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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
April 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The O’Jays: Live In New York
The O’Jays Live In New York S-Curve Records / O’Jays Gigs, Inc. The “final” victory lap of The O’Jays culminated in this TV special in late 2019 recorded live for DVD and also released as an album. As they showed with final studio album – The Last Word – this version of The O’Jays (founders […]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 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Video Store Homily
I worked in a video store – but only for a few weeks. I wish it was longer. But it was still a good time. And this was in the time of VHS tapes. Actual videos. I’d grown up, in some sense, in the video stores of New Zealand. Renting anything that needed to be […]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
February 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman