Steve Swift’s Rambling Reviews

Ringo Starr’s New Album Isn’t Really About The Music!

That music is a little Country and a little Americana, but the real sweetness here is the easy meander and sunny atmosphere of Ringo himself, nothing is brilliant but everything is lovely...

Spinebuster Wrestling Underground Ep 2 Is Just Golden!

Spinebuster is fabulous, they've added such excitement by awarding medallions for certain matches - capture 3 and you get a shot at the belt. And when you add great wrestlers like Harley Hudson and Brad Matthews, how can you fail?..

I Went Back To VCA Wrestling! it was a good decision...

I watched it a lot a while ago. I haven't watched it for a while, I idea why, I enjoyed it, not all the time, but that's the way with lots of other Wrestling promotions and kept faith with them. Well, I came back, some things have changed, but aome things thankfully stay the same...

Fighter V Produce Rather Good AOR! But so do loads of others...

It would be a shame if this got lost in the excellent string of new AOR and Melodic Rock releases, it's rather good and has a Rainbow Classic Rock Excellence running through it. Don't Fight this, it's great...

Leatherhead Is Not Just A Town In Surrey, It’s A Metal Excitement Too!

This is Greek Speed Metal, but it isn't Just that, this album has drama and a sprint too, but light and shade too, with an odd but entirely correct Hair Metal yelp of a voice. This Leatherhead? most enjoyable...

Afflicted Is An Overlooked Excellent Horror Movie!

It didn't make it's money back and that's a shame, this is a first time writing and directing for 2 film makers, found footage and a vampire story, but it really isn't about that, it's about so much more.
Such lovely characters, such sadness and such horror excellence...

EPW Wrestling From Last Saturday Really Hits The Spot!

What a great episode; Jimmy Blaylock and Joey Gross introduce tag team excellence with The Initiative, There's Derrick King on his retirement tour being punked out by Grayson Pierce who then turns in a good performance against Wonder Boy and Brandon Young is back - all rather smashing...

WCCW 1984 ’Parade Of Champions’, from 1984 Selected Wrestling Goodness!

A few matches from the 1984 show that was created as a remembrance of David Von Erich, the crowd were huge and febrile, the matches were hyped and the wrestling...was it about the wrestling?..

The Critic Uses Ian McKellen’s ’Floridity Factor’ Rather Well!

I really enjoy Ian McKellen's work in general, but sometimes I feel his enjoyment of his naughtiness can overbalance a film or show. this is a film written by Partick Marber; it's a pit boiler in plot, but that's not a problem, that and the strong but not demonstrative acting around him allows McKellen to show us why nastiness and calculating nature exists. No one can connect here and that's so sad, it's also rather enjoyable...

In A Violent Nature Revolutionises The Current Horror Genre!

The horror film genre is inventiv3 and successful at the moment. It's also eating itself, with more outlandish hooks. Well, this 2024 movie from Chris Nash uses the slasher horror tropes and, in the way it's made, subverts them. This is an effective, gory slasher, yes, but it has no music, has long scenes where you feel like a gamer and takes the focus to places you wouldn't expect. it's Brilliant...