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Scoob! Review – Turn Off Your Mind if You Want to Enjoy This One

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Powered by JustWatch Honestly never thought I would find myself saying this but after watching 2020’s Scoob! I much prefer the two early 2000s live-action films. At least they had M...

The King of Staten Island Review – A Nice Drama with a Dash of Comedy

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Powered by JustWatch The blanket branding of Judd Apatow’s filmography as being 100% comedies works against viewers expectations, who may be led to believe from the poster that they...

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The genre pigeonhole that the utterly bizarre and joyously unique film VHYes has been shoved into is ‘comedy’, but really, that’s too broad a category for this brilliantly bonkers genre-orgy of a film. Directo...

600 Bottles of Wine Review – Grace Rouvray is a Comedic Mastermind

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Back in March I celebrated the 40th anniversary of Australian classic Breaker Morant here on The Curb. Why stop there? The celluloid class of 1980 is a particularly fascinating one, with many films cut from a ...

The Goodies: Comedy in a Crisis, and the Loss of Tim Brooke-Taylor

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Australians of a certain age would have fond memories of watching The Goodies and Doctor Who in the hour leading up to the ABC's 7 o'clock news. While the BBC has for many years mined the revenue potential of ...

A Guide to Second Date Sex Review – A Fine, Heartfelt Romantic Comedy

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Adapting a play from stage to screen is always a difficult proposition, if for no other reason than the question why. Why translate this from stage to screen? What makes this cinematic? Will it be so obvious t...

Jojo Rabbit Review – A Deep, Satirical Conversation About the Effects of Fascism

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January 23, 2020
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Written and directed by Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit stars Roman Griffin Davis as Jojo, a lonely German boy living during the end of World War II and whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his ...

Hour Of Power – With Katie Lees And Grace Rouvray Review

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Katie and Grace’s Hour of Power January 23 -25. 2020 The Flight Path Theatre, Marrickville NSW Reviewing stand up comedy is a tricky bit of business, comedy as a whole being an extremely subjective ar...

The Peanut Butter Falcon Review – A Rare Treat About the Restorative Power of Friendship

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Cinema history is thick with examples of the buddy comedy. It has become a genre unto itself. Whether it is two cops, like Lethal Weapon, or enemies turned friends in White Men Can’t Jump, the formula is tried...
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