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April 12, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

X: Film

X Director: Ti West A24 / Little Lamb / Mad Solar Productions Once in a while a film comes along, and you have very high expectations indeed. Almost so much so that it is a bit of a worry. But then, it’s movie night – and not only no worries, your high expectations are shot […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A24, Brittany Snow, Chelsea Wolfe, Film, Film Review, Horror, Jenna Ortega, Martin Henderson, Mia Goth, Movie, Movie Review, New Zealand, Slasher, Texas, Ti West, To follow me in all the right places check out the Linktree right here. And to subscribe to my Substack newsletter “Sounds Good” click here, Tyler Bates, Whanganui, X, X: Film ·

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March 5, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Possessor: DVD

Possessor Director: Brandon Cronenberg Elevation Pictures / Signature Entertainment Possessor belongs to that dark and wonderful strain of film – the science fiction psychological horror. And director/writer Brandon Cronenberg is royalty within that genre. He’s been bubbling away under his own steam across the last decade. Anything he has grabbed from his father he has […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Brandon Cronenberg, David Cronenberg, DVD, DVD Review, Dystopia, Film, Film Review, Horror, Movie, Movie Review, Possessor, Possessor: DVD, Sci-Fi ·

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January 30, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Barn – Neil Young & Crazy Horse – A Band, A Brotherhood, A Barn: Film

Barn: Neil Young & Crazy Horse – A Band, A Brotherhood, A Barn Director: DHLoveLife A Shakey Pictures Production Neil Young is in the news for taking his music off Spotify – his stand against the company’s platforming of Joe Rogan’s podcast. Rogan masquerades as a free-thinker and entertains conspiracy theories, which has seen him […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Band A Brotherhood A Barn, A Barn, A Barn: Film, A Brotherhood, A Shakey Pictures Production, Barn, Barn - Neil Young & Crazy Horse – A Band, Barn Album, Billy Talbot, Concert, Crazy Horse, Daryl Hannah, DHLoveLife, Doco, Film, Film Review, Gig, Live, Movie, Movie Review, Neil Young, Neil Young & Crazy Horse – A Band, Nils Lofgren, Ralph Molina, Rehearsal, YouTube ·

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January 15, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Scream (5): Film

Scream Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett Spyglass Media Group / Project X Entertainment / Paramount Pictures Scream (aka Scream 5) is both sequel and reboot – a “requel” as the very knowing and cracking-good script tells us. It features the big names from the original – back as second-generation helpers. And of course a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Film Review, Franchise, Horror, Horror Film, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Movie, Movie Review, Reboot, Requel, Scream, Scream (5): Film, Scream 5, Sequel, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Blu Ray, Comedy-Horror, DVD, DVD Review, Film, Film Review, Kevin Lewis, Movie, Movie Review, Nic Cage, Nicolas Cage, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Willy’s Wonderland, Willy’s Wonderland (Blu-Ray), Willy’s Wonderland: DVD ·

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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 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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Alec Baldwin, Bella Thorne, Chick Fight, Chick Fight: DVD, DVD, DVD Review, Fight Club, Film Review, Madman, Malin Ackerman, Movie Review, Paul Leyden, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Action, Action Film, Action Flick, Bob Odenkirk, Film Review, Hero, Ilya Naishuller, John Wick, Movie, Movie Review, Nobody, Nobody: Film, Violence, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Debra Winger, DVD, DVD Review, Evan Rachel Wood, Film, Film Review, Gina Rodriguez, It Chooses You, Kajillionaire, Kajillionaire: DVD, Miranda July, Movie, Movie Review, Richard Jenkins, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Blu Ray, Christmas, DVD, DVD Review, Eshom and Ian Nelm, Father Christmas, Fatman: DVD, Film, Film Review, Madman, Mel Gibson, Movie, Movie Review, Santa, Walton Goggins, Xmas ·

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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 […]
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