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14.06.13 : The Internship - movie
Comedy : Two salesmen lose their jobs and apply for an internship at Google. It has 2 things going against it, the ad nauseam advertised trailer gives the whole story away, and every gag is the well worn 'misfits out place' stuff. Yet even with those 2 negatives, I still didn't hate it. Nothing new, but it's still an ok time filler. 2.75
13.06.13 : True Lies - Embarrassing Confessions : Sydney Town Hall
The actual show was quite nice, it's just the crowd that was crap - it wouldn't kill them to clap when there're supposed to -. MC Terry Serio seemed out of place, but was affable all the same. I thought Darren Sanders would have gone with the film festival theme and told us how he became Mel Gibson for a day, but instead he stuck with the funny known stuff. Gary Eck told us about his worst comedy gigs - go Jimbo -. Damian Smith told the funny story of when his depression classified him as clinically insane. I knew Giles Hardie was an Improviser and a movie reviewer, but I didn't know he was a serious movie reviewer with a major serious newspaper. But the biggest surprise was that he doesn't like serious movies at all, but instead likes all the nerd fun stuff we like - that's his credibility shot -. I have read much of Andrew P Street articles in the old Drum Media street newspaper, but I didn't know he was a kleptomaniac. Nina Oyama told us how to keep warm by unconventional means - the rude way -. I had heard Justine Rogers's story recently twice before, but this time instead of meandering, she delivered it in rapid fire dynamic style, and that made it very good. And Zoe Norton-Lodge told us how she maimed her baby sister. Crappy crowd only clapped a 3, but I think they liked it more than that. Crowd : 3.75 - Me : 3.5
13.06.13 : After Earth - movie
Action | Adventure | Sci Fi : A crash landing leaves Kitai Raige and his father Cypher stranded on Earth. As far as serious Sci Fi goes, this is one steaming hot pile of sh!t. Over the years we have learnt that there are big 'Don't Do's' in Sci Fi - think Jar Jar Binks -, and this breaks 2 of the biggest. 1 - Never have a child/young adolescent as a lead character, and 2 - Never use characters personal emotions as the only driving force in a Sci Fi story. Moronic Hollywood Sci Fi crap. 1.5
06.06.13 : LNL - Erotic Fan Fiction Readings : Surry Hills Library
Not so much subtle titillating erotic, but more gratuitous debauched filth. Zoe Norton Lodge had some depraved Blinky Bill story where brother and sister marsupials had incestuous sex . David Cunningham had Lord Sauron's eye becoming corporal, and jizzing over Mordor with his 10 ton penis. Kirsten Drysdale had the female mayor of Townsville mounting the constituents. And Toby Schmitz had Kevin McCloud sexing a man/woman with his marking-out pencil dick during a house build. You could tell straight away the writings from the regulars of Project 52's Story Club, because where as the other's stories were more stretched descriptive realism, the Story Club regulars were way-out-there clever abstract mashes that make you think - making audiences think usually produces laughs, like the "Call Back" that has the audience thinking back and remembering something from before -. I was pretty out of it on the night and had troubling keeping up - it's depressing when I can't keep up because it feels like I'm getting dumber-, but on the whole I think it was good. Crowd : 4.25 - Me : 3.75
06.06.13 : Fast & Furious 6 - movie
Action | Crime | Thriller : Hobbs has Dom and Brian reassemble their crew in order to take down a mastermind. Better than the low budget moronic earlier films, and coupled with a bigger budget, it moves up a notch to big, ridiculous, over the top, clichéd, Hollywood action film. Still not super intelligent, but enough action to make it watachable. 3.25
03.06.13 : The Hangover Part III - movie
Comedy : The Wolf Pack must track down Mr Chow. 1 had no story but was good because it was funny. 2 was a POS because it was a boring direct repeat of 1. 3 is a bit funny but makes up for it with a totally new original story. Not bad at all 3.5
01.06.13 : Steve Hughes - Big Issues Encore : Enmore Theatre
Steve does political based comedy, but not the rhetoric type that gets too serious and unfunny when it goes on too long, but instead the semi serious funny type. Technically, all of his spouting sound logical, but because they are always from his perspective, they may seem right and wrong at the same time depending on your viewpoint - for me it only his drug section that was like that -. It's not really a problem, because he does the job he's supposed to do by making it funny. This was a long show at over 1 hour 30 minutes, and coupled with Rhys Nicholson's killer 20 minutes - this could have easily gone bad, putting a young gay comic in front of a predominately head banging crowd, but Rhy's utter filth bridged that gap and had them laughing all the same -, and that had my face aching from laugh smiling. Started 4.25 and tapered to 4. Crowd : 4.5 - Me : 4.25
30.05.13 : A Haunted House - movie
Comedy | Horror : Malcolm and Kisha move into their dream home, but soon learn a demon also resides there. I don't mind dumb and corny, so long as there are a couple of good solid laughs, but this film had surprising few and pretty light ones at that. Not quite watchable rubbish. 1.5
29.05.13 : Project 52 - Dungeon Crawl : Hermanns' Bar
This was the puntastic sexual innuendo version. The quest is pretty much set in stone, or it has been for all 3 Sydney shows, and it's only been the improvisers that made them different. The first was good, and that was due to Dave Harmon putting the other characters into harm but being a subversive mole. The second wasn't that good, but it had Hex from Good Game so I'm not complaining. This third one was good because one of the characters choose to play the characteristics of gay Mr Humphries, from Are You Being Served, so was able to add plenty of innuendos, and that spurred every one on to add puns and other fun. Crowd : 4.75 - Me : 4.25
29.05.13 : Project 52 - MotherFather, Bear Pack : Hermanns' Bar
I don't know if it's me getting too used to this format or that's just the way it was, but it felt more like a truth scene with some hijinks - basically too much realism and not enough thinking wackyism - It was alright, but by half way I was pretty used to it. Crowd : 4.25 - Me : 3.5
28.05.13 : Better Read's Talking Heads - Kate Forsyth : Newtown Library
This started out as a time filler - as you can tell by my crappy writing that I know nothing about authors nor have much interest -, but Kate's talk about how she became a writer, the recounting of the story of Dortchen Wild - her novel Wild Girl - (the main source of a lot of Grimm fairy tales ), and how she writes books, was so well constructed and and told, that it was more like an engaging performance piece. Good Crowd : 4.25 - Me : 3.75
28.05.13 : Dead Man Down - movie
Crime | Drama | Intrigue | Action : A crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman, but for something he didn't expect. The story is pretty good, and it's delivered in a brooding intriguing style, and that made it interesting for it's entire length. Good 4
