Tag Archives: Jim Carrey

Film on TV | The Majestic – Jim Carrey steps into a hero’s shoes in Frank Darabont’s whimsical fable

Posted on 12 April 2013 by Jason Best

Mention the name Jim Carrey and an image of rubber-faced gurning is usually the first thing that comes to mind.  Yet The Majestic, showing on ITV1 tonight,  sees him deliver a subtle performance that brings to mind a latter-day James … Continue reading →

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Film review | The Incredible Burt Wonderstone – Steve Carell’s cheesy Las Vegas magician is a right stinker!

Posted on 16 March 2013 by Jason Best

Poking fun at old-school magicians, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone pulls the odd chuckle out of the hat, but despite the starry presence of comic headliners Steve Carell and Jim Carrey the film fails to dazzle. Carell is the not-so-incredible Burt, … Continue reading →

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Film review | The Three Stooges – About as funny as a poke in the eye

Posted on 22 August 2012 by Jason Best

The Farrelly Brothers, present-day purveyors of crude lowbrow comedy, pay tribute to knuckleheaded forbears The Three Stooges with this affectionate homage to the vaudeville trio whose rowdy slapstick antics set a mark for violent physical buffoonery in the 1930s, 40s … Continue reading →

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Name That Chest: Bet you can’t guess what he got for Christmas!

Posted on 28 December 2011 by Beth Williams

What do you think? Is this the best movie festive jumper ever? So, who was the mystery character in our last Name That Chest? Apparently it’s someone who has a heart of unwashed socks, and he wears a Santa suit… … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Mr Popper’s Penguins – Jim Carrey p-p-p-picks up another slick comic showcase.

Posted on 10 December 2011 by Jason Best

Disregarding WC Fields’s famous precept, ‘Never work with children or animals’, a game Jim Carrey holds his own alongside a bunch of cute penguins in Mr Popper’s Penguins, a jolly family comedy about a divorced dad whose life turns upside … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: Son of the Mask – a Carreyless sequel

Posted on 18 October 2011 by Beth Williams

Jim Carrey, the star of 1994 comedy fantasy blockbuster The Mask, does not appear in this film’s disappointing 2004 sequel Son of the Mask. And it’s not the only Carrey film sequel to go ahead without involvement from the rubber-faced … Continue reading →

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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…

Posted on 2 September 2011 by Dean & Ellen

The Inbetweeners Movie Brits abroad… School’s out – and over – for the four unlikely pals from Rudge Park Comprehensive and to celebrate they head to Malia, Crete, for a holiday they’ll soon want to forget! If you can see … Continue reading →

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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…

Posted on 19 August 2011 by Dean & Ellen

Rise of the Planet of the Apes Monkey see, monkey do… This reboot of the classic movie franchise sees super-smart simian Caesar leading his fellow brutalised primates in an urban uprising. If you can see this, then you might need … Continue reading →

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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…

Posted on 11 August 2011 by Dean & Ellen

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Dazzling dénouement… The blockbusting fantasy franchise comes to an end as Harry has a final face-off with his nemesis, Lord Voldemort, as the forces of good at Hogwarts battle against the sinister … Continue reading →

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Name That Chest: It’s a hairy one that often gets a beating

Posted on 3 August 2011 by Beth Williams

Primates are proving popular right now with The Rise of the Planet of the Apes coming out in cinemas next week. So, it’s only fitting that this week’s mystery chest also belongs to a screen simian. Did you identify last … Continue reading →

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