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May 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Best of 24 – 2020: DVD
WWE Best of 24 – 2020 WWE Madman This best of 24 DVD set collects up a few capsule documentaries from the WWE Network’s show 24 – the last couple of years the network has been anthologised with a compilation set cherry-picking some of the best content.Archive
May 3, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Kajillionaire: DVD
Kajillionaire Director: Miranda July Plan B Pictures / Focus Films Across books and movies – and various performance-art pieces, her one-woman shows and talks – Miranda July has built a worldview through using the lens of empathy to consider the largely unimaginable, the downright quirky, the weird and profoundly wonderful; there’s a darker edge in […]Archive
April 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
WWE TLC – Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2020: DVD
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2020 WWE Madman This was just a solid PPV card from start to finish – no massive duds, nothing that totally blew me away but some quality matches, solid booking and it pretty much all made sense and went off hitch-free. Opener, a ladder match (always a great way to […]Archive
April 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Fatman: DVD
Fatman (Blu-Ray) Directors: Eshom and Ian Nelms Madman Elton John has made more bad albums than good. That’s a fact. But of course he still shows the chops, those classic albums have their magical moments and he’s fondly remembered as being, well, ‘good’. To endure one of his worst songs is something, but you can […]Archive
March 17, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
SIX60 – Till The Lights Go Out: DVD
SIX60: Till The Lights Go Out Director: Julia Parnell Notable Pictures Six60 was the brainchild of New Zealand’s 38th Prime Minister, Sir John Philip Key. As the patron saint of populism, Key invented the band in a rundown Dunedin Scarfie/Breather squat-hole partly to distract from the housing crisis, but mostly so his son Max had […]Archive
March 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Survivor Series 2020: DVD
Survivor Series 2020 WWE Madman One of the original PPV events from the old days – Survivor Series 2020 faces the adaptation or die model that the WWE now has well in place; video screens dangling in the arena in place of an actual live crowd. It’s bedded in now – we’re used to it. […]Archive
March 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
A Rainy Day In New York: DVD
A Rainy Day In New York Director: Woody Allen defiant! Pause for a moment to chuckle briefly at the realisation that a new/ish Woody Allen film finally makes it to DVD via the production company, “defiant!” Too perfect right? The stubborn old warhorse remains uncancelled – at least until the final episode of Farrow/Allen doco […]Archive
March 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Shirley: DVD
Shirley Director: Josephine Decker Madman Movies about writers…they seldom work. But the good ones absolutely nail it. I think it’s because movies about writers need to be ‘small movies’ – and Hollywood likes to go large, so many of the films about legendary literary figures have overestimated the interest of the non-literary crowd. Or they’ve […]Archive
March 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Bill And Ted Face The Music: DVD
Bill And Ted Face The Music Director: Dean Parisot Madman If William S. “Bill” Preston, Esq. and Ted “Theodore” Logan had really faced the music they’d have deduced that a piss-weak sequel few were waiting for arriving like luke-warm soup some 30 years after it might have first been ordered was not actually non-heinous; was […]Archive
March 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
The Australian Dream: DVD
The Australian Dream Director: Daniel Gordon Madman This brilliant documentary, directed by Daniel Gordon from a script by Stan Grant, uses the story of AFL legend Adam Goodes – an inspiration on and off the field – to tell the wider stories of identity and racism. Goodes, winner of almost every single award going in […]Archive
February 26, 2021 by Simon Sweetman