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July 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 268: Catherine Robertson

Hi and welcome to episode 268 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys  and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it […]
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September 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Changeover: Film

The Changeover Directors: Miranda Harcourt & Stuart McKenzie Firefly Films Margaret Mahy’s classic YA novel – a supernatural romance – gets a contemporary update here in the near-dystopia of post-earthquake Christchurch. The film’s setting hasn’t changed. But boy has it changed! The earthquake a metaphor for the broken family, the broken dreams – sixteen year […]
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February 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Valentine’s Day Topic – Why Not, Eh? So: What Love Songs Do You Love?

I don’t get into Valentine’s Day – as a rule. Tonight we’ll share a bottle of bubbly after the kid goes to bed. We might even make it all the way through a movie. Now: That’s Romance! But if this isn’t the right day to talk about this then I don’t know when it could […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Eh? So: What Love Songs Do You Love?, Love Songs, Romance, Silly Love Songs, Valentine's Day, Valentine’s Day Topic, Valentine’s Day Topic – Why Not, What Love Songs Do You Love? ·

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April 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Results: DVD

Results Director: Andrew Bujalski Burn Later Productions/Madman Results is, at the very least intriguing – it works hard (pardon the pun) to achieve its own space outside of the traditional rom-com and is not obsessed with sending up the genre (the usual way films try to identify and side-step the trope, only to end up […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Andrew Bujalski, Cobie Smulders, Drama, DVD, DVD Review, Film, Film Review, Guy Pearce, Kevin Corrigan, Madman, Movie, Movie Review, Results, Rom-Com, Romance ·

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September 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Row Boat: Romance

Row Boat Romance Fluttery Records Mark Wardale’s Row Boat moniker started with this EP in 2009, now newly reissued it will give fans of his recent effort, In Between, a chance to go back to how that sound first started. New Zealand music fans familiar with Rhian Sheehan’s work and – particularly – the textural […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2009, 2014, EP, Fluttery Records, In Between, Reissue, Romance, Row Boat, The Impending Adorations ·

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