Phil Wang is a British-Malaysian stand-up comedian making his Gold Coast debut with a show about morality and what the hell it means to be good. It’s absolute gold. He has been seen on ABC Comedy as part of the Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala, The Great Debate and has his own Netflix special on The Comedy Line-up. The rising star has racked up two national student comedy … [Read more...] about Phil Wang at the Gold Coast Laughs Festival
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Instant Family – Film Review
Mark Wahlberg (left) and Rose Byrne (right) as Pete and Ellie Wagner The back catalogue of writer/director Sean Anders is one littered with titles that have ranged from the amusing (2013's Jennifer Aniston comedy We're The Millers) to the downright awful (helming Adam Sandler's forgotten 2012 effort That's My Boy wasn't a great choice), so one would be forgiven for assuming … [Read more...] about Instant Family – Film Review
The Happytime Murders – Film Review
Before Melissa McCarthy's involvement essentially fast-tracked The Happytime Murders into production, the dark comedy had languished in development limbo for the good part of decade with both Cameron Diaz and Katherine Heigl attached at various moments as potential headliners. With the final product now upon us, McCarthy's penchant for vanity-free comedy feels like the most … [Read more...] about The Happytime Murders – Film Review
Book Club – Film Review
Whilst a movie like Book Club will never be considered a career highlight for its lead quartet of generationally-stellar actresses (there’s too many Oscars and Emmys between Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen to pretend otherwise), the fact that these ageing talents are at the centre of a Hollywood feature – a sex comedy, no less – is some sort of … [Read more...] about Book Club – Film Review
The Meg – Film Review
Oh Meg, what a limp fish you turned out to be (insert sad face emoji). Whilst I was never under the impression that The Meg was going to be a quality piece of cinema in any manner, I wasn't expecting it to be as tame as it ultimately wound up being. Here's a film that should've been full-blown terrible, one that should've succumbed to its own ridiculous premise (Jason … [Read more...] about The Meg – Film Review