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March 31, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

There’s a Clip I Watch on YouTube and I’m Not Joking When I Say I Look at it Most Weeks…  

It’s a film-student interviewing John Cusack and she can’t believe her luck, you see the class was watching American Beauty that day, and she skipped out to interview its star – only Cusack, quite reasonably disagreed, given he’s not in the film at all. His interviewer presses the point that he is in fact in […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged American Beauty, Blog, Cinema, Film, John Cusack, Kevin Spacey, Movie, There’s a Clip I Watch on YouTube and I’m Not Joking When I Say I Look at it Most Weeks…, To follow me in all the right places check out the Linktree right here. And to subscribe to my Substack newsletter “Sounds Good” click here, YouTube ·

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March 2, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of ‘The Roxy’

What a treat to escape to The Roxy and see The Thing – a 40th Anniversary screening. The Roxy knows how to do these events – you could get cocktails, a desert and DJ Beware was playing a set of John Carpenter cuts. But you could also just rock up with a no-frills ticket and […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog, Cinema, Film, In Praise, In Praise Of, In Praise of 'The Roxy', Movies, Praise, Roxy Cinema, Special Events, Special Screenings, The Roxy, The Thing, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Collecting Film Scores Gives Me A Reason To Reconnect With The Movies

I wrote a piece recently about how the soundtrack makes me want to see the film again. Specifically, I’m talking about my record collection. I’m going all in on collecting up movie scores. There are obviously some great soundtrack albums where it’s about the songs – I wrote about the impact of Tour of Duty […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], Cinema, Collecting Film Scores, Collecting Film Scores Gives Me A Reason To Reconnect With The Movies, DVD, Film, LP, Movie, Movies, Reason To Reconnect With The Movies, Records, Score, Soundtrack, Theme ·

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October 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Seems Telling, No?

I’ve mushed my brain with the things I watch – too much of this and a lot of that, and I am desensitised to violence and I don’t get scared and I have no scars from the things I’ve watched. None of this is good, by the way, it’s just honesty. None of this was […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Cinema, DVD, Film, Films, Movie, Movies, No, Poem, Poem: Seems Telling No?, Seems, Seems Telling, Seems Telling No?, Telling, VHS, Videos ·

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August 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Lindy West: Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema

Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema Lindy West Hachette Books Lindy West’s latest book is not brand-spanking new. It’s been out for a wee bit – but when I got to it I devoured it in pretty much one go. That is almost the review right there! The book hooked me […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Actually, Book, Book Review, Books, Cinema, Columns, Film, Funny, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Lindy West, Lindy West: The Witches Are Coming, Movies, Reviews, Shit, Shit Actually, Shrill, The Definitive 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 5, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 23: Misery

I first saw Misery when it came out on VHS tape. I remember it vividly. If it wasn’t the first Stephen King adaptation I saw, it was the first to have real impact. I was in Gisborne, summer holidays. A small bunch of us staying at a friend’s house, watching Return of the Living Dead […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Big Screen, Book, Cinema, Film, Horror, Horror Film, Horror Movie, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, James Caan, Kathy Bates, Misery, Movie, Movies, Movies of My Life, Movies of My Life # 23, Movies of My Life # 23: Misery, Richard Farnsworth, Stephen King, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 3, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 22: The Big Lebowski

When I first saw The Big Lebowski – back when it was in theatres in mid/late 1998 – I felt seen. I had been down the aisles of the supermarket in my robe, a dropping-out uni student, conscientiously objecting to, er, something…or anything really… I was also there as a fan of The Coen Brothers, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Cinema, Coen, Coens, Film, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Movies, Movies of My Life, Movies of My Life # 22, Movies of My Life # 22: The Big Lebowski, The Big Lebowski, The Biig Lebowski, The Coen Brothers, The Roxy, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 25, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 286 Misery, Roxy Cinema, Wellington, 2021

I was pumped for this one! Just the other week we checked out The Big Lebowski at The Roxy cinema. I was stoked to see that – and even more stoked to see they were doing something else pretty cool so soon after. This time a whole mid-winter Christmas mini film-festival. And as part of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2021, Cinema, Film, Misery, Movie, Movies, Roxy, Roxy Cinema, Stephen King, Stub, Stubs, Stubs # 286, Stubs: # 286 Misery, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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June 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Promising Young Woman and Unhinged is The Double Feature I Am Here For

Promising Young Woman and Unhinged were movies I liked – a lot. You are maybe not supposed to ‘like’ them; they aren’t meant to be a fun watch. But I applaud the filmmakers in both cases and I sat riveted. I want them to screen together. I want them to be shown to school-age audiences. […]
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May 26, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Wrath of Man: Film

Wrath of Man Director: Guy Ritchie Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Miramax/United Artists It’s a Guy Ritchie film – and it’s being billed as his reunion with Jason Statham, their first film together in 15 years after making three movies in quick succession together and essentially make their names together. But Wrath of Man (based loosely on the 2004 French […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Action, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Film, Film Review, Guy Ritchie, Heist, Jason Statham, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Miramax/United Artists, Movie, Movie Review, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Wrath of Man, Wrath of Man: Film ·

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May 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 257: Florian Habicht

Hey there, this is episode 257 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys  and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it […]
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February 26, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Ian Nathan: Stephen King at the Movies

Stephen King at the Movies: A Complete History of the Film and Television Adaptations from The Master of Horror Ian Nathan Palazzo Editions; None Edition I’ve been calling myself a lapsed fan. It’s a Forgive Me, Father scenario. It’s been years since I’ve read anything by Stephen King (well, that’s not quite true, I recently […]
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