Am I A Belieber?
You may think you don’t know me at all after you read this. I am thinking the same thing as I write it. I love the new Justin Bieber album. …
Reviews
Review – Maybe We’ll Have You Back by Fred Stoller
If I ask you if you know who Fred Stoller is, you might say no. But I wouldn’t believe you. Because once you saw his face or heard his credits, you’d say, “Oh, THAT guy. HIs name’s Fred Stoller?” …
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Review: Fly Me to the Moon
Why do live productions have to be two-and-a-half hours with a 20-minute intermission? They don’t. The new comedy at London’s Grand Theatre is 90 -minutes long with no intermission, and although they’ll sell fewer drinks and treats, it makes for a short and sweet night out for the bleary-eyed and under-slept. …
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Help Me Ronda
Until she suffered her first career loss in mid-November, Rowdy Ronda Rousey was considered invincible, at least to herself. The female side of pro UFC fighting was built on Rousey, an Olympic medallist in judo, and fighting machine. I can’t relate to her mindset or her ambitions but her autobiography, Rousey, is as compelling as any I’ve ever read. …
Baby, if you’ve ever wondered…
Derek got me the entire WKRP in Cincinnati DVD collection for my birthday and we’ve been watching a couple of episodes at a time, when we can. …
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A Tale of Two Rock Bands
During my recent downtime, I watched a bunch of documentaries. They covered a wide range of subjects, from the important role casting directors play in movies (unless you believe director Taylor Hackford, who thinks they’re overrated) to several about the histories of legendary rock bands. Â …
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Halt and Catch Fire
We’re a fortunate bunch, we TV viewers of today. We don’t have to suffer through endless summer reruns anymore. We can actually discover excellent new series and enjoy them when it rains or it’s too cool or buggy to be outside. …
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Let’s Get Rocked
I’m not a big concert-goer anymore. But when Def Leppard announced a Canadian tour, well, it was high time I saw them perform live. …
Run, Hillary, Run
A few weeks before Hillary Clinton officially declared her intention to run for US President, I picked up her 2003 memoir, Living History, in a used book store. It takes us through her life until she was elected Senator for New York. …
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Brushes With Fame
Celebrities are just people who got good at what they do and became known for it. Or they’re Kardashians. But social media has given us a chance to connect with them and them with us. Â …
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Review: Cake
Hollywood as a whole expected Jennifer Aniston to get an Academy Award nomination for her starring role in the movie Cake. Unfortunately, she was passed over. Her character, Claire, is suffering from chronic pain and in a support group where she’s the only one who’s not all sunshine and sweetness. She hurts and she’s wearing her anger about it on the outside. …
Review: American Sniper
I don’t know what I expected. American Sniper is the true story of Chris Kyle, the US Navy Seal credited as the most lethal sniper in American military history. It stars Bradley Cooper and it’s the first film made by his own production company, directed by Clint Eastwood. Despite the title and my familiarity with the real-life story, I don’t think I was prepared for so much… snipering. I agree, this admission is a little like coming out of 101 Dalmations and complaining that the movie had too many dogs. …
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Review: As You Wish by Cary Elwes
The only disappointing thing about this behind-the-scenes memoir about the making of The Princess Bride is that I’ve finished reading it. …
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The Interview – Part II – Review
Yesterday I told you what I went through to watch The Interview, which, by the way, came to almost 30 Canadian theatres last weekend. But London isn’t one of the cities where it’s showing. Theatre owners here said to Sony, hey, when you pulled the movie out of theatres a couple of weeks ago we had to replace it with something. So we’re busy – go away! …
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Review: Amy Poehler, Yes Please
Amy Poehler is a funny woman. She was a delight on Saturday Night Live, delicious as host of the Golden Globes and enjoyable on Parks and Recreation, a show I never got into in a big way. …
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Review: Kicking and Dreaming
Like millions of other Canadian kids, I grew up thinking Heart was a Canadian band, fronted by two wildly talented Canadian sisters. Â …
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Critical Vision
There are two ways to watch a spot of entertainment. You can fold your arms and sit back with expectations that may or may not be met, or you can go along for the ride and see what it brings you. …