I join “CTV News Toronto at Five” with anchor Sean Keathong to talk about the return of “Practical Magic 2,” the medieval rebellion of “The Uprising,” the buddy action of “Runner” and the rock doc “Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger.”Watch the whole thing HERE! (Starts at 14:35)
I sit with NewsTalk 1010 host Deb Hutton on NewsTalk 1010 to talk about being at TIFF on 9/11. Then, we talk about the rerelease of The Man in Black’s 1976 comic book “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash,” what the ghostly figure adorns the cover of Black Sabbath’s debut album is up to today, how the “South Park” guys are satirizing Trump’s America-first renaming push in the show’s new season, and I recview “Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger” and “Practical Magic 2.”Listen to the whole thing HERE! (Starts at 21:23)
I sit in on the CFRA Ottawa morning show with host Bill Carroll to talk about the new movies coming to theatres including the return of “Practical Magic 2,” the medieval rebellion of “The Uprising,” the buddy action of “Runner” and the rock doc “Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger.”Listen to the whole thing HERE!
SYNOPSIS: “Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger” is an up-close-and-personal look at 1990s supergroup Oasis and their sold-out 2025 comeback tour.CAST: Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher. Directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, written by Steven Knight.
REVIEW: A document of a reunion that seemed impossible after a 2009 backstage argument that saw Oasis singer Liam Gallagher attempt to brain his brother Noel with a guitar, the appropriately named “Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger” sees the estranged siblings put aside their differences during a sold-out world-wide tour.
The two-hour concert film offers a front row blast of nostalgia from one of the biggest bands of the1990s. From the first rehearsal, notably without Liam who joined two weeks later, to some of the biggest stages in the world, the film is a hybrid of personal documentary and concert film.
Oasis fans are treated to a trip down memory lane. A greatest hits selection of sing-along songs like “Morning Glory,” “Roll with It” and “Wonderwall,” are performed with energy and electricity, but the fascinating stuff comes between the songs.
Co-directors Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern, working with “Peaky Blinders” writer Steven Knight, don’t dig deep into the relationship between the argumentative brothers.
The sordid details of their past are breezed over, told in the early rehearsal scenes through their standoffish body language rather than words. The chill in the air at Liam’s first rehearsal, for instance, is palpable, culminating with the singer leaving without a goodbye, while the incredulous band plays on.
It’s suggested their notorious rows were the result of ego, power struggles and alcohol, and sharp tongues. “Liam sees himself as a mad genius,” said Noel, “but hasn’t grasped the genius part.”
But this movie isn’t about rehashing old wounds. It’s mostly about catchy rock songs and uplift.
As soon as the tour began on July 4, 2025 at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales—kicking off with the tune “Hello” featuring the lyric, “It’s good to be back”—the nostalgic power of Oasis’s music to change people’s lives is the focus. And not just the lives of the Gallagher Bros., who bond to the point of walking onstage holding hands at every show, but also the fans.
In between performances we’re introduced to fans, of all ages and from all over the world, who made the band’s songs the soundtrack to their lives. “I grossly underestimated what the music meant to people,” Noel says. These fan profiles slow down the celebration of the band’s music, but they are heartfelt and display the width and breadth of the band’s fanbase and the connection they feel to the music.
For some, the second coming of Oasis was an almost religious experience. Indeed, the film features a Sunday sermon delivered by a Manchester priest who talks turns the band’s reunion into a parable of forgiveness. The real miracle is, of course, that the Gallaghers made it through a single song without going at one another’s throats, let alone an entire tour.
“Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger” blends emotion and music, effectively blurring the line between the band and their fans.
