Because Everybody Else Has One

Stop me if you've heard this one before... This review is also up at Channel 24 What it's about A documentary about the detrimental effects of our daily sugar consumption as we follow documentarian, Australian and health-nut, Damon Gameau as he embarks on a carefully monitored high-sugar diet – that happens to be made up of regular, off-the-shelf products, rather than high-sugar soft drinks or sweets. What we thought That Sugar Film covers material that has already been covered very recently in the documentary Fed Up. If you feel the need to be lectured about how all of but the very, very few of us who consume nothing but the freshest of fresh produce (with a tiniest drop of meat for variety) are doomed for death by sugar, then, good news, That Sugar Film is every bit as preachy as Fed Up but it's much, much more entertaining. It is, however, significantly less trust-worthy. Now, to be clear, though I do have something of a sweet tooth, I would have ...

Yeah... I'm going to get it for this one. This review is also up at Channel 24 where I get a quick reminder that if you're going to trash a beloved fantasy series, you really should get your spelling write.  Sorry, I couldn't resist. What it's about Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf the Grey and their group of dwarves continue on their way to reclaim their homeland, Erebor, from the dragon Smaug. What we thought With a 9.0 user rating on the Internet Movie Database (impressive since the film hasn't actually opened to the public anywhere) and a solid enough 72 Metacritic rating, you would be forgiven for thinking that The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is one of the season's must-see movies. Well, you would be, from where I'm standing anyway, wrong. Really, really wrong. Peter Jackson continues to be an exceptional filmmaker and The Hobbit Part Deux is as well put together as you can imagine with some nicely choreographed action scenes (it's alwa...