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August 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
DVD Review: Beauty & The Beast – Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6)
Beauty & The Beast Director: Bill Condon Mandeville Films/Walt Disney Pictures Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6) Hi, it’s Oscar again with my Beauty & The Beast review. This is my favourite movie because it’s got my favourite actor in it – Emma Watson. She plays Belle, a young girl woman who gets taken prisoner by The Beast – he […]Archive
July 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Grace Jones – Bloodlight and Bami: DVD
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami Director: Sophie Fiennes Umbrella Entertainment As with her recent/ish memoir (a mostly great read) here Grace Jones is self-mythologising. And rightly. Wisely. More than fair enough. She’s singular – her impact felt across fashion and music and (to a lesser degree) both the big and small screen. She’s a visual […]Archive
April 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Blue: DVD
Blue Director: Karina Holden Northern Pictures/Transmission Films The statistics are frightening – and embarrassing – half of the ocean’s life has been killed off in the last 40 years. By 2050 there will be more plastic in the sea than fish. But do we give a shit?Archive
February 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
John Mellencamp: Plain Spoken – Live from The Chicago Theatre
John Mellencamp: Plain Spoken – Live from The Chicago Theatre Enliven Entertainment/Eagle Rock Netflix Bruce Springsteen is the boss. And John Mellencamp is, at best, 2IC. Which is plain to see. Even more obvious to hear. And here he takes his Plain Spoken album – the 20-something-th of his career and places it in the live context, a […]Archive
October 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Opening Night: DVD
Opening Night Director: Isaac Rentz Wolfe Video If watching Topher Grace playing a failed Broadway performer-turned-stage-manager wrangling talent backstage for the titular opening night of a musical called “One Hit Wonderland” sounds like fun to you. Then I guess it will be. An eccentric cast (Rob Riggle in full-yell mode, Anne Heche looking bored and […]Archive
September 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Black Butterfly: DVD
Black Butterfly [Blu-ray] Director: Brian Goodman Defiant! My folks were staying, and after a busy, social weekend we decided it was time for a film – kick back for a Sunday night DVD; something/anything. Well, I had something that was going to fit the bill – or sit somewhere between those categories. Black Butterfly was […]Archive
August 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Le Ride: DVD
Le Ride Director: Phil Keoghan No Opportunity Wasted/Madman Kiwi-born, US-based TV presenter Phil Keoghan takes a lot of the look and feel of this film from his years in service to growing TV audiences. He’s here both in front of and behind the camera, the star of the show in a documentary feature that has […]Archive
August 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Into The Forest: DVD
Into The Forest Director: Patricia Rozema Vendetta It’s an interesting watch – I loved this film but I could see how some would not want to spend their time in this subtle future dystopia. I can see how a viewer might walk away unimpressed by a tone that simmers away on a permanent downer. But […]Archive
August 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Being Charlie: DVD
Being Charlie Director: Rob Reiner Castle Rock Entertainment/Defiant! Part of the reason this movie works – is down to the father/son combo behind it; a very personal project, a mirroring of some of the hurt and heartbreak in their lives…but that’s not the only reason Being Charlie works. It’s strong enough, even if only just, […]Archive
August 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
DVD Review: SING – Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 5)
SING Director: Garth Jennings Illumination Entertainment Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 5) The title of the movie is called SING – Miss Crawley has a big eye that can fall off. It bumps on the zero two times on the computer and she meant to type in ‘$1000’ but it came to be $100,000.Archive
July 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman