Posts Tagged ‘Knocked Up’
Film Review – Father Figures
In the 21st Century there is probably no more influential figure in mainstream Hollywood film comedy than Judd Apatow. While he didn’t invent character based comedy, he definitely proved that it could be popular and make money. For a long time big screen comedy was…
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SXSW Film Review – Neighbors
To call a comedy starring Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, and Zac Efron funny is not much of a story, in fact it is an expectation. Not only are they all proven comedic talents, but they have shown themselves to be incredibly versatile actors across the…
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Film Review – This Is The End
I have a lot of respect for actors that are willing to make fun of themselves. Acting is a job that cultivates insecurities (too young or too old, too thin or too fat, etc.), so it is often a challenge to get actors to willingly…
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CinemaCon Days 3&4 Recap
If screenings of clips from Star Trek Into Darkness and Fast & Furious 6 weren’t cool enough, we still had two days worth of studio presentations (Disney, Sony, 20th Century Fox, and Lionsgate) at CinemaCon 2013. Generally the presentations went two ways: either the presenters would briefly mention a…
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Film Review – This Is 40
Billed as a “sort-of sequel” to 2007’s Knocked Up, Judd Apatow’s This Is 40 sees Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann (Apatow’s real-life wife) reprising their roles as Pete and Debbie. Now five years later, their marriage is in something of a rut. Complacency can be…
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Film Review – Bachelorette
The new raunchy comedy from writer/director Leslye Headlund, Bachelorette, can be a frustratingly manic-depressive experience for the viewer. On the one hand, this is a comedy with some strong on-screen talent, such as Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan, Isla Fisher, Rebel Wilson, Adam Scott, James Marsden,…
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Five Overappreciated Films
I am a critic-loving filmgoer. When critics get excited about something, I am immediately attracted to the film, and even more so when audiences also really get excited. Even with this mindset, there are some critically loved movies that I just never understood what all…
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Bird Watching – Bridesmaids: The Morning After
You would think I had produced the film, with how desperately I wanted Bridesmaids to make a ton of money this past weekend. I’m not a person who makes a point to read box office predictions, and in this case I actively avoided it—any prediction,…
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