25.05.13 : The Chaser's Empty Vessel : Pier 2/3, Hickson Road
Like I said, I don't know much about writers, nor thought I would have any interest in authors, but I stuck around for this, and it turned out ok. The Chaser interviewed Lauren Beukes, Graeme Simsion and Robert Greene, and that made in humorous enough to be entertaining for me. Crowd : 4 - Me : 3.25
25.05.13 : Story Club - The Sincerest Form of Flattery : Pier 2/3, Hickson Road
Is it possible to have OCD and still not notice details, because I saw Zoe Norton Lodge in the advertisement, but didn't realise that this show was Story Club. This Story Club had been done before, but out of all the shows that they could have picked, this was the perfect selection for the target audience. Going with the theme of the writers festival, they did the show were stories were written in the style of famous authors, ie Zoe did a story in the style of Jane Austin, etc, and this gave the audience an instant rapport with them. It's a bit like that Impro effect were making the audience think, makes it funnier, ie, I know Jane Austin, and I can see how this is Jane Austin-esque. Also these stories are much more comedy centric, compared to writers mainly humorous levels, so it induces more laughs because of the higher level of send ups. This show bridged the generation gap, because it's new ideas delivered in an known older style, and that had young and very old laughing together. PS Shame we didn't get Simon's Dr Seuss story. PPS Fire alarms must be following me around, because the indoor cooking trucks set off the alarm when someone closed the doors to keep the cold out. Crowd : 4.5 - Me : 3.75
25.05.13 : Now Hear This - Lost the Plot : Pier 2/3, Hickson Road
I wouldn't know a writer from a writher - as you can tell by this drivel -, but when I saw Richard Fidler name in the blurb, I got interested. Richard didn't tell a story but hosted instead, which was a disappointment, but the others made up for it. Storytellers were Benjamin Law - the funniest -, Craig Taylor, Fran Kelly, Gretel Killeen - interesting construction and delivery - and Sophie Townsend - if you know the story, it's a sad one -. There was audience participation, by anonymously filling in leaflet with a quick explanation of when they lost the plot, and this would then be read out. Most were funny, but 2 were tragic. One were a tumour in the spine caused paralysis, and one were a persons father killed their mother. Crowd : 4.25 - Me : 3.5
24.05.13 : I, Superbiker: The Day Of Reckoning - movie
Documentary : Not the prestigious World Superbike series, but the 'unknown over here' second rate British series. I know nothing about the British series, and this poorly put together film didn't bring you up to speed so that you could relate to any of it. Hardly any racing, just mainly non labelled unfamiliar faces talking all you. They hardly even mentioned the brands of the bikes, something that an outsider could relate to instantly, so you were lost for most of it until the end when they showed an Australian rider. Rubbish.1
23.05.13 : Manning Theatresports - Old School vs. New School! : Manning Bar - impro
Old School vs New School can usually be summed up as technical skill Vs imagination, but tonight New School showed skill in places. In the final it was 1 team from Old School and 1 from New School with New School bringing the house down with a great musical genre roller-coaster, it was very skilful in the imagination of the stereotypical singers of the various genres, that got triple 5s. Everyone thought they had wrapped it up - even Old School conceded before their scene -, but somehow Old School turned it around - I think they even surprised themselves - with a great 70s Police show send up complete with it's over-the-top stereotypical characters - it's weird when stereotypical characters are improvised it's funny, but when they are scripted in a show they're not -, which again produced triple 5s and allowed Old School to win the night. Other highlights was the skater/bank scene. Some poo-pooed the banker suggestion as being too boring, but again it was proven that the suggestion is not the deciding factor, but the skill level of the improvisers to work around it is, because they flipped the scene, just as they manhandled and flipped Alex Lee in her back-flip skateboard trick, to produce one of the funniest scenes of the night. Other tricks she did was a 10 80 rail grind on Benny Davis's face, and a launch from the stage, circle the whole room, and land back on the stage, jump. There was a great mime of an old rotary dial phone that had the young audience confused, because they had probably never seen one before.
For me, I heard most of the dialogue in the first half, but missed stuff in the second, but overall it was pretty good with nothing that was annoying. A popular event that always attracts a big crowd. Crowd : 4.5 - Me : 3.75
21.05.13 : Snitch - movie
Drama | Thriller : A father goes undercover for the DEA in order to free his son. It travels slowly of most part, but has some action at the end. It's also based on a real story, so it shows the seedy and dirty side of the drug trade - something I don't like -, and that makes this movie not my cup of tea. It's ok. 2.5
17.05.13 : The Big Wedding - movie
Comedy : A long-divorced couple fakes being married as their family unites for a wedding. Feeble premise with forced situations combined with out of date old comedy, making it predictable and dull. Dreadful. 1
15.05.13 : Project 52 - The Old Abandoned Podcast : Hermanns' Bar - impro radio play
I was pretty out of it and couldn't concentrate for longer than one sentence, but the BAT improvised radio play felt better than last time because there was some girl, or girls - I couldn't see in that dark -, and one guy that did really good/cute characters and accents. I had seen 2 radio play based show at the SCF and they were not send-ups of old genre radio play but mainly reproduction of old radio plays - basically copies with nothing new -, so it was a lot better when Lucifer's Chagrin was something totally new and with jokes actually written into it. Project 52s Podcast "The Old Abandoned Podcast" is a help column, but this time they seamed to try and actually solve the problem rather than send them up, which would be more appropriate considering most were purposely farcical. Not as good as last time, but it was ok. Crowd : 3.75 - Me : na
14.05.13 : Star Trek Into Darkness - movie
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi : Kirk gets his first command. They went for cliché instead of innovation, and that ultimately made it dull and predictable for me. A couple of known stories mashed together and passed off as something new. 3
13.05.13 : Jim Jefferies - Live : Enmore Theatre
Last time I saw Jim he blew me away, but even then it was only 66.6% intense 5 out of 5 super funny. This time he was only 25% super funny, with the rest being just funny funny, but that was enough to still make it good. Crowd : 4.25 - Me : 4
12.05.13 : Cyrus Bezyan - Interrogates Inanimate Objects for about One Hour : Factory Theatre
I probably couldn't see something like this again, but it was made enough to make me laugh. The show is literally Cyrus interrogating inanimate objects for about one hour, but in a detective Film Noir style. Some say there was too many interrogations, some say there was too many objects, some even say that there was so many objects, with some being ridiculously large, that you couldn't move on the stage. Crowd : 3.75 - Me : 3.25
12.05.13 : Tami Sussman - When I Peaked at 17 : Factory Theatre
Going to a show unresearched and totally blind can add to surprise factor, or make you go to something that you're not really interested in. This was basically comedy poetry, actually slightly amusing poetry, and for me I was over my poetry phase a decade ago so it didn't have much appeal for me. For me the stories between the poems, the poem she turned into a song, and the crazy door prise segment, were more appealing. It's ok, but if I knew what was going to happen, I probably wouldn't have gone. Crowd : 3.5 - Me : NA
11.05.13 : David Williams - Montana Max/Dakota Dick : Factory Theatre
The flyer made this feel like it was going to be similar to Merit Badge - Adventure, and it kind-of was. This was a static radio play, while MBA was a dynamic acting play, and you would think they are totally different, but both had the feel that the characters were the only source of comedy, ie no written jokes in the script, just amusing character talking/acting. The saving grace that made this a touch better was the fact that it did have some actual jokes in the script, be it that they were spaced pretty far apart. I only went because it was discounted - I'm running out of money -, but there's nothing wrong with it, so long as you don't expect the moon. Crowd : 3.5 - Me : 3
11.05.13 : Steele Saunders - Claws Out! : Factory Theatre
The cat on the poster sucked me in - I guess I was expecting something like Dave Jory's good cat stories -. It's fine, but it's not chock-a-block full of material. The extra time was filled by Steel talking slow, and by ad-lib talking to the audience - something not used in constructed set shows, but more in comedy clubs -. No complaints, but because this is my first time listen of Steel - first time unheard material makes shows more tolerable - it dodged a bullet. Crowd : 3.75 - Me : 3.5
10.05.13 : Aggressively Helpful : Factory Theatre
My luck continued with another good show. I don't know why I have never seen Alex Wasiel before, because she's good - fun comedy good -. Alice Fraser is Alice Fraser - can you tell I've unintentionally seen her a zillion times -, because she's always good. Justine Rogers has this scattered style of delivery, but there are good bits in there. It's not super tight, but it is good. Crowd : 4.25 - Me : 3.75
10.05.13 : Rhys Nicholson - Dawn of a New Error : Factory Theatre
It was one of those days where you question why you're still alive - there must be some easy way to top yourself -. You get to the venue and the shows are all repeats or unknowns, with the one that you wanted being sold out, so you buy another repeat and mope around for the next hour thinking you just wasted your money. My experience with Rhys is that he's killer in short slots, but his full show last year was young comic sparse. Well Holly F*ck was I wrong, because Rhys fisted us with comedy - it's that disgustingly good -. We were greeted with an enormous ball sack in what is a very tightly packed, chocker block full, 1 hour of great new material - there was only one gag from last year -. I'm glad I didn't top myself, because this show was that pleasant surprise vomit of comedy that I needed. Crowd : 4.5 - Me : 4
09.05.13 : The Bear Pack : Seymour Centre
I was thinking about going to the all girl comedy show - I was next door -, but I reasoned that this show would be an cheaper, and wouldn't suffer the repeat problem, and that it would probably be just as funny. It wasn't their best one - I noticed reoccurring patterns forming -, but at least they have never done a bad one. It didn't help when they got heckled - this is the 2nd time someone has heckled in a Long From show, I guess they expected Short Form Theatresports games -. If you are a Theatresports games person you have to be weaned on to Long From, because Long Form is not as dynamic, but more cerebral. After they heckled I looked that this show from a Theatresports perspective for 5 minutes, and it had no appeal what so ever. I can see why they were angry, and that they felt like they lost a lot of money - imagining talking the show up to your friend, and making them go, and it's a bomb -, but by heckling they stole the money of the 100 people that were enjoying themselves. It's hard to recover a show after it has been heckled, but by making fun of them the rest of the audience gets over it more quickly, and makes them feel like they recovered some money back. The highlight of the night was when Carlo did a long rhyming poem on the fly, a skill that you don't see these days. Crowd : 4.5 - Me : 3.75
09.05.13 : Laura Hughes - Welcome To Planet Earth : Enmore Theatre
Tonight's older audience wasn't sharp enough to cotton-on to the cleverness of this show, because they missed some of the laughs - it would kill with a younger Uni crowd -. The show uses a Space themed vehicle as an envelop to congeal her ribbing of certain social groups. The premise is that Laura is a Zambonian commander, with the audience being a Zambonian task force that is being trained in human mannerisms so that we can infiltrate Earth - this is were she summates groups in a simple but hilarious overview -. Smart, well though out, and delivered with precision, and is so busy and tight that there's no lulls. Crowd : 4.25 - Me : 4
08.05.13 : Ethnic Comedy All-Stars : Factory Theatre
Because of seeing so much comedy I can't watch stereotype comedy any more (ethnic, camp/gay, Jewish, etc) , because it's always based on predictable set gags, but I thought that this would be the best 'bang for the buck' with 6 comics for 2 hours costing $25. Further reflection made me think that it couldn't be any worse than a Comedy Store jumble of repeat comics. But I was wrong. Where as the Comedy Store jumble is a lot of different styles of comedy, this was one ethnic stereotype after ethnic stereotype, giving no respite to the tedium. The first 3 comics were heavy repeats for me, with the 4th being a low level repeat, and that set the boredom tone for me. Even the 5th, Khaled Khalafalla, who was very good, could not stop the rot that had set in. Tien Tran was a one time repeat for me from a couple of years back, but he sharpened up his delivery, and was now quite decent. The Alex & Eve play was the stereotypical parents reacting to their kid marrying outside his race crap, so it was boring for me, and the Canadian/Greek living in the US comic Angelo Tsarouchas was also a bit mild. The crowd liked it a lot, but I couldn't wait to get out of there. Crowd : 4.5 - Me : 1
08.05.13 : Smart Casual - The Other Brother : Factory Theatre
It's weird how one bad memory dominates over all other memories, because I still have trepidation about going to see Smart Casual because of one poor trial show. I had to talk myself into going based on the fact that none of their sorted shows were ever bad, and that's was the case with this one. This is the continuing story about the Casual brothers family, and their mysterious missing brother. It didn't have any killer trademark comedy songs, just the simple play on words ones, and there was only one good set gimmick - an audience participation bit - that was very funny, so overall it wasn't super, but it was still nice. Crowd : 4 - Me : 3.5
07.05.13 : Nerd All-Star Comedy Gala : Factory Theatre
I didn't go to the regular Nerd Nites because I thought I wouldn't relate to some of the Ologys - I know more about Engineering than Psychology -, but I was wrong, because it was quite nice. It knew it was never going to be super laughs, and I knew they would make things simple because we aren't smart enough to grasp technical details, but things were explained, and gags were added, so it ended up interesting and quite entertaining - Dr Karl should slow down his explanations and not pick obvious juvenile subjects -. Professor of Mathematics Nalini Joshi made me feel very inadequate because I had lost the ability to understand equations - how depressing -, but there was an interesting background video that was very good. Psychology Professor Tom Denson explained how to control anger. I liked Professor of Evolution Rob Brooks the best because he told me something I didn't know, like how there is a gene associated with Homicide, and why more Nerds are being born in Western Society, and made it all very interesting. Astronomer Simon O'Toole was also good because, even though I knew about plant hunting, and didn't know how they determine how many planets have life on them. The comics were the younger ones, but they were all fine, and really the only problem was that the host was too relaxed in the first half. It did tighten it up in the second half so the show flowed quite well after that. I am now quite interested in going to see more of these. Crowd : 4 - Me : 3.5
04.05.13 : Gina Yashere (UK) - Jokes and Stuff : Factory Theatre
Things weren't ideal because of doing this and the Nitro Champs on the same day. I had to leave Eastern Creek early, then got to Marrickville 10 minutes late because of traffic, the woman next to me kept smelling the sweet nitromethane on my cloths, I had red and sore eyes from the said nitromethane, I was tired, and to top it off I remembered bits from her last show - Jokes and Stuff must be an overall title for a constantly changing show -. The repeats weren't a problem, because I only hear them once a year, and I regard Gina as one of those comics that are always consistently good, like Danny Bhoy, Jason Byrne, David O'Doherty, that you can see every year. She was good again. Crowd : 4.75 - Me : 4
04.05.13 : 2013 Nitro Champs : Sydney Dragway - other
03.05.13 : Rob Lloyd - Who, Me : Seymour Centre
It's not so much laughing comedy, but more interesting story that's amusing. It starts slow and sort of directionless - I got the impression that this show wasn't going to be any good -, but Rob is very affable, animated, and energetic, and makes the dead time tolerable until the meat comes along. The show is basically about his life history of his nerd obsession of Dr Who, but in the form of a mock trial that determines if Dr Who is guilty of wasting Rob Lloyd's life. The first 10 minutes of this 1 hour 10 minutes show is unnecessary - it would have hit harder initially if were cut or compressed -, but the rest is interesting and quite acceptable. The crowd were the quite type, so the applause was about 3.75, but I think they actually liked it more based on peoples conversations when leaving. I'm not sorry I went. Crowd : 4 - Me : 3.5
02.05.13 : Axis Of Awesome - Cry Yourself A River : Seymour Centre
This show didn't feel like it had the intensity of other shows. I tried to come up with a reasons why, but there are just too many to mention - probably around 10 or more -. And even though it was only OK for me, the crowd gave it good applause at the end - strange considering they weren't that loud during -. Crowd : 4.5 - Me : 3.75
30.04.13 : Ronny Chieng - Can You Do This No You Can't : Factory Theatre
Another oops. It hadn't occurred to me that the last time I saw Ronny he was actually trialling this whole show, because this caused tonight's problem of 80% repeats for me. Oh well, that's the breaks. This show was about his failed attempts to get the Montreal Comedy Festival, and even though it isn't as funny as his previous Rottnest Island show - we love it when Ronny gets angry -, the first time I saw this one it was still good. Tonight's repeat dropped my score ¼ point, but that wasn't that much of a problem, because Ronny can do no wrong. Crowd : 4.25 - Me : 3.75
30.04.13 : Iron Man 3 - movie
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi : Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin. Good story keeps you entertained between the action, Tony Stark's character is faulted so it's always interesting, and the villain in this one was better than the villain in the last one. This franchise never disappoints. Blockbuster good. 4
29.04.13 : The Darren Sanders Show - Ep 1,2,3,4 : Laugh Garage Syd
Since only 4 people stop here per week, I don't think I'm giving much away, but they spent more money on the set - be it $10 -, so it looks more professional. There was more comedians - even the normal guests were cracking jokes -, so it was funnier -. Tonight we had Glenn Shorrock, Darren Carr, Steve Le Marquand, Renee Brack, Darren Percival, Lindsay Webb, David Smiedt, and Vanessa Raspa. But the highlight of the night was Dr Nikki Goldstein the sexologist, because Darren was trying to be rude, but because Dr Nikki is young and has seen everything rude already, she wasn't phased by any of it, and in fact gave back better than she got. I was thinking these 2 could easily do a sex series where they solve problems, because they are good together, and just as I thought it, I could hear Trevor Crook saying the same thing behind me. I didn't know some of the Australian celebrities, but because each recorded section is short, my unfamiliarity with them was never a problem. Crowd : 3.75 - Me : 3.5
28.04.13 : Jack Dee (UK) - An Evening With Jack Dee : Enmore Theatre
It's kind-of weird because Jack is subdued, low key, and low energy - so you don't actually laugh that loud -, yet he's still good. The first thing you will notice is that Jack analyses everything - actually overly so -, so that not even simple Coco Pops in the morning can escape without notice. Even the first story about a simple burnt out light bulb took 15 minutes of funny explanation to cover. I might be coming across that Jack's show dragged on, but it didn't, in fact the 1¼ hour felt like it passed all too soon. Jack is good regardless of laugh volume. Crowd : 4.75 - Me : 4
27.04.13 : Impro Late Show : Factory Theatre - impro
This show is a bit pricey for me, compared to the entertainment level I get from Impro these days, but when I got ½ price tickets, I took the plunge. This show had spots of brilliance, like Lee Naimo was back to his brilliant best - something I haven't seen for a decade -. And bits where they were out of practice, like they have lost the ability to do songs. But overall it brought back good memories, and I found it still quite funny. Crowd : 4.25 - Me : 3.75
27.04.13 : Amanda Buckley & Susie Youssef - Yes Ma'am : Factory Theatre
It should be called the Amanda Buckley & Susie Youssef Variety Hour, with Benny Davis. I did remember most of it from a previous show, but it was still funny, and still fun. There was songs, an audience participation sketch, Impro, and some stuff from Benny. Benny did the Human Jukebox, which is him playing requests on his mouth powered keyboard, and the Live DJ, where instead of mixing songs from records, he would actually sing and play the songs live and mix them in live and in real time. It was good. Crowd : 4.25 - Me : 3.75
27.04.13 : Merit Badge: Adventure : Factory Theatre
Oops, I made a mistake with this one - I should've read the flyer first -. I assumed that 3 improvisers would be doing some sort of Impro, but it turned out that it was a "sort of Sketch" show - something I'm not fond of. -. I say "sort of Sketch", because the sketches didn't have an obvious joke written into them, but instead mainly relied on "sort of amusing characters". And when I say "sort of amusing characters" I mean general characters without funny lines - things like a Sergeant Major with accent and mannerisms, but no jokes -. Sketch comedy doesn't work too well with only mild puns or plain character acting with a script - unless the characters are out of place -, because it goes from a comedy to a short play. There was one scene that had ad-lib in it and one that had an actual joke written into it, which were both funny, but other than that you didn't have much to do except watch. Everyone put in a good performance, but there wasn't really anything to laugh at, so that left me with nothing to do. Crowd : 3.75 - Me : 2
26.04.13 : Eddie Ifft (US) - Too Soon : Factory Theatre
I was pretty reluctant to go and see Eddie again. The last time I saw him I didn't like the show that much, and that's not because he was bad, but because I knew all the material. I reassed and quickly remembered that Eddie has never been bad - unlike Arj -, and that it's been a while since my last time - so hopefully I would have forgotten the gags -, so I bit the bullet and bought tickets. Right from the start Eddie was very funny, his bend of disgusting inappropriate humour hit the spot perfectly, in what must be one of his funniest shows. I did remember some stuff, thankfully only vaguely, so that did really affect anything. Utter filth, but very funny, and it capped off a magical night that Eddie pushed out to an amazing 1½ hours. Crowd : 4.5 - Me : 4.5
26.04.13 : Trevor Noah(SA) - The Racist : Enmore Theatre
When something comes along that genuinely makes me laugh - I'm over comedy that only makes you smile - it's a great day. I hadn't heard of Noah, nor knew nothing about him, but the title "The Racist" conjured up thoughts that he would be old time inappropriate funny. So I took an expensive risk, and it panned out a lot better than I thought. I like overseas comics because they give you a quick superficial evaluation of your country, and Noah didn't disappoint with a large section of very funny Australian observations. The other thing about overseas comics is that you learn something new about the country where they are from - even if it's exaggerated -, and if there is one country that is still very exotic to us, because we don't have many people nor information from that region, is that stories from Africa are like they are from different world. All of Noah's stories are very funny, but when you add the surprise factor of something new it elevates the comedy ever further, which is what happened all night. To say there was a large African contingent in the audience is an understatement, because it seemed like 99% of the audience was from there, and even though I wasn't from there none of his material is country specific, so there was no trouble understanding any of it. Also, it wasn't all African material, because the end of his show covered his English and America observations. Real comedy that was genuinely funny, and a much needed pick-me-up for this weary traveller. Crowd : 4.75 - Me : 4.5
25.04.13 : Lawrence Leung's - Part-Time Detective Agency : Enmore Theatre
Lawrence solves a 20 year old mystery. This is not Lawrence's best show, but that only drops it from excellent to good. The main reason is that it starts a bit slow and uses some predictable jokes from other shows - only regulars will notice that -, but after that it returns to Lawrence's usual clever and well constructed format that you would expect from him. Crowd : 4.25 - Me : 4.25
25.04.13 : Josie Long (UK) - Romance and Adventure : Enmore Theatre
It's not super funny, and in fact it's only chuckles, but Josie is so excitable and bubbly that the show still has a lot of charm. The biggest thing that will hit you is that the show hasn't got much to do with it's title, and it will surprise you even further when you find out the majority is about the political state of the UK. Get there early if you want to see her pre show. Crowd : 4.25 - Me : 3.5
23.04.13 : Sleepwalk with Me - movie
Comedy : A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore. I loved 15.01.11 : Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend's Boyfriend : Seymour Centre, and he did mention a small bit when he started sleepwalking when stressed, but when Margaret and David panned the movie he wrote and stared in, I thought it must be due to them not understanding the comedy scene. I thought, if it was half as good as his live show, it should be twice as good as they were saying, so I had to go based on the fun I had last time. Overall it's not a bad film, but neither is it special, and in fact I didn't feel much. It only had small laughs, so it didn't make me happy, and it wasn't the tragic clown, so I didn't feel sadness, it was basically just a decent story. The Newtown crowd seemed to like it. 2.5
23.04.13 : Olympus Has Fallen - movie
Action | Drama | Thriller : A former Presidential guard finds himself trapped inside the White House during a terrorist attack. It's Die Hard, but a more realistic serious version, and because it is more serious, it lacks the Die Hard fun. 2.5
23.04.13 : Scary MoVie - movie
Comedy : A couple begin to experience some unusual activity after bringing their newborn son home from the hospital. With the help of home-surveillance cameras and a team of experts, they learn they're being stalked by a nefarious demon. Ridiculous enough to be fun. Send up of Paranormal Activity, Black Swan, Planet of the Apes, Inception, etc. Another show with reference to "Klaatu Barada Nikto" (spelt wrong in the film). Plenty of out-takes at the end for extra laughs. 3.5
22.04.13 : David O'Doherty(IRE) - Seize the David O'Doherty : Enmore Theatre
Another year, and another $1000, but the sad thing is that only 10% of the shows I see in festivals are worth going to - especially for someone who has seen so many -. To hedge my bets, because it so hard finding good shows, I always try to see the guaranteed good repeats, because they are reliably good, and currently this consists of Danny Bhoy and Jason Byrne. But now that I have seen David O'Doherty twice, I'm now adding him to that list. The main reason these comics are good is because their subject matter is never serious, and it's the superfluous stuff that makes every show a lot of fun, and if I had to categorise David, I would say his comedy is gentle comedy. David is never threatening and never too rude, and that makes his comedy adorable - it causes the effect that even if you don't laugh that much, you still feel warm and fuzzy inside, and it's that feeling makes every show he does good -. Like last time, David's main material is pure standup, not musical comedy like every TV appearance seams to indicate, and that suits me a lot better - for me AoA is the only musical comedy act that is worth seeing -. Tonight there was only 4 short songs and an encore song, so the music stuff was only around 1/3 of the performance, with the rest being various subject matter - some even rude, but not too rude -. I glad I went to this one. Crowd : 4.5 - Me : 4
17.04.13 : Dr Karl Kruszelnicki - 50 Shades of Grey Matter : University of Sydney
It was weird. Dr Karl talked so fast, and darted so quickly through unrelated random subject matter, that it wasn't really science with substance nor constructed entertainment. To me it felt like it light superficial entertainment, and that was due to him going so fast that nothing had time to sink in enough to make it feel like you were getting any substance. The show was half science and half happy snaps of his travels. And to give you an idea of the randomness, it started with the book 50 Shades of Grey, then to him being driven by Mark Winterbottom for a lap of Sandown in a V8 Supercar, to a brief run through of the 3 meteors that came close to the earth recently, then to his trip to entertain the troupes in Afghanistan, to Moon Shots (countries that spend huge amounts of money on difficult science problems that pay off in the future), so named because the USA got $137 back for every $1 they spent sending a man to the Moon, to explaining hiccups and how to cure them, and then to many more places that I can't remember. Some things grab your attention, like the photo of people gathering around the the place where a 12 year old boy was blown up 2 days previously by terrorists that had strapped a bomb to him, to things that are not interesting, like curing hiccups by sticking by fingering up your anus - a bit too juvenile for me -. Even though it was delivered very fast, it was something new and it was free, so I shouldn't really complain, and overall it had enough going for it to be worth going to. 3
16.04.13 : Oblivion - movie
Mystery | Action | Adventure : One member of maintenance crew of two starts to question what he knows about his mission. I predict that this one will be high on my list of best movies for 2013. It starts fairly conventionally, and doesn't really travel that fast, but because I had trouble predicting the story - I've seen so many movies that I can usually pick out stories early on - it got more and more intriguing as it went. Very intelligent grown up SciFi, with action thrown in, and that made it a winner on two counts. I liked it a lot 4.5
12.04.13 : Australian Auto Aftermarket Expo : Sydney Exhibition Centre - other
I felt like a kid in a candy store - I like automotive stuff like Gen Y likes iPhones -, anybody got a spare $500K. It's been a long time since I went to one of these, so it was good. 3.5
10.04.13 : LNL@Newtown: Never Not Funny: Sam Bowring & Dave Jory : Newtown Library
This type of event is always going to attract a reserved inner city crowd, which isn't too bad compared to a free pub gig crowd, but that wasn't that much of a problem. Short and to the point, it was good, and it was free. Crowd : 3.75 - Me : 3.75
09.04.13 : Trance - movie
Crime | Drama | Thriller : An art auctioneer forgets were he puts a painting that is about to be stolen. It's like one of those clever movies, just not entirely - I sensed how the film would end, just not how it got there -. It starts at 3.25 and ramps up to 4.25 at the end. Clever-ish and interesting, better than Side Effects. 3.75
02.04.13 : P52 IMPROV: MotherFather & DaughterSons : Hermanns' Bar - impro
DaughterSons - The first half was small scenes, like Scared Scriptless when there was enough talent to be fun, using 2 pros and 6 newcomers. And what they lacked in skill, they more than made up in taking risks to be funny. There was 2 actual impro games that weren't executed technically correctly, but were still amusing enough, and 4 open scenes that were all good. Crowd : 4. - Me : 3.75
MotherFather - The second half was Tom and Bridie doing 40 minute long form. If hard being amusing for a solid 40 minutes with only 2 people - without some hook -, but it was ok for someone who has seen too much. The crowd on the other hand didn't mind at all and gave it good applause at the end. Crowd : 4.25 - Me : 3.5
Crowd : 4.25 - Me : 3.75
02.04.13 : G.I. Joe: Retaliation - movie
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi : The G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government. It is a big Hollywood action blockbuster, but most of it is nothing new. For me it was a 3.5 but most younger people would say 4
02.04.13 : The Host - movie
Adventure | Action | Romance | SciFi : An unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories. I would've assumed all Stephenie Meyer films are automatically given popular status, but now I see why the film was relegated to the unpopular upstairs theatres, and that's because it isn't that good. The worst bit is they use voice-over for the thoughts of the different characters in the host's head, and that's not because it's a stupid idea, but because their lines are so juvenile and corny - like dumb lines in video games -, and that makes the whole film a bit annoying. The whole movie is a bit juvenile, so it won't satisfy adults, and that makes it really only suitable for teens. A bit dumb - she's not a great SciFi writer -, but still watchable. 2
28.03.13 : Identity Thief - movie
Comedy : Mild-mannered businessman Sandy Patterson travels from Denver to Miami to confront the deceptively harmless-looking woman who has been living it up after stealing Sandy's identity. I have moral issues with innocent people suffering because of crooks - because I'm old -, but it wasn't really that bad. A couple of laughs - the audience laughed more, and nothing that I hated, it's ok. 2.5
26.03.13 : The Old Abandoned Podcast : Hermanns' Bar - impro radio play
I've done everything, so something different is always worth seeing, and it was.
BAT
This is an improvised radio play done 'in the dark', which simulates listening to the radio by removing any visual stimulation. An old man wandering the desert returns home after 43 years and tells how he stole a handful of the Golden Man's hair. Things then turn around when the Golden Man and his Silver Butler arrive, turning the old man into the Bronze Aussie.
Because there was no vision, everyone put on characters with accents to make it more interesting. Unfortunately that was only partially helpful in a story was only ok. It wasn't super funny, which is understandable because these were the newest youngest Improvisers, but it was good enough to be ok. 3
Carlo and Pat's Incredibly Useful Adventures Through Time
The President of Germany sends Carlo and Pat back in time to stop Henry the VIII spiting the Church from the State, so that he wouldn't have to pay back a loan.
This was a History mash-up - also with science -, where the cast knew enough about history to be dangerous, but not enough to get right, and that made it even better. It was like the good episodes of the TV show Pizza, where Paulie would trace his families history back and claim that his ancient Roman ancestor invented the Thong. Serendipitous mistakes were things like Pat was trying to remember a German based invading hoard, but only remembering the invading Persians, totally over looking the Saxon in Anglo-Saxon - this also isn't 100% correct because the Saxons were 400 years prior to the Tudor era they were claiming to be in -. It's clever, it's funny, and a lot of fun, and knowing more actual facts makes it even funnier. 4.5
The Old Abandoned Podcast
This was like an Agony Aunt's column, but extreme. You could take this sh!t on the road, like on the radio, it was that funny. 4.5
New is good. Crowd : 4.5 - Me : 4.25
26.03.13 : A Good Day to Die Hard - movie
Action | Crime | Thriller : McClane is at it again, be it with his son. It looks like a big Hollywood action film, but it feels like something is missing. They went for an interesting dramatic serious storyline, instead of the usual outrageous over-the-top stuff, and that detracted from the intensity and the fun. 3.5
26.03.13 : Jack the Giant Slayer - movie
Adventure | Drama | Fantasy : The ancient war between humans and a race of giants is reignited when Jack opens a gateway between the two worlds. I don't mind the fairytale based action film, because even if the rewritten story is average, there is always enough action to make it a 3. Unfortunately this one, it bucks the trend. Because not only is this the worst story out of all of them, but it's devoid of action until the end - what action it has is pretty average too -. CGI mess with low levels of imagination. 2
22.03.13 : DeAnne Smith - Let's Do This! : Factory Theatre
Early on it felt like a trial show, because it was sparse, and when that was confirmed near the end, it felt like a rip-off. It was not advertised as a work in progress, nor a trial, because if it was, I wouldn't have gone - I don't do trials from young comics any more, because they are usually very dull -. $30 for that is way too much. 2
22.03.13 : Goddess - movie
Comedy | Musical | Romance : Elspeth Dickens dreams of finding her "voice" despite being stuck in an isolated farmhouse with her twin toddlers. A web-cam becomes her pathway to fame and fortune, but at a price. It's mainly a musical - not my cup of tea - with surreal abstract singing/dancing scenes, so it's not that real, and in fact I only went because of Natalie Tran. Even though it was simple, it was still nice. 3
21.03.13 : The Dirty Little Late Show : Comedy Store
I knew going in that I wouldn't like most of this show, because it's going to be a bunch of comics that I have seen a hundred times before, but I was counting on Marcel Lucont(FRA), aka Alexis Dubus(UK), to be brilliant like he has been every time before. Unfortunately it ended up worse than what I thought, because 2/3 of it was quite tedious for me. Marcel had a new routine that wasn't as funny as his usual stuff. There was a burlesque cabaret section, which has no appeal for me. There was a newby in the form of the NSW RAW winner, who was nothing special because he only had simple basic gags. And I didn't find the MC funny at all. There was some funny stuff that did appealed to me, like Jacques Barrett, and some stuff from Amos Gill. Even Marcel wasn't as bad as I make out, because his start and finish was really good - the middle wasn't his usual standard -. The show wasn't bad for the audience, only for me, because there was plenty of laughing and good applause for all of it. Crowd : 4.25 - Me : 2.5
21.03.13 : P52 The Improv Den #11(Now with less fire alarms) : Hermanns' Bar - impro
It was pretty surprising that people with so little experience were so entertaining. Everyone went for a somewhat logical continuous storyline, which I feel makes it better because the audience gets more invested in a longer continuous story.
Team 1 : 2 Jerralds with their trainers go on a mountain climb/desert crawl race. This was a classic case of 'being entertaining rather than being correct'. There were words slips, which are not a problem because it makes the audience laugh when they realise the mistake - which is usually before the improviser -. It's that effect where the audience feels more involved because they're doing something, like using their brains, rather than passively doing nothing but watching. It can also get more laughs by acknowledging the mistake. The technical side of Impro wasn't important because the entertainment side was good. Crowd : 4. - Me : 3.75
Team 2 : The James Bond 007 Antarctic Evil Villain Jazz Club Penguin Affair. Not really mistakes, because they were done on purpose to get laughs, this was mainly a ridiculous send-up of James Bond/Jazz Clubs. The funniest bit was when one of the cast said the flute was a Jazz instrument, an instrument no one remembers seeing in a Jazz band, but things turned around when another cast member got a beret from an audience member that looked like a Jazz musician, because the Jazz musician produced a flute to much laughter. Crowd : 4. - Me : 3.75
Team 3 : What else would you expect from Johnson and Friends, but a Leprechaun gang-bang golden shower snuff sex murder, perpetrated by none other than a Centaur. Crowd : 4.25 - Me : 3.75
Ziggy Fatnowna did another improvised rap.
The Bear Pack : 2 guys from the New England Highlands - Carlo got a bit of rambling in - tell the story of their lives becoming teachers. But little did they know, they were actually trained teacher killers.
It was a masterful display of exaggerated acting - they actually produced very good acting, but exaggerated it to make it funny -. Carlo's 'stressed to breaking point', uncontrollably shaking teacher was an amazingly example of realistic, but over the top exaggerated acting. The realistic/exaggerated acting continued by both of them through their whole story. Crowd : 5 - Me : 4.5
Crowd : 4.5 - Me : 4.25
19.03.13 : Oz the Great and Powerful - movie
Adventure | Fantasy : A small-time magician arrives in an enchanted land and is forced to decide if he will be a good man or a great one. As an adult, I need some hook to make this simple kids film interesting for me. Unfortunately this film had no action in the first half, so I felt bored, but thankfully adequate action did arrive in the second half. 2.5
19.03.13 : The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - movie
Comedy : An out-of-date magician is challenged by a new comer. The few appearances by Jim Carrey are very funny, but the other 90% is pretty cr*p. 1.5
17.03.13 : Off Road Rush : Colo Heights - other
My cousin was given a drive the cars - WRX and V8 buggy - for a birthday present, so for me it was a day of eating dirt. We've been doing the action thing for 30 years, so there's not much chance anyone can surprise me, but I was shouted a lap in the buggy, and it was ok. 3
16.03.13 : Elevation : South Hurstville RSL - music
Doing the U2 thing again. 3
12.03.13 : 21 & Over - movie
Comedy : The night before his big medical school exam, a promising student celebrates his 21st birthday with his two best friends. It got lame pretty fast because it has been done a hundred times before. It's like a bad The Hangover 2, but milder. Boring 1
12.03.13 : Cloud Atlas - movie
Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi : An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future. It's not as mysterious as all that, but rather 6 separate stories - mainly of people being oppressed -, tenuously linked together. Margaret and David(At The Movies) thought it needed another viewing to get all the nuances, but I didn't find that at all. The 6 stories are cut into small sections and intermingled, which wasn't hard to follow, and the links between stories don't really have much importance, other than human curiosity, so I don't know why you would want to see it twice. Interesting film that makes the 3 hour run time pass effortlessly. 3.75
06.03.13 : P52 The Improv Den #10 (1st show for 2013) : Hermanns' Bar - impro
It seems you appreciate shows more when you don't see as many, because I didn't mind the small portions that didn't have many laughs. Now that the repeats are possibly fixed, it only leaves the dread of agoraphobia.
