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August 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Le Ride: DVD
Le Ride Director: Phil Keoghan No Opportunity Wasted/Madman Kiwi-born, US-based TV presenter Phil Keoghan takes a lot of the look and feel of this film from his years in service to growing TV audiences. He’s here both in front of and behind the camera, the star of the show in a documentary feature that has […]Archive
July 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble Director: Morgan Neville The Orchard/Madman Morgan Neville’s work on 20 Feet From Stardom is proof he’s good at the big story around music – and here we have a different kind of “big story” – where 20 Feet was about the forgotten people, the […]Archive
June 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Wrestlemania Monday: DVD
Wrestlemania Monday WWE Madman Its known now – really ever since the advent of RAW – as its own thing: Wrestlemania Monday. It’s the night after the biggest event on the WWE calendar and just when you think you’ve seen and heard all the big double-crosses or new additions, you’ve watched the pay-off to a […]Archive
June 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Salt and Fire: DVD
Salt and Fire Director: Werner Herzog Benaroya Pictures/Construction Film/Canana Films/Skellig Rock/Madman A comparison can be made between the film director Werner Herzog and the musician Neil Young. Both are prolific, headstrong, they both follow their own path – it’s paved with hits and misses; the best of their work is extraordinary, near-transcendent, the worst just […]Archive
April 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Bad Santa 2: DVD
Bad Santa 2 Director: Mark Waters Madman Where Ho Ho Ho meets No No No – the Bad Santa sequel wastes no time revealing it should never have happened; not only that there was no valid (ie artistic) reason for it to happen. It happened, we know why, the first movie was a runaway hit. […]Archive
March 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
WWE: Brock Lesnar – Eat. Sleep. Conquer. Repeat: DVD
Brock Lesnar: Eat. Sleep. Conquer. Repeat. WWE Madman When the WWE releases a multi-disc set about one performer you better be a fan of that athlete or entity. An obvious point, right. But I struggled to work through the three discs here because I’ve never cared about Brock Lesnar in the WWE – a Dino […]Archive
March 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Conspiracy: DVD
Conspiracy Director: Aram Rappaport Madman Tech-thrillers, IT, financial collapse…well, there’s been a few okay-movies made around financial collapse and white-collar treason, but the cyber-world tends to fare less well – and so it is with Conspiracy (known in America as The Crash). It wants to be a smart comment on a near-future world, but gets […]Archive
March 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Hurt Business: DVD
The Hurt Business Director: Vlad Yudin Madman Going behind the scenes, to show you the people behind the superstars, this MMA/UFC documentary shows you the stars from the various promotions, talking not only to them and the referees and promotors but also to doctors and medical specialists. We hear about the injuries, we see the […]Archive
September 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Narcos – Season One: DVD
Narcos: Season One Director: Jose Padilha Netflix/Madman As with House of Cards, Bloodline and just one or two others from the Netflix-commissioned shows there’s a demand for Narcos, one of the brand’s go-to/must-see shows. And so here, now, Season One is available on DVD. If you’ve waited this long (Season Two is up on the […]Archive
August 12, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Eric Bischoff – Sports Entertainment’s Most Controversial Figure: DVD
Eric Bischoff: Sports Entertainment’s Most Controversial Figure WWE Madman Here – sprawling over three discs – we have the story of Eric Bischoff, dubbed “Sports Entertainment’s Most Controversial Figure” and if that’s a big call, then it’s also a pretty large call thinking he’s worth a feature-length DVD with bonus matches and ephemera. But, the […]Archive
July 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman