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August 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Vivarium: DVD
Vivarium Director: Lorcan Finnegan Vertigo Releasing / Umbrella Entertainment Vivarium is a debut feature by Lorcan Finnegan (loosely based on the short story ‘Foxes’ by Finnegan and Garret Shanley; Shanley developed it into the screenplay) – and so it deserves a big thumb’s up for the effort. But the simple truth is it falls away, […]Archive
June 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Richard Jewell: DVD
Richard Jewell Director: Clint Eastwood Malapaso Productions / Appian Way Productions / Warner Bros. Pictures Richard Jewell is the story of a security guard that went from national hero to chief suspect in a crushing blow for his own health and sanity and in an awful trial-by-media persecution that is just part of the downfall […]Archive
March 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Above The Shadows: DVD
Above The Shadows Director: Claudia Myers HIPZEE / Myriad Pictures / Boundary Stone Films / Bondit Media Capital / Gravitas Ventures What a hard sell this must have been – a romantic sci-fi drama that features, to varying degrees, MMA, Jim Gaffigan, Megan Fox and a cover and cover design that suggests the whole thing […]Archive
March 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Deep Water: DVD
Deep Water Directors: Harry Wootliff, A Mackay, Jim Loach Kudos / ITV / Beyond Unfairly reported as being “The British Big Little Lies”, Deep Water is a six-episode series based on two books by author Paula Daly. Yes, there are some similarities to Big Little Lies, but, if you’ll pardon the pun, this is just […]Archive
March 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Clown: DVD
Clown Director: Eric Forsberg The Global Asylum LLC / Vendetta Timed, no doubt, to cash in on the latest rekindling of Pennwise via the rebrand-reboot of the IT franchise and of course the standalone Batman villain origin story, this attempted horror is more shocker than shock-filled.Archive
March 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
JT LeRoy: DVD
JT LeRoy Director: Justin Kelly Universal Pictures Home Entertainment / Vertigo Releasing / Rialto By now we all know the story of JT LeRoy – an invented author-name, an avatar that Laura Albert hid behind to create fictious stories masquerading as a troubled autobiography; she fooled the cool crowd of the late 90s and early […]Archive
March 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
In Search of Greatness: DVD
In Search of Greatness Director: Gabe Polsky Creativity & Sports Doc LLC / Madman If it’s easy to – these days – just figure that the elite sportspeople of the world are built in a lab, destined for greatness because of the work that goes into them, then it’s a fine time to check out […]Archive
March 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Survivor Series 2019: DVD
Survivor Series 2019 Madman WWE It’s the 33rd version of the Survivor Series PPV event and it worked well with WWE pitting the three brands – RAW, Smackdown and NXT – against each other as a way of modernising the traditional Survivor Series-styled team match-ups.Archive
January 27, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Dan Carter – A Perfect 10: DVD
Dan Carter: A Perfect 10 Director: Luke Mellows Southern Lights It turns out that you can be a good looking, successful, talented, hard working person that excels at the sport of rugby – your father putting little rugby posts up in the backyard when you’re young – and in the end, despite money and international […]Archive
January 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Hell In A Cell 2019: DVD
Hell In A Cell 2019 WWE Madman It seems funny to even be discussing this Hell In A Cell event after that fucking ending! So I’ll start there. Chants of refund and rematch, boos galore and then chanting “AEW” – which is All Elite Wrestling (basically Ring of Honor via TNA for 2019/20). So what […]Archive
January 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman