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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
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, […]Archive
December 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Patrick Melrose: DVD
Patrick Melrose Director: Edward Berger Madman This five-episode mini-series takes Edward St. Aubyn’s semi-autobiographical novels and devotes a single episode to each; the result, in truly mesmeric fashion, is one of the great catch-all TV shows in recent years. A present-day instant-classic. It’ simply a perfect, heart-breaking, hilarious, grizzly-grim depiction of addiction and the trauma […]Archive
November 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
DVD Review: Jumanji Welcome To The Jungle – Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 7)
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle Director: Jake Kasdan Columbia Pictures Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 7) Hi guys, it’s me – Oscar. I am seven now, and it’s time for a new review. As promised I’m going to talk about Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle. On one picture it says 12+ for the age – but […]Archive
October 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
I Feel Pretty: DVD
I Feel Pretty Directors: Abby Kohn & Marc Silverstein Wonderland Sound and Vision/STXfilms When this was released there was talk of Schumer’s shaming – she had the body-image stuff all wrong; was tone-deaf. That’s probably the least of this film’s worries I would have thought. Well, I can say that, I’m a man. (I am […]Archive
September 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Money In The Bank 2018: DVD
Money In The Bank 2018 WWE Madman I am so far out of the loop with the current product – this is the first PPV event I’ve watched in well over a year. And it’s the first WWE DVD I’ve reviewed in even longer… But that worked out pretty well for me. I’ve always enjoyed […]Archive
August 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
DVD Review: Coco – Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6)
Coco Director: Lee Unkrich Pixar/Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6) Hi again, it’s me – Oscar! “Remember me?” After I review Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows I’ll review Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone But now it’s Coco. I saw this at the movies with my dad last Christmas holidays. In 2017. It […]Archive
August 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
What Happened To Monday: DVD
What Happened To Monday Director: Tommy Wirkola Nexus Factory/Madman Sometimes the concept is just dumb enough, expectations are sufficiently low and the cast – or certainly the lead – gives their all. So it gets across the line. That’s the case with What Happened To Monday, a by-rote sci-fi thriller/future dystopia that sees birth-rate managed […]Archive
August 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
DVD Review: Sarah & Duck (Lots of Shallots and other stories) – Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6)
Sarah & Duck Lots of Shallots BBC Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6) Oscar here again. I’m reviewing Sarah & Duck instead of Coco – I will review Coco, and Jumanji and then Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 but first up I want to talk about Sarah & Duck. Scarf Lady is funny I mean Scarf Lady is the […]Archive
August 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
DVD Review: Beauty & The Beast – Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6)
Beauty & The Beast Director: Bill Condon Mandeville Films/Walt Disney Pictures Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6) Hi, it’s Oscar again with my Beauty & The Beast review. This is my favourite movie because it’s got my favourite actor in it – Emma Watson. She plays Belle, a young girl woman who gets taken prisoner by The Beast – he […]Archive
August 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman