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April 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 28 – Terence Trent D’Arby, “Neither Fish Nor Flesh”

Terence Trent D’Arby, Neither Fish Nor Flesh, 1989 There’s that wonderful scene in an episode of The Simpsons where, at a Planet Hollywood-themed restaurant or some such, Homer is shown various artefacts including, the script to the movie The Cable Guy. It hangs on the wall in a frame. Homer smashes the glass and rips […]
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January 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Gift: DVD

The Gift Director: Joel Edgerton Blumhouse Productons/Blue-Tongue Films Joel Edgerton’s writing/directing debut is a taut, disturbing psychological thriller that will stay with you long after the final twist. It’s unfair to say too much about The Gift since it’s a stalker-thriller of the Fatal Attraction type, though there’s such control in and of the tension […]
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August 27, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Samuel Walters

Samuel Walters lives in Sydney Australia. He is the saboteur of his own desires and dreams, here are five films that have stayed with him… 1 – Star Wars: It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships striking from a hidden base have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire. During the […]
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