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July 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Vox Lux: DVD
Vox Lux Director: Brady Corbet Madman Vox Lux comes from actor/director Brady Corbet. It’s the 30-year-old’s second full-length feature and it’s something of a Sunset Blvd. for the me/#metoo generation; a 21st century masterpiece. Spanning 1999-2017 and narrated – brilliantly, exacerbating the fable-like quality of it – by Willem Dafoe, the film tells the coming of age and then comeback of Celeste Montgomery. Played […]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
January 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
DVD Review: The House With A Clock In Its Walls – Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 7)
The House With A Clock In Its Walls Director: Eli Roth DreamWorks Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 7) Hi guys, it’s me again, Oscar. Happy New Year and I hope you all have a great 2019! I’m going to review the Cate Blanchett and Jack Black movie, The House With A Clock In It Walls. I wrote a […]Archive
December 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Springsteen On Broadway: Film
Springsteen on Broadway Director: Thom Zimny Netflix Bruce Springsteen has been playing the role of Bruce Springsteen for far longer than he was ever actually “Bruce Springsteen”. Now, the same is true of a lot of the famous rock’n’rollers that grew up out of that era and firmly in public. Sir Paul of Macca is […]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
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 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
Midnight Oil – 1984: Film
Midnight Oil: 1984 Director: Rob Argall Piccolo Films Pty Ltd./Madman In 1985 Tears For Fears sang that “Everybody” wanted “to rule the world” from their hit of the same name. In 1980s pop – certainly by the mid-80s – musicians were either aiming to be world-beaters or world-savers. The political climate was fraught, the threat […]Archive
August 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman