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July 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Film Review – ‘A Star Is Born’
I watched that new version of A Star Is Born – it features Bradley Cooper as a nose fetishist and Lady Gaga as a nose. He was the bad side of Kris Kristofferson, none of the wisdom or insight in the lyrics, none of the heft or deft or breadth – fucking plod-happy nothing-songs that apparently get a crowd. (He fingers the nose to an Allman Brothers song. And 12 first cousins […]Archive
February 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
American Sniper: Film
American Sniper Director: Clint Eastwood Village Roadshow Pictures Funny what a bit of distance will do for you – I read and heard about American Sniper, the controversies, its jingoistic story, the buried truth, the not-quite-right adaptation of a book that could only have ever been a subjective “hero” story anyway. I saw the film […]Archive
July 13, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
American Hustle: DVD
American Hustle Director: David O. Russell Columbia Pictures Perhaps the greatest trick this film plays is that it has conned its audience either way, polarising to create gushing rave reviews and awards on the one hand and strange – almost nonsensical scorn on the other. People seem to either loathe or love this movie and […]Archive
May 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Movies of My Life # 4: The Place Beyond The Pines
You ever have that feeling – that thing – where you’re pretty convinced you’re going to like a film way before you see it. And then you watch it. And you were right. So right. The film surpasses – even – your expectation. But it was just right for you and you had that sussed. […]Archive
January 20, 2014 by Simon Sweetman