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March 25, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 27: Stand By Me

I remember seeing the trailer. And I wanted to go see the film. But I’m not sure that happened – I’ve no memory of seeing it on the big screen. But later, VHS, it was a staple. Bike down to the local video store and pick it up. Later it was on TV and we […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog, Coming of Age, Different Seasons, Drama, Film, Movie, Movies of My Life, Movies of My Life # 27, Movies of My Life # 27: Stand By Me, Movies of My Life started life as a series of posts on the Phantom Billstickers Facebook page, Stand By Me, Stephen King, The Body ·

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February 28, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Joshua Moshier: The Shrink Next Door (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack)

Joshua Moshier The Shrink Next Door (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack) Lakeshore Records I’m really enjoying the TV series The Shrink Next Door which tells the stranger-than-fiction true tale of a psychiatrist who manipulates his patient into friendship and hoodwinks him out of dollars and pads his own status. Everything about it is enjoyable – […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Apple, Comedy, Dark, Drama, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Joshua Moshier, Joshua Moshier: The Shrink Next Door (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack), Lakeshore Records, Paul Rudd, Score, Soundtrack, The Shrink Next Door, The Shrink Next Door (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack), TV, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Will Ferrell ·

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January 5, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

House of Gucci: Film

House of Gucci Director: Ridley Scott Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Bon Creative/Scott Free Productions / Universal Pictures I really loved House of Gucci. I was interested enough in it anyway, but the thing that totally amped me for it was this advance nonsense about Lady Gaga being the only good thing in it; about it being a load of […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Crime, Drama, Film, Film Review, House of Gucci, House of Gucci: Film, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Lady Gaga, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Bon Creative/Scott Free Productions / Universal Pictures, Movie, Movie Review, Ridley Scott, True Story, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 13, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Hir: Theatre

Hir Direction: Katherine McRae (written by Taylor Mac) Circa Theatre; Circa One (October 9 – November 6) “Hir” (pronounced here) is how you address Max now that they’re transitioning. Hir or “ze”, no longer he or she or her or him. This is a lot for brother Isaac (returning from the war, discharged for drug-use) […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Circa, Circa One, Circa Theatre, Circa Theatre; Circa One (October 9 – November 6), Drama, Dryw McArthur, Felix Crossley-Pritchard, Gender, Hir, Hir: Theatre, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Katherine McRae, Perry Piercy, Play, Pronouns, Satire, Taylor Mac, Theatre, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Ze ·

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September 22, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of The White Lotus

The White Lotus. Currently the greatest show on all of television, across any of the formats and platforms. The White Lotus is an American TV comedy-drama, a satire, a dark night of the soul that just happens to have a bottomless  mojito and very comforting neck massage attached to it. It’s an HBO show that […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Comedy, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Drama, HBO, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, In Praise, In Praise Of, In Praise of The White Lotus, Mike White, Praise, Satire, The White Lotus, TV, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, White Lotus ·

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August 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Winding Up: Theatre

Winding Up Direction: Susan Wilson (written by Sir Roger Hall) Circa Theatre; Circa One (July 31 – August 28) Barry (Peter Hayden) and Gen (Ginette McDonald) are characters we’ve met before in the world of Roger Hall. But here – Winding Up – they’re in their 70s. They’ve been married for 50 years. And if […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2021, Barry, Circa, Circa One, Circa Theatre, Comedy, Drama, Gen, Ginette McDonald, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, July 31 – August 28, Peter Hayden, Play, Roger Hall, Sir Roger Hall, Susan Wilson, Theatre Review, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Winding Up, Winding Up: Theatre ·

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July 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 266: Jeff Kingsford-Brown

Hi and welcome to episode 266 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 […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Acting, Actor, Apple, Chat, Circa, Comedy, Converastion, Drama, Elling, ep.266, Film, Interview, Musical, New Plymouth, Otaki, Palmerston North, Pantomime, Podcast, Podcasting, Show, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Spotify, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 266:, Sweetman Podcast # 266: Jeff Kingsford-Brown, T Leaf T, Taranaki, Theatre, Wellington, Yeastie Boys ·

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July 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 264: Jo Marsh – aka JoJo Bellini

Hi and welcome to episode 264 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 […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Accident, Acting, Arts, Arts-Admin, Burlesque, Chat, Comedy, Conversation, Dancing, Drama, ep.264, Haiku, Interview, Jo Marsh, JoJo Bellini, Kink, MC, Off The Tracks, Performance, Podcast, Poems, Poetry, Producer, Simon Sweetman, Singing, Soundcloud, Spotify, Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 264, Sweetman Podcast # 264: Jo Marsh – aka JoJo Bellini, T Leaf T, Theatre, Yeastie Boys ·

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June 29, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of Tom Stoppard

A brand new biography of Tom Stoppard has just hit the shelves in America (it was released late last year in the UK). So I read this piece in the New Yorker and wondered if that is actually as close as I might get to reading the book. It’s most likely I will buy it. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Biography, Books, Drama, Film, In Praise Of, In Praise of Tom Stoppard, Movies, Play, Playwright, Script, Tom Stoppard, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Things I Know To Be True: Theatre

Things I Know To Be True Direction: Shane Bosher (written by Andrew Bovell) Circa Theatre; Circa One (April 30 – May 29) Andrew Bovell has here created the sprawling epic family drama that is a distinctly Australian version of the big theatrical experiences we so often associate with American playwrights – from Tennessee Williams on […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2021, Andrew Bovell, April 30 - May 29, Australian, Caitlin Rivers, Circa, Circa One, Circa Theatre, Circa Theatre; Circa One (April 30 – May 29), Daniel Watterson, Direction: Shane Bosher (written by Andrew Bovell), Drama, Family, Heather O'Carroll, Jthn Morgan, Lantana, Lara Macgregor, Play, Price Family, Review, Shane Bosher, Speaking In Tongues, Theatre, Theatre Review, Things I Know To Be True, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: The Chicken/The Road/The Question of Why/No Joke/No Joke At All

One of the oldest jokes in the world is about why the chicken crosses the road. The answer is different each time. Both a surprise and an inevitability. The finite made to seem infinite. Why does the chicken cross the road? It’s actually the epitome of drama. We watch stories, and tell stories and listen […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Chicken, Drama, Joke, Poem, Poem: The Chicken/The Road/The Question of Why/No Joke/No Joke At All, The Chicken/The Road/The Question of Why/No Joke/No Joke At All, Why does the chicken cross the road? ·
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