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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 […]Archive
December 3, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
The Beatles – Get Back: Film
The Beatles: Get Back Director: Peter Jackson Walt Disney Studios / Apple Corps Ltd. WingNut Films / Disney+ Peter Jackson’s much-hyped dig into the vaults of the footage that already gave us the Let It Be film (whatever that was) and the Rooftop Concert, was released over American Thanksgiving weekend on the streaming service Disney […]Archive
June 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Willy’s Wonderland: DVD
Willy’s Wonderland (Blu-Ray) Director: Kevin Lewis Madman / Screen Media Films Here’s how it works now: Someone tells you about a film where a quiet drifter-type is conned into a gig being a janitor at a now condemned theme park-styled restaurant. Chuck E. Cheese with broken-down animatronics. A clown show with no show today, tomorrow […]Archive
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 […]Archive
May 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Chick Fight: DVD
Chick Fight Director: Paul Leyden Madman You can almost imagine the pitch meeting. Guys, of course, talking about Fight Club and someone says, “what if we made it funny and sexy?” Chick Fight is, of course, neither. Because men that presumably met women for the very first time when casting and shooting the film, made […]Archive
May 12, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Nobody: Film
Nobody Director: Ilya Naishuller Perfect World Pictures / 87North Productions / Universal Pictures Nobody is everything great about Big Dumb Fucking Brutal Action Films wrapped up like a magic trick. And that magic trick is the casting of Bob Odenkirk. Bob is the saftest of safe hands and can seemingly do anything. He writes books […]Archive
May 3, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Kajillionaire: DVD
Kajillionaire Director: Miranda July Plan B Pictures / Focus Films Across books and movies – and various performance-art pieces, her one-woman shows and talks – Miranda July has built a worldview through using the lens of empathy to consider the largely unimaginable, the downright quirky, the weird and profoundly wonderful; there’s a darker edge in […]Archive
April 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Fatman: DVD
Fatman (Blu-Ray) Directors: Eshom and Ian Nelms Madman Elton John has made more bad albums than good. That’s a fact. But of course he still shows the chops, those classic albums have their magical moments and he’s fondly remembered as being, well, ‘good’. To endure one of his worst songs is something, but you can […]Archive
March 17, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
SIX60 – Till The Lights Go Out: DVD
SIX60: Till The Lights Go Out Director: Julia Parnell Notable Pictures Six60 was the brainchild of New Zealand’s 38th Prime Minister, Sir John Philip Key. As the patron saint of populism, Key invented the band in a rundown Dunedin Scarfie/Breather squat-hole partly to distract from the housing crisis, but mostly so his son Max had […]Archive
March 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
A Rainy Day In New York: DVD
A Rainy Day In New York Director: Woody Allen defiant! Pause for a moment to chuckle briefly at the realisation that a new/ish Woody Allen film finally makes it to DVD via the production company, “defiant!” Too perfect right? The stubborn old warhorse remains uncancelled – at least until the final episode of Farrow/Allen doco […]Archive
March 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman