You could sit Sachin Tendulkar down at a desk in front of a single camera, get him to read from the telephone book for six hours and it would be a box-office smash. Thankfully director James Erskine and the producers of “Sachin: A Billion Dreams” have more respect for both their subject and the filmgoing public in this entertaining 139 minute documentary on India’s most loved sportsperson and greatest cricketer. Continue reading “Sachin A Billion Dreams film review”
Don Bradman 87 Not Out – A Television Review
When I heard that “A Current Affair”‘s Gold Logie winning anchorperson Ray Martin had obtained the rights to an exclusive interview with Sir Donald Bradman – the last interview he intends to give – I recoiled with horror. “Toupee Ray” – the former king of daytime television – the frontman of night-time tabloid journalism – the man who gave us such showbiz interview extravaganzas as “Top Blokes And Good Sorts” – allowed to share the same airspace as the man considered by most the Greatest Living Australian? Continue reading “Don Bradman 87 Not Out – A Television Review”