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March 5, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Possessor: DVD
Possessor Director: Brandon Cronenberg Elevation Pictures / Signature Entertainment Possessor belongs to that dark and wonderful strain of film – the science fiction psychological horror. And director/writer Brandon Cronenberg is royalty within that genre. He’s been bubbling away under his own steam across the last decade. Anything he has grabbed from his father he has […]Archive
October 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Love Thy Neighbour – The Complete Series: DVD
Love Thy Neighbour: The Complete Series Creators: Vince Powell / Harry Driver ITV / Madman The convenient excuse is to suggest that something happened when times were different, but time is an abstract concept – the times themselves were not different, we have been stretching time and having it constrict on us since long before […]Archive
June 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Willy’s Wonderland: DVD
Willy’s Wonderland (Blu-Ray) Director: Kevin Lewis Madman / Screen Media Films Here’s how it works now: Someone tells you about a film where a quiet drifter-type is conned into a gig being a janitor at a now condemned theme park-styled restaurant. Chuck E. Cheese with broken-down animatronics. A clown show with no show today, tomorrow […]Archive
June 25, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Elimination Chamber 2021: DVD
Elimination Chamber 2021 WWE Madman February’s Elimination Chamber event is now on DVD and if you’re a fan of these sorts of events – the big Elimination Chamber contests are of course epic by design – then you won’t be disappointed. Both Chamber bouts are great – the first one particularly. Great spots, excellent execution, […]Archive
May 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Chick Fight: DVD
Chick Fight Director: Paul Leyden Madman You can almost imagine the pitch meeting. Guys, of course, talking about Fight Club and someone says, “what if we made it funny and sexy?” Chick Fight is, of course, neither. Because men that presumably met women for the very first time when casting and shooting the film, made […]Archive
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