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March 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Clown: DVD
Clown Director: Eric Forsberg The Global Asylum LLC / Vendetta Timed, no doubt, to cash in on the latest rekindling of Pennwise via the rebrand-reboot of the IT franchise and of course the standalone Batman villain origin story, this attempted horror is more shocker than shock-filled.Archive
March 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
In Search of Greatness: DVD
In Search of Greatness Director: Gabe Polsky Creativity & Sports Doc LLC / Madman If it’s easy to – these days – just figure that the elite sportspeople of the world are built in a lab, destined for greatness because of the work that goes into them, then it’s a fine time to check out […]Archive
March 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Lighthouse: Film
The Lighthouse Director: Robert Eggers A24 / Regency Enterprises / RT Features Robert Eggers made a splash with his re-imagining of ghost-story informed horror, The Witch and follows that up here with a gritty, grim period black-comedy/existential horror film – The Lighthouse. The psychological horror film is making a comeback and the timing is perfect […]Archive
February 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Legend of Baron To’a: Film
The Legend of Baron To’a Director: Kiel McNaughton Department of Post / Madman Films The Legend of Baron To’a isn’t great – but it’s charming in its way. It’s so easy to sit back and watch it happen; to be amused in part, to cringe in that way that we do with some of the […]Archive
January 27, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Dan Carter – A Perfect 10: DVD
Dan Carter: A Perfect 10 Director: Luke Mellows Southern Lights It turns out that you can be a good looking, successful, talented, hard working person that excels at the sport of rugby – your father putting little rugby posts up in the backyard when you’re young – and in the end, despite money and international […]Archive
January 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
1917: Film
1917 Director: Sam Mendes Universal Pictures I am not the target-market for the movie 1917. Nothing about the trailer inspired me, I have never considered Sam Mendes a must-watch director, I can count the number of war films that have moved me in any way on three fingers – and normally describing a movie as […]Archive
January 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Dolly Parton – Here I Am: Film
Dolly Parton: Here I Am Director: Francis Whately Man Alive Productions / BBC / Netflix Dolly Parton is hosting a victory lap for herself. She’s always been a great and tireless self-promoter that understood the power of your personality as your brand long before ‘storytelling’ became a buzzword – but right now she’s leading a […]Archive
January 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Yesterday: DVD
Yesterday Director: Danny Boyle Perfect World Pictures/Working Title Pictures/Decibel Films / Universal Pictures So, here’s the set-up – an earnest young singer/songwriter named Jack Malik (Himesh Patel) is struggling to get anywhere and the only one that believes in him still is his friend and manager Ellie (Lily James). She’s been a fan since she […]Archive
January 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Marriage Story: Film
Marriage Story Director: Noah Baumbach Heyday Films / Netflix Marriage Story is, to date, Noah Baumbach’s masterpiece. It’s a fairly immaculate filmography so far, but where sometimes the privilege of the characters has maybe alienated members of the audience, (whether The Squid and The Whale’s intellectual superiority or the world of wealth in The Meyerowitz […]Archive
December 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Irishman: Film
The Irishman Director: Martin Scorsese Tribeca Productions, Sikella Productions, Winkler Films / Netflix A standing ovation for the victory lap. That seems to be the decision. Scorsese’s The Irishman, a bloated, mostly boring mini-series of a movie is the final full-stop (actually it’s a meandering dot-dot-dot) on his 50-year fascination with gangster stories.Archive
November 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman