Film REVIEW: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) - ★★★★★
Jim Carrey shines as the Grinch.
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Dec 8, 20231 min read
Film REVIEW: Candy Cane Lane (2023) - ★★★★★
Candy Cane Lane gets credit for its willingness to get weird.
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Nov 27, 20231 min read
Film REVIEW: We Can Be Heroes (2020) - ★★★★★
Although it may be too zany for adults, We Can Be Heroes balances its sophisticated themes with heart and zealous originality.
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Oct 29, 20232 min read
TV REVIEW: Goosebumps (2023 TV) - ★★★★★
Wickedly inventive enough to give viewers the creeps if not nightmares.
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Aug 16, 20232 min read
Film REVIEW: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) - ★★★★★
Jim Carrey's twitchy antics and gross-out humor are on full, bombastic display in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
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Aug 10, 20232 min read
Fringe REVIEW: Improvised Rubbish Shakespeare - The Incomplete Works - ★★★★★
Shakespeare's gone awol so his cast must make it up... in front of the king! With your help, this hilarious, madcap troupe must complete...
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Mix Up Theatre (Stewart)
Jul 7, 20232 min read
Film REVIEW: Home Alone (1990) - ★★★★★
Funny premise stretched unreasonably thin is buoyed by Macaulay Culkin's cute performance and strong supporting stars.
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Jul 7, 20232 min read
Film REVIEW: Bruce Almighty (2003) - ★★★★
Carrey is hilarious in the slapstick scenes, but Bruce Almighty gets bogged down in treacle.
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May 26, 20232 min read
Film REVIEW: Rush Hour 3 (2007) - ★★★★
Rush Hour 3 is a tired rehash of the earlier films, and a change of scenery can't hide a lack of new ideas.
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May 16, 20232 min read
Film REVIEW: Rush Hour 2 (2001) - ★★★★
Doesn't feel as fresh or funny as the first, and the stunts lack some of the intricacy normally seen in Chan's films.
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May 4, 20232 min read
Film REVIEW: Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) - ★★★★
Fittingly fleet and frequently fun, Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game-inspired adventure the whole family can enjoy.
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May 2, 20231 min read
Film REVIEW: My Neighbor Adolf (2022) - ★★★★
A kind of a cross between Rear Window, Grumpy Old Men and Fright Night, a surprisingly charming and gripping black comedy.
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Mix Up Theatre (Stewart)
May 1, 20232 min read
Film REVIEW: Rush Hour (1998) - ★★★★★
The combustible chemistry between its stars means Rush Hour hits just as hard on either side of the action-comedy divide.
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Apr 27, 20231 min read
Film REVIEW: The World's End (2013) - ★★★★
Madcap and heartfelt, Edgar Wright's apocalypse comedy The World's End benefits from the typically hilarious Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
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Apr 18, 20232 min read
Film REVIEW: Freaky Friday (2003) - ★★★★
Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan charm in Mark Waters' nicely pitched -- and Disney's second -- remake of the 1976 hit.
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Apr 8, 20231 min read
Film REVIEW: Johnny English Reborn (2011) - ★★★★★
Arguably a marginal improvement on its mostly-forgotten predecessor.
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Mix Up Theatre (Stewart)
Mar 10, 20232 min read
Film REVIEW: The Witches (2020) - ★★★
The Witches misses a few spells, but Anne Hathaway's game performance might be enough to bewitch fans of this Roald Dahl tale.
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Mix Up Theatre (Stewart)
Feb 10, 20231 min read
TV REVIEW: Family Guy (1999 - TV) - ★★★★★
It wouldn't be a Family Guy episode without an over-the-top offensive jokes, and this has show offers the best of that!
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Feb 10, 20232 min read
Film REVIEW: Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) - ★★★★★
Stylish, subversive, and above all fun, director Matthew Vaughn sending up the spy genre with gleeful abandon.
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Mix Up Theatre (Stewart)
Feb 5, 20232 min read
TV REVIEW: Wednesday (2022 TV) - ★★★★★
For fans of Tim Burton’s trademark dark aesthetic and the original Addams Family humour, there’s plenty to love.
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