Team 1 : A Flying cockroach army assembles, and 2 become competing waiters in an restaurant. Crowd : 4. - Me : 4
Team 2 : A Legless Columbian Mexican God from the Andes fears the arrival of the dirty, or not so dirty, gay Spanish conquistadors. Crowd : 3 - Me : 3
Team 3 : A woman starts dating a corpse, but her family are upset because she won't introduce him to them. Crowd : 4.25 - Me : 3.75
Ziggy Fatnowna did an amazing improvised rap based on words written on papers by the audience. The surprising thing was he mentioned 1968 Olympics Black Power salute and other history related facts - he must be well read -, and he's only 18. This reminded me of the rhyming songs by the Pros in the old Impro days, just faster, which is a skill that has been lost by most in modern Impro.
The Bear Pack : Told a story about the possession of members of the Barry family by the demon Blerp, thereby making the Barry name unlucky and hated. There were also ants. Crowd : 4.5 - Me : 4
Crowd : 4.25 - Me : 4
05.03.13 : Side Effects - movie
Crime | Drama | Thriller : A young woman's world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects. The movie changes into something quite different from the initial premise. Interesting enough to make it ok. 3
27.02.13 : I Give it a Year - movie
Comedy | Romance : A couple get married, but no one thinks they are suitable for each other. I wanted to love it, because it's a very attractive film, but the problem was that the jokes are forced and contrived, and ultimately not that funny. Because the subject matter is anti Rom, there isn't enough lovable Rom to cover up the lack of jokes. 3
26.02.13 : The Last Stand - movie
Action | Crime : Arnie the Sheriff, is chasing down another criminal : Arnie was shaky at the start, it has no famous Arnie one-liners, and it is a simple shoot-em-up flick, but there is enough Arnie to make it fun. 3
26.02.13 : Safe Haven - movie
Drama | Romance : A woman is running away from her abusive husband. I've seem 3 different versions of this exact story - each one better than this one -, so for me it was clichéd and predictable. Acceptable. 2.5
26.02.13 : Beautiful Creatures - movie
Drama | Fantasy | Romance : Ethan longs to escape his small Southern town. He meets a mysterious new girl, Lena. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town. It's surprising, surprising that crap like this is still made in 2013. I think they tried to ride on the cash cow that is Twilight by producing a witch based version, but instead they produced a dumb B-grade POS. The stupidity makes this a boring piece of crap. 1
19.02.13 : Lincoln - movie
Biography | Drama | History : More about the anti slavery amendment, than Lincoln's life. Dull, slow, and not that dramatic. Nothing that will make this predominately American part of history interesting outside the U.S. 1.5
12.02.13 : Movie 43 - movie
Supposed comedy : Now I know what everyone was complaining about. I think they were aiming for Sketch Comedy, but because they don't know how to do Sketch, it ended up a bunch of unfunny shorts. It's like the writers don't know how to write or execute comedy. 1
12.02.13 : Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters - movie
Action | Fantasy | Horror : The title says it all. Not as clever as some of the Fairy Tale based movies, but still fun to watch. 3.5
07.02.13 : LNL - Stories About Love : Surry Hills Library
Eddie Sharp, Jen Wong, Bruce Cherry, Jessica Bellamy, Nick Coyle. Very much like Project 52's Story Club - 2 stories had been told at Story Club -, just with a bigger crowd - big crowds make it better because the laugh track is louder -. 3.5
05.02.13 : Flight - movie
Drama : An airline pilot saves a flight from crashing, but an investigation into the malfunction reveals something troubling. This film was nothing about flying aeroplanes, nor technical air crash investigation, and in fact that supposed major plot line didn't even play much part in this film. It was mainly about a alcoholic in self denial. Crap film with lots of boring sections, and a very unlikable character. 1.5
05.02.13 : Silver Linings Playbook - movie
Drama | Romance | Comedy : After a stint in a mental institution Pat moves back with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife, but things don't work out as he planed. It's mainly about unpredictable damaged people having conflicts, with the unpredictably of the characters putting you on the edge of comfort when you don't know how far things will go. More a drama/romance that doesn't get too far out of hand, than a RomCom. It's more interesting than warm and fuzzy RomCom, so it's not for everyone. I liked it. 3
29.01.13 : The Guilt Trip - movie
Comedy : As inventor Andy Brewster is about to embark on the road trip of a lifetime, a quick stop at his mom's house turns into an unexpected cross-country voyage with her along for the ride. I was hoping for another Parental Guidance type movie, but it's nowhere near as good. The whole premise for this movie is "embarrassment comedy" - mother embarrassing the son -, and that just isn't funny these days. 99% of this movie has no appreciable redeeming factor, and the other 1% isn't enough to make it worth going to. Not crap, but definitely nothing special. 2
29.01.13 : Art Gallery of NSW
17.01.13 : Inside : The Famous Spiegeltent, Hyde Park
I don't do the Festival any more, because theatre comedy isn't what I regard as comedy comedy, but with Frank Woodley being present, it enticed me to make the effort.
Twins are imprisoned in some sort of weird experiment. It's has a Sketch/Slap-Stick type continuous story construction, with Simon Yates just as good as Frank Woodley, if not a touch better. It is not a "Super Special, Must See" show, it doesn't travel that fast, and it only has light laughs. Overall, it wasn't that boring for someone who has seen everything. Crowd : 4. - Me : 3.5
15.01.13 : Gangster Squad - movie
Action | Crime | Drama : In Los Angeles 1949 a secret crew of police officers work together in an effort to take down the ruthless mob king. It's fine, but I was expecting the Squad to be more intelligent than the simplistic heavy handed approach they used. Nothing special, but ok to watch. 3
11.01.13 : This Is 40 - movie
Comedy | Drama : A look at the lives of Pete and Debbie a few years after the events of Knocked Up. It's mainly humours, but it does get real and serious in places. Mainly for the 30 to 50 year olds, that's why I liked it. 3.75
08.01.13 : Jack Reacher - movie
Crime | Thriller | Drama | Action : A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims. Not a big action film, but more a crime investigation film. It's good. 3.75
01.01.13 : Parental Guidance - movie
Comedy : Artie and Diane agree to look after their three grand kids when their type-A helicopter parents need to leave town for work. Light laughs, but I wasn't expecting much more, so I didn't mind it at all. 3
01.01.13 : Rise of the Guardians - movie
Animation | Adventure : When the evil spirit Pitch launches an assault on Earth, the Immortal Guardians team up to protect the innocence of children all around the world. This movie is why I hate animation, it was boring. 1
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