick, […]

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January 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Jeff Lynne’s ELO: Wembley or Bust

Jeff Lynne’s ELO Wembley or Bust Columbia Jeff Lynne has been taking stock in recent years – then again, maybe that’s all he’s ever been doing. But there was the reworking of classic ELO songs as a one-man-band. And a solo album of crooner-covers. Then, finally a new studio album of originals under the new […]

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November 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Jeff Beck: Live At The Hollywood Bowl

Jeff Beck Live  At The Hollywood Bowl Eagle Vision Jeff Beck celebrated 50 years as a performing artist with a run of shows at the Hollywood Bowl, guest artists, material from across his career – including a dig back to The Yardbirds, the various versions of The Jeff Beck Group, his seventies fusion, right up […]

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October 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

David Gilmour: Live at Pompeii

David Gilmour Live At Pompeii Sony Music Canada Inc. It’s no substitute for the real thing – Pink Floyd – but the more I’ve listened to this I’ve found a way in. That’s just me being a die-hard Floyd fan, or at least a Floyd fan of a type. I wasn’t at all impressed on […]

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November 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Santana: Live At The House of Blues – Las Vegas

Santana Live At The House of Blues, Las Vegas Eagle Rock Entertainment As someone utterly embarrassed by some of Carlos Santana’s decisions over the last decade (well, nearly two decades I guess) I was in full support of the “classic” lineup reunion of the band, rather than the ongoing Carlos Santana + Guests Brand. He’d […]

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May 12, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Riot: DVD

Riot Director: John Lyde Mainstay Productions/Matthew Reese Films/VMI Worldwide In this straight-to-video prison film, we have Matthew Reese – a nobody keen to make a name for himself in the action film world, obviously (he’s formed a production company to make this film) – as a cop who gets himself intentionally busted on a bank-job […]