I appear on “CTV News at 6” with anchor Andria Case to talk about the best movies and television to watch this weekend. This week I have a look at the movies heating up the box-office, “Barbie” and Oppenheimer,” and “Theater Camp,” another film, playing in theatres, that just might soak up any overflow.
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I sit in for NewsTalk 1010 host Jim Richards on the coast-to-coast-to-coast late night “NewsTalk Tonight” to play the game “Did Richard Crouse Like This?” This week we talk about the satire “Barbie,” the epic drama “Oppenheimer” and the comedy “Theater Camp.”
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I joined CP24 to have a look at new movies coming to VOD, streaming services and theatres. Today we talk about the satire “Barbie,” the epic drama “Oppenheimer” and the comedy “Theater Camp.”
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I join CTV NewsChannel to talk about the plastic and fantastic “Barbie,” the epic drama “Oppenheimer” and the comedy “Theater Camp.”
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I sit in with CKTB morning show host Tim Denis to have a look at the plastic and fantastic “Barbie,” the epic drama “Oppenheimer” and the comedy “Theater Camp.”
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I sit in on the CFRA Ottawa morning show with host Bill carroll to talk the new movies coming to theatres including the pink pop culture freak-out of “Barbie,” the epic drama “Oppenheimer” and the comedy “Theater Camp.”
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Fast reviews for busy people! Watch as I review three movies in less time than it takes to tell the time! Have a look as I race against the clock to tell you about the satire “Barbie,” the epic drama “Oppenheimer” and the comedy “Theater Camp.”
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Set at an underfunded theater camp in New York State’s Adirondack Mountains, “Theater Camp,” now playing in cinemas, is a mockumentary about a place where “where every kid picked last in gym finally makes the team.”
Written by, and starring Ben Platt and Molly Gordon, two theater camp kids who made it to Broadway in real life, the film takes place at Camp AdirondACTS, a summer school for theatrical wannabes. When owner Joan Rubinsky (Amy Sedaris) suffers a seizure and falls into a coma during a production of “Bye Bye Birdie,” the future of the camp is thrown into question.
With Joan in the ICU, her dim-witted business vlogger son Troy (Jimmy Tatro) takes over. Faced with running the nearly bankrupt camp, he grapples with closing down his mother’s life project, or selling the land to their neighbor, the infinitely fancier Camp Lakeview.
There may be financial ruin on the horizon, but the show still must go on; there is a season to run and students to teach. With no idea how to do either, Troy turns to eccentric acting teachers Amos (Ben Platt), Rebecca-Diane (Gordon) and production manager Glenn (Noah Galvin) to run things and put together a show-stopping musical to end the camp’s season. “We’re theater people,” says Glenn. “We know how to turn cardboard into gold.”
“Theater Camp” will work best for audiences who have a love of the Three S’s: Sondheim, singing and stagecraft. It’s a celebration of those who bow at the altar of Patti LuPone and spontaneously burst into song.
An update on the Judy and Mickey “let’s put on a show” trope, the movie is a musical underdog story that nails the vibe of the camp, a place for misfits who don’t fit in anywhere else. When it concentrates on the campers and their teachers—Nathan Lee Graham has a memorable cameo as an instructor who says, “You need to know that only three percent of people make it. The rest end up in a mental facility or in a Go-Go box in Hell’s Kitchen.”—it finds a pleasing mix of humor and sweetness.
When it gets deeper into the production of the final show, “Joan, Still,” the movie’s one-joke premise starts to wear thin.
A combination of loving portrayal of the camaraderie of theatre and edgy, awkward humor, “Theater Camp” is a balance of satire and cloying sweetness that applauds theater kid culture, but feels a bit too inside for a wide audience.
I appear on “CTV News at 11:30” to talk about the best movies and television to watch this weekend. This week I have a look at the Jennifer Lopez action comedy “Shotgun Wedding,” the Jonah Hill comedy “You People,” the surreal “Infinity Pool,” the Harrison Ford series “Shrinking” and the HBO reality show “The Climb.”
Watch the whole thing HERE! (Starts at 37:48)
