A Night at the Theatre
I love movies, I really do, but a live theatre (pronounced thea-tuh) crowd as a whole is just a step up. Â It must be because the tickets cost so much more. Â …
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Reviews
A Partial Review
Some might say it really isn’t fair to slag someone’s memoir before I’m even done reading the whole thing but – holy Hannah – I’m three chapters in and I’m already tempted to skip several pages at a time! Â …
Review: The Double
Our friend Eddie is a man of truly rare talents. Â He’s an incredible mimic and voice artist and you won’t find a funnier guy on the planet. Â …
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Although I purchased some current books for my Kobo ereader, it also came with a selection of free classics to download. Â I’m currently reading one I’ve always meant to get around to: Uncle Tom’s Cabin. …
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Review: From the Stage to the Page, Life Lessons From Four Funny Ladies
Full disclosure: One of the four co-authors of this book is a friend of mine, Judy Croon. Â Judy has been a stand-up comic for a long time and you’ve probably seen her on The Comedy Channel or CBC or any number of other places including clubs across the continent. Â …
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Review: Stephen King’s 11/22/63
It’s been years since I picked up a Stephen King novel but he has been churning them out as regularly as ever. …
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Review: The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
The Paris Wife is a fictionalized account of some very real lives written by poet and second-time novelist Paula McLain. Â …
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“The Worst Family in the World”
Much has been written about soul-less Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff and his ravenous greed. Â However, a new book aims to give us an inside look at Bernie’s entire family and how disgusting, sad, mean and gluttonous they all were, as a unit. Â …
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A Fair Experience
It’s corny (and corn-doggy) but I love the Western Fair. …
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No Dilemma Here
The Dilemma is packed with star-power: Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Oscar-winner Jennifer Connolly, Winona Ryder. It was directed by Ron Howard, so one’s expectations kind of rise, even though it didn’t make much of a box office buzz.    …
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
In Chapters last week I had planned only to buy SuperFreakonomics after it was recommended to me by someone who has also enjoyed Malcolm Gladwell’s What the Dog Saw and Outliers.  But they had a buy-3-get-1-free sale on throughout the store and books never go stale, so, I took advantage. …
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The Hangover, Too
The guys from the most successful R rated film ever, The Hangover, are back in The Hangover II. And this time they have a monkey! …
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