Brad Lacey
The Pun 2009 Reviews »
Comedians are generally a pretty awkward bunch, and MICF debutantes (though you wouldn’t guess it) Ted Wilson and Aleisha McCormack have clearly decided to not buck the trend with their show, Dead To Me.
Oh, it’s awkward, from Wilson’s solo start to the show, doing his best Flight of the Conchords ‘I’m a crazy Kiwi nerd’ thing (actually, both Wilson and McCormack are Tasmanians, but I don’t blame him for pretending), to the banter between the two probably-should-be-lovers – Wilson and McCormack are now housemates, after McCormack was left at the …
The Pun 2009 Reviews »
If tonight was anything to go by, Benjamin Crellin will be finishing the 2009 Comedy Festival season at full gallop. Tonight’s performance of Apocalypse Soon! (cute title) was just a canter, but that’s not a fatal criticism.
Although the show, was – uncharacteristically, if one pays heed to Crellin’s typically positive reviews – plagued by nerves and the odd awkward silence, in Apocalypse Soon! Crellin shows real comedic talent and an edginess that extends a little further than most (Crellin, for instance, didn’t leave his “special forces” joke just at exposition, …
The Pun 2009 Reviews »
If you’re after a cheap beer, nice atmosphere, romantic lighting, or simply a chilled-out night on the town for not-too-many dollars, I heartily recommend Flinders Lane’s Purple Emerald (or the alternate venue – the Bond) for the next couple of weeks, as the Comedy Festival continues its engulfment of the city of Melbourne. But comedy? I’m sorry, but head elsewhere, please.
It’s not that Kelly Wilkinson’s show is poorly constructed, that Wilkinson herself is a dolt, or offensive, or unfunny – it’s not, and she’s none of those. I do think …
The Pundit 2006 Reviews »
Lovestruck is Megan Spencer’s fourth foray into documentary-making. Best known as the long-time triple j film reviewer and face of SBS’s revamped ‘The Movie Show’, Spencer’s fingers have been in countless other film-related pies over the years.
10 years in the making but only 52 minutes long’which, alongside its 4:3 screen ratio, makes it particularly television-friendly’this documentary takes us on a journey into the life Sue Chuter, wrestling fan extraordinaire, with tales of her first marriage and the birth, ten-year estrangement, reunion, and re-estrangement or her daughter. Oh, there’s a little …
The Pundit 2006 Reviews »
This film’s premise alone is probably enough to get people interested. A bunch of disaffected, socially backward and just plain strange adults get together biweekly, dress up in steel armour and gaudy medieval costumes, and pound each other with enormous padded swords. All the while, they’re carefully plotting each others’ (or each others’ ‘countries’) demise.
Yep, they’re nerds. The funny thing is that they seem to know it, and even funnier, they don’t really seem to care. For a group of social outcasts, the inhabitants of the imaginary world of ‘Darkon’ …
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