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Review - The Thing, by James Joyce

Posted: 13 Oct 11 | This remake of the 1982 cult classic is kind of hot - but not in a good way. |

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Review: Footloose

Posted: 06 Oct 11 | The remake no one asked for turns out to be the same as the original: a corny, cheesy coming-of-age cliche powered by catchy tunes and much bump and grind. And reviewer James Joyce enjoyed it. |

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Review: 'Abduction' has more pose than poise

Posted: 22 Sep 11 | James Joyce casts his eye over the movie 'Abduction.' |

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Review - Johnny English Reborn

Posted: 15 Sep 11 | It's been eight years since Rowan Atkinson spoofed James Bond in the movie Johnny English. |

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Courting disaster

Posted: 08 Sep 11 | James Joyce reviews Zookeeper starring Kevin James, Rosario Dawson and the voices of Cher, Adam Sandler, Sylvester Stallone and Nick Nolte. |

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Packed to the Rafters - Did you cry too?

Posted: 26 Aug 11 | OK, I confess, I blubbed during this week’s episode of Packed to the Rafters (Prime7, 8.30pm Tuesday). And more than I did when Mel died last year. |

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Review - Horrible Bosses

Posted: 26 Aug 11 | This comedy is filthy, foul-mouthed and frequently very funny in a Bridesmaids and The Hangover kind of way. |

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Underbelly Razor - smash or trash

Posted: 20 Aug 11 | THE latest instalment in the Underbelly franchise looks set to carve a reputation as one of the bloodiest programs made for Australian television. |

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The Block - who should win

Posted: 20 Aug 11 | Had trouble lately trying to get a tradie in? Clearly, they’re all down in Melbourne working on The Block. Or sitting at home watching The Block and bitching and moaning that the amateur home renovators on that show are just so, well, amateur. |

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Review: Cowboys & Aliens

Posted: 18 Aug 11 | Yerp, it’s a movie about cowboys and aliens. |

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Body of Proof - smash or trash? Have your say

Posted: 12 Aug 11 | Dana Delany from Desperate Housewives has her own show now. She's swapped Wisteria Lane for another parade of corpses on Body of Proof (Prime7, 8.30pm Monday). |

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Review: Jane Eyre

Posted: 11 Aug 11 | Long before there was Twilight and Team Edward, there was Charlotte Bronte’s gloriously doomy saga of ill-fated romance. |

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The Glee Project - smash or trash? Have your say

Posted: 05 Aug 11 | It pains me to say it but I’ve gone off Glee. For good, I think. But The Glee Project (Eleven, 7.30pm Friday) is giving this lapsed Gleek cause for hope. |

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Movie review - Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Posted: 04 Aug 11 | Yet another Hollywood remake we didn’t know we needed, Rise of the Planet of the Apes is the second attempt to reboot the science-fiction franchise that began with 1968’s Planet of the Apes starring Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter and Roddy McDowall in a monkey mask. |

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The Renovators - smash or trash? Have your say

Posted: 29 Jul 11 | I was having enough trouble keeping track of the nobodies on MasterChef Australia and The Block. Then along comes Jamie Dreary’s Top Design and The Renovators and now prime-time is wall-to-gyprocked-wall with no-name wannabes. |

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Review: Captain America - The First Avenger

Posted: 29 Jul 11 | Gee, our Hugo Weaving gives good baddie. |

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Angry Boys - smash or trash? Have your say

Posted: 22 Jul 11 | Let’s put it in terms that Chris Lilley and his cornucopia of cringe-inducing characters might recognise: Angry Boys (ABC1, 9pm Wednesday) has been s---. |

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Raunchy Cameron Diaz flick bad for wrong reasons

Posted: 21 Jul 11 | I would have thought the wilfully sexy Cameron Diaz (There’s Something About Mary, Charlie’s Angels) playing a bad, bad girl would be an easy “A” but her Bad Teacher scores straight “Fs” for theory, practical and effort. |

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Harry Potter spin-offs: SHARE YOUR IDEAS

Posted: 15 Jul 11 | As one Dumbledore shuts, another Dumbledore opens. And, so, as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 brings the blockbuster fantasy series to a spectacular close after 10 money-spinning years, Hollywood studio Warner Bros turns its attention to milking its biggest movie franchise for a few squillion more. |

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Angry Boys - funny or not

Posted: 22 Jun 11 | Thousands of Hunter viewers have turned off Chris Lilley’s Angry Boys. What do you think is driving them away - the timeslot or the trash talk? |

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