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January 25, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: A Better Score

The music is almost always the first thing I notice about a film – it wasn’t always this way, and I can’t quite remember when it changed – obviously there are so many iconic themes we instantly think of from Star Wars and Jaws to ET and anything by Ennio Morricone, everything Quentin Tarantino chooses […]

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January 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Promising Dumb Punchline

Went and saw that movie Promising Young Woman and thought it was excellent – the whole thing, great film. Sad film. Funny film. Brilliant film. Was going to write a review – as a joke – saying that Carey Mulligan was brilliant of course but what about all the male actors. Why weren’t they getting […]

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January 22, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Books That Blew My Mind # 3: “Can’t and Won’t” by Lydia Davis

Can’t and Won’t by Lydia Davis I could have picked another book by Lydia Davis – I could have picked from a few and probably I should highlight Varieties of Disturbancesince that was my introduction to this incredible writer. But Can’t and Won’t – which I reviewed back when I read it in 2014 as […]

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January 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: No One Told You

the theme song from ‘Friends’ will always be there for you even if you never wanted it to daft-cunt music written by shitty-fuck people that only ever missed out on one thing in life and unfortunately for us and them that one thing was talent – worse than hearing that song the many times in […]

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January 17, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Another Couple of Balls and An Extra Set of Fingers

Neal Page is a high-strung marketing executive. Del Griffith is goodhearted but he’s annoying. He  sells shower curtain rings. Neal and Del spend three days together trying to make it home to their families for thanksgiving – they live in the same city, but ahead of a chance encounter, a taxi cab muck-up and then […]

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January 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Trivial Pursuit/s

Phil Spector high on coke, shoves his gun at Leonard Cohen’s throat, says “You know, I love you Leonard” Cohen says, “I hope so!” There are other great stories – Charlie Watts putting on a suit and punching Mick Jagger in the face after the singer had told someone to fetch his drummer. “I am […]
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