By Jess Lomas April 9, 2014 Attempting to prove that friendship lurks in even the most unexpected places, Nick Cassavetes‘ The Other Woman fails to deliver a strong female comedy in the vein of Bridesmaids. Carly Whitten (Cameron Diaz), a New York City lawyer with a long list of exes and strict rules about dating, […]
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Ages of fear – This Is 40 review
January 8, 2013 
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This Is 40 – Starring Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, and Albert Brooks. Directed by Judd Apatow. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. As Judd Apatow adds to his oeuvre, it’s becoming more and more clear that he no longer feels he should have to play by the rules of conventional comedies. What’s still up for debate […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: This Is 40
August 8, 2012 0 Comments
A feature trailer for This Is 40 – Judd Apatow‘s self-proclaimed “sort-of sequel to Knocked Up” – has debuted, introducing us to the world around disgruntled married couple Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann). Though Debbie’s sister Alison (Katherine Heigl) and her partner Ben (Seth Rogen) are nowhere to be found, we do get to see Apatow […]
Continue readingBateman, Mann, Efron, and Hawn to Leave You
May 30, 2012 0 Comments
Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Zac Efron, and Goldie Hawn are in talks to star in Adam Shankman‘s follow-up to Rock of Ages, entitled This Is Where I Leave You. Departing from the musical stylings of Rock and Hairspray, Shankman’s next endeavour is an adaptation of Jonathan Tropper’s novel about four siblings who return home following the death of their father. Stuck […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: This Is 40
May 10, 2012 0 Comments
Check out the poster for Judd Apatow‘s “sort-of sequel” to Knocked Up, This Is 40, courtesy of Coming Soon. Questionable presence of the iPad aside (not because of the product placement, but for its dangerous proximity to poop!), this is a nice reintroduction to Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann), and their affinity for conducting conversations in […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: This Is 40
April 30, 2012 1 Comment
All our fortieth birthdays have come at once! The trailer for Judd Apatow‘s Knocked Up spin-off This Is 40 has debuted online. Apatow turns his attention to Knocked Up co-stars Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann, who reprise their roles as embittered married couple Pete and Debbie, now dealing with reaching the big four-oh. Judd and Leslie’s real-life kids Maude and Iris return as […]
Continue readingTime for a switcheroo – The Change-Up review
January 2, 2012 0 Comments
The Change-Up – Starring Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds and Leslie Mann. Directed by David Dobkin. Rated MA. Originally published September 6, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. For a film called The Change-Up, this thing is pretty damn stale. Forget the fact this is a body swap comedy (a genre that went out fashion with shoulder pads and Ken Done sweaters, despite the efforts of Claudia Karvan/Guy […]
Continue readingSeth Rogen won’t appear in Knocked Up spin-off
September 8, 2011 0 Comments
Judd Apatow is busy at work on his Knocked Up spin-off (tentatively titled This is Forty), which focuses on Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann), the disgruntled married couple who supported Ben (Seth Rogen) and Alison (Katherine Heigl) during their pregnancy in the 2006 box office hit. Rogen has told Movies.com that he will […]
Continue readingTime for a switcheroo – The Change-Up review
September 6, 2011 2 Comments
The Change-Up – Starring Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds and Leslie Mann. Directed by David Dobkin. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. For a film called The Change-Up, this thing is pretty damn stale. Forget the fact this is a body swap comedy (a genre that went out fashion with shoulder pads and Ken Done sweaters, despite […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Change-Up
April 21, 2011 0 Comments
The high-concept body-swap comedy is as old as time itself. The latest stars to undergo the cosmic transformation are Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds in the bawdy new comedy The Change-Up. You can probably guess the plot, but for tradition’s sake: Reynolds stars as single lady-killer Mitch and Bateman as exhausted family man Dave. After […]
Continue readingMegan Fox to join Judd Apatow’s Knocked Up spin-off?
March 17, 2011 0 Comments
There might not have been a faster decline from ‘It-Girl’ to ‘Punch Line’ in Hollywood history than the one experienced by Megan Fox in the past twelve months. After co-starring in two super–successful Transformers films, the young actress headlined a string of flops, was booted from the third Transformers for being too mouthy, and recently […]
Continue readingTo laugh and die in L.A. – Funny People DVD review
January 6, 2010 0 Comments
Funny People – Starring Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann. Directed by Judd Apatow. Rated MA. Originally published September 19, 2009. By Simon Miraudo. Everyone can tell a joke, but only a select few can do it well. It’s a genuine art form and it requires complete care and attention from the comedian