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March 31, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Reading The Back Cover

In horror movies the villain always comes back. This is because the villain is actually the hero. It’s the special secret of horror films. Special, because it’s not so secret. In life you can never go back, you shouldn’t go back – leave a flat or finish a job or end a relationship and that […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Films, Horror, Horror Film, Movie, Poem: Reading The Back Cover, Reading The Back Cover ·

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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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October 13, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

My Top 10 Stephen King Movies

Here are my favourite Stephen King film adaptations from 10-1, number one of course being the best. 10. Needful Things (1993) – I’m picking this one because I don’t often see it getting talked up. And because I loved the book. It was one of my absolute favourites. The film isn’t a classic, but it […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Carrie, Christine, Cujo, Film, Films, Gerald's Game, It, List, Misery, Movies, My Top 10 Stephen King Movies, Needful Things, Stand By Me, Stephen King, Stephen King Movies, The Dead Zone, The Mist, The Shawshank Redemption, The Shining, Top 10, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 25, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Bill Conti Scores The Great American Novel

People talk about The Great American Novel like it’s a thing. It is a thing – but it’s not a book, and it’s never going to be. Bruce Springsteen probably thinks he’s written The Great American Novel. But he just dragged John Steinbeck down into rock’n’roll. There are many photographers that have taken The Great […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bill Conti, Books, Breaking Bad, Bruce Springsteen, Films, ill Conti Scores The Great American Novel, John Steinbeck, Music, Novel, Poem, Poem: Bill Conti Scores The Great American Novel, Rocky, The Great American Novel, The Sopranos, TV ·

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February 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 245: John Wareham

Welcome back to Sweetman Podcast for 2021. I posted the first episode for the year just last week. And now it’s time for a new one – so this is episode 245 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well […]
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September 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Horror Movie Scores: Some Favourites

On a big horror kick right now. I feel like I have been on a big horror movie kick since I was 13. That’s when I conquered any fear of being frightened by overdosing on horror films. The good, the bad, the ugly. Now I’m catching up on some classics I haven’t seen – or […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], A Nightmare On Elm Street, Dawn of the Dead, Exorcist, Fantomas, Film, Films, Freddy Krueger, Friday The 13th, George Romero, Halloween, Harry Manfredini, Hellraiser, Horror, Horror Movie, Horror Movie Scores, Horror Movie Scores: Some Favourites, It, Jaws, John Carpenter, Mike Oldfield, Movies, Music, Omen, Psycho, Score, Some Favourites, Soundtrack, Stephen King, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Director's Cut, They Live, Tubular Bells, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Tierney Sutton Band: Screenplay

The Tierney Sutton Band Screenplay BFM Jazz Formed around the delicate, classy vocals of the lead singer The Tierney Sutton Band features some great instrumentalists to help shape the sound – bassists Trey Henry and Kevin Axt, drummer/percussionist Ray Brinker and pianist Christian Jacob. They’ve made some great albums and are not opposed to a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, Christian Jacob, Clint Eastwood, Films, Kevin Axt, Movies, Ray Brinker, Screenplay, Soundtrack, The Tierney Sutton Band, The Tierney Sutton Band: Screenplay, Tierney Sutton, Trey Henry, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Film Society: Preview – Mustang (October 1)

The Wellington Film Society hits into October, meaning the end of the year is on its way…last week it was Lewat Djam Malam – shown internationally as “After The Curfew” – this week it’s Deniz Gamze Ergüven‘s Oscar-nominated first feature, Mustang. “Its emotions are universally recognizable, as is the powerful yearning of its young, female […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 6.15pm, Cinema, Deniz Gamze Erugven, Embassy, Film, Film Society, Films, France, http://www.filmsocietywellington.net.nz/, Monday, Movie, Movies, Mustang, Oct 1, October, Preview, Turkey, Wellington Film Society, Wellington Film Society: Preview – Mustang (October 1), Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Film Society: Preview – Young Torless (July 9)

The Wellington Film Society’s program will soon take a break for a couple of weeks to welcome The International Film Festival but there’s still a couple of weeks of films and then the program returns in mid-August for another few months. Following on from last week’s showing of Les Cowboys we travel back in time […]
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June 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Film Society: Preview – Seconds (June 11)

The Wellington Film Society’s program is back after a week off – and we’re still in the sixties, following on from Alphaville we’re in the world of John Frankenheimer. His Seconds (1966) is in fact the third film in his “Paranoia Trilogy” (following 1962’s The Manchurian Candidate and 1963’s Seven Days In May). The film […]
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June 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 118 – Chris Tse

Welcome to episode 118 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I had a conversation with Chris Tse. He’s a Wellington poet. He’s done some acting and music-making too but it’s for his books How To Be Dead In A Year of Snakes and the very recently released He’s So […]
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May 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Nightwatchman Clicks His Flashlight: On Jon McLeary’s Double Century of Ghost Posts

Well, he’s a cricket fan, so he’ll enjoy the mention of a “double century” – but one thing I learned a while back is that you have to pick your moments and celebrate your own milestones in this writing-online caper. You have to turn up. And turn up. And turn up again. And if you […]
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