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May 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Mermaids: Film
Mermaids Director: Ali Weinstein Naiad Procutions/Sphinx Productions/Films We Like Mermaids – a subculture, a fetish – this film looks at the talent required (synchronised swimming) and attention to detail with costuming. It looks too at the people behind the mermaid-fascination. Just as you think it’s all getting a bit, er, watery – we find the […]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
March 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Film Review: Peter Rabbit – Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6)
Peter Rabbit Director: Will Gluck Sony Pictures Animation Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6)Archive
March 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Party: Film
The Party Director: Sally Potter Adventure Pictures/Great Point Media At just 71 minutes – and it rips by too – there’s no room for spoilers. Sally Potter’s latest, The Party, features the titular event; straight into it. You see, Janet (Kristin Scott Thomas) has just been announced shadow minister for health. So we’re at her […]Archive
February 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
I, Tonya: Film
I, Tonya Director: Craig Gillespie Clubhouse Pictures/LuckyChap Entertainment I, Tonya was so good I had to see it twice. It was as if I didn’t quite believe it to be the triumph first time around and had to check. Turns out it’s every bit as good – and even a little bit better – the second […]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
February 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Phantom Thread: Film
Phantom Thread Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Annapurna Pictures/Focus Features/Ghoulardi Film Company/Perfect World Pictures Writer/Director PT Anderson delivers another romance with cracks, another tale of quirk and obsession – and if this is (truly) Daniel Day-Lewis’ victory lap then it’s also a passing of the torch, in a manner of speaking, to Vicky Krieps.Archive
January 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: Film
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Director: Martin McDonagh Blueprint Pictures/Fox Searchlight Pictures We might be placed just outside of small-town Ebbing in Missouri, but tonally we are all over the map when Martin McDonagh (In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths) paints a none-more-black comedy with a few extra dark shades of the old ultraviolence…Archive
January 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Film Review: Paddington 2 – Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6)
Paddington 2 Director: Paul King Heyday Films/Studio Canal/Canal+ Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6)Archive
January 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Coco: Film
Coco Directors: Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molna Pixar Animation Studios/Walt Disney Pictures “This is Pixar at its best – somehow both visually stunning and straightforward. There’s something deceptively dazzling about Pixar at its best. It’s a return too to the brand’s very best version of the storytelling about feelings (rather than just storying with feelings)…” I […]Archive
January 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman