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Live Review: Josh Johnson's Comedy Band Camp

Posted by: Matthew Ardill  •  August 7, 2026 @ 6:55pm

People are familiar with Josh Johnson's regular weekly YouTube drops featuring hours of material, his fans eat it up and comedians grumble in jealous wonder at how he achieves this feat.

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Review: Ice Cream Man

Posted by: Matthew Ardill  •  August 4, 2026 @ 9:00am

A genre of horror that's had a breath of life breathed into it recently is the comedy horror, with this year's Widow's Bay on Apple TV, but the genre has had many iterations over the years.

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Between Two Screens with Bodhi Rader

Posted by: Matthew Ardill  •  July 17, 2026 @ 9:04am

I sat down with Bodhi Rader from season 2 of Apple TV's Sugar. We talk about his journey to becoming an actor and the experiences that led him to playing Deputy Chris Friendly on Sugar.

(Photo by Megan Kamauoha Rader.)

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2026 Winnipeg Folk Festival Preview

Posted by: Nicolien Klassen-Wiebe  •  July 8, 2026 @ 8:18pm

It's official. The 51st Winnipeg Folk Festival is entirely sold out! We're talking single day tickets, full weekend passes, and every camping option available for the fest's 2026 edition running July 9–12. Yowza! I don't have official statistics yet to confirm the following statement, but I think this might be a new record.

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Review: Supergirl

Posted by: Matthew Ardill  •  June 28, 2026 @ 3:53pm

The second cinematic entry into James Gunn's DC endeavour has dropped, and it is based on one of the most powerful stories in the DC Universe. Supergirl has had many incarnations and adaptations. You have Golden Age Supergirl, where she's dropped in an orphanage by Clark and left to be his secret.

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Album Review: Greg Proops - Kidding. But Still.

Posted by: Andrew Lizotte  •  June 8, 2026 @ 7:45pm

Kidding. But Still. feels like you're hanging out at a fun New Year's Eve party and Greg Proops just happens to be holding court. Greg is someone I've been watching since I started comedy. A lot of people know him from Whose Line is it Anyway?, but I've always been more impressed by his improvisation as a stand up.

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Review: Masters of the Universe

Posted by: Matthew Ardill  •  June 8, 2026 @ 6:09pm

He-Man is an interesting creature from a cultural perspective. Mattel, having scored great success with Barbie and seeing the success of G.I. Joe, decided to try to slide into the boy's toy market, cashing in on the post-Conan "Sword and Sandle" craze.

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Album Review: Jamel Johnson - Mid-Range

Posted by: Matthew Ardill  •  June 7, 2026 @ 3:16pm

Mid-Range is not Jamel Johnson's first foray into comedy albums. Jamel, who rose up through the D.C. comedy scene and is now a regular at the Improv, launches into a tight and punchy 30ish-minute set.

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Review: The Mandalorian and Grogu

Posted by: Matthew Ardill  •  June 6, 2026 @ 6:05pm

In May of 1983, I sat on the Vancouver SkyTrain with my uncle and father and literally vibrated with excitement. I had just seen an army of Ewoks assist a ragtag Rebel Alliance take down a galactic fascist empire. I was 9 years old and this was squarely in my wheelhouse (and unknowingly helped inform my spirituality, politics, and love of science fiction and fantasy for the rest of my life).

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Album Review: Kyle Bergstresser - You Gotta Get Used to the Boy

Posted by: Matthew Ardill  •  June 6, 2026 @ 4:10pm

A little over a year back, I settled into a seat to watch Kyle Bergstresser record his album You Gotta Get Used To The Boy at The John Candy Box Theatre in Toronto's Second City.

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