Review: Jason Alexander’s Comedy Spectacular!

In my humble opinion, George Costanza (Seinfeld) is the greatest sitcom character of all time. And naturally, the actor that plays George, Jason Alexander, is my favourite sitcom actor (and probably TV actor) of all time. And so when I found out that Jason Alexander’s Comedy Spectacular was returning to Sydney, I didn’t hesitate to
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Tribute: My favourite Philip Seymour Hoffman scenes

I’m still reeling from the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman, one of my top five actors of all time and hands down one of the greatest thespians of his generation. Think of a non-heartthrob actor who can boast the same CV as Hoffman. Think of any actor who has anything close to Hoffman’s range. Think
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Furious doomsday believers demand to know what went wrong

As small pockets of civilization around the world celebrated their survival of the Dec. 21 Mayan apocalypse, the vast majority of normal people have angrily demanded to know how things could have possibly gone so wrong. The world as we knew it was supposed to end at precisely 10:11pm (Australia Eastern Standard Time) on Friday,
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DVD Review: Your Highness (2011)

Your Highness is the ultimate ‘stoner’ movie. The writers were likely stoned when they wrote the ‘script’. The director and actors were probably stoned when they shot the film. And as the title of the film suggests, you most definitely have to be stoned (or 8 years old, probably both) to find it funny. Sadly for
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