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December 8, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Summerslam 2019: DVD
Summerslam 2019 WWE Madman There was some good, bad and ugly here which is how it goes with WWE pay-per-view events, how it’s always been really – but certainly in recent years the idea of a classic card with very little in the way of filler seems a distant memory. And this, the 32nd iteration […]Archive
November 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Kindergarten Teacher: DVD
The Kindergarten Teacher Director: Sara Colanelo Madman Sara Colanelo’s remake of the 2014 Israeli film of the same name seemed to generate nothing but positive praise for Maggie Gyllenhaal in the lead as a 40-ish kindergarten teacher stuck in a unsatisfying marriage, with grown children and searching for something. She finds it in one of […]Archive
July 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Destroyer: DVD
Destroyer Director: Karyn Kusama Madman Destroyer is so well named – it should wreck you. The performances – in particular Nicole Kidman’s tour-de-force, the writing, the filming, the shape of the film, it’s all a slow-burn thrill-ride. And if there’s a best supporting player to Kidman’s scene-stealing/chewing/destroying role it’s the overall grit of the film, its dirty soul, its […]Archive
June 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Wrestlemania 35: DVD
Wrestlemania 35 WWE Madman No matter how out of step I am with wrestling of a year I still look forward to Wrestlemania. As was the case, then, for the 2019 edition – Wrestlemania 35 – particularly after checking in with Elimination Chamber and Fastlane.Archive
June 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Fastlane 2019: DVD
Fastlane 2019 WWE Madman On the road to Wrestlemania another of the stops was Fastlane – and there was obvious business to do here, break up the Miz and Shane so they could fight at the big show, get Becky Lynch back into the title-run, develop story lines…Archive
June 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A: DVD
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A Director: Steve Loveridge Madman The Amy Winehouse documentary was devastating – of course. But what was amazing about it – as is the case with documentary subjects that came of age across the last two decades – was the gathered footage. Home videos, goof-offs, early social media…Archive
June 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Jeff Beck – Still on the Run: DVD
Jeff Beck: Still On The Run Director: Matthew Longfellow Eagle Rock Ask any guitarist – they’ll tell you Jeff Beck is one of the greatest. Many will tell you he is the greatest, certainly he’s peerless in terms of his quest for exploration and expression given he’s forever linked to his Yardbirds-colleagues Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. […]Archive
June 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Elimination Chamber 2019: DVD
Elimination Chamber 2019 WWE Madman Just when I thought the Elimination Chamber PPV event on DVD was one of the more laborious of the WWE staple shows, along comes the 2019 edition. Featuring two of the very best elimination chamber contests. We start with a dynamic showcase to establish the women tag team champions – how strong the female division is […]Archive
April 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 315
Bob Dylan, Good As I Been To You (1992) Last year was a big year for me reconnecting with Bob Dylan – he’s always there of course. But the gig last year (which was great) had me going back through everything. Everything! I was in deep – going through the podcasts (many) and all the albums and Dylan’s own radio show archive […]Archive
December 31, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
2018: My Year in Review
Adapting. That’s the goal of the music and arts journo now. Has been the case for a few years. But never more so than right now. I started 2018 wondering if there was much point in writing or if there were any readers left for me at all even. I then decided it was about […]Archive
December 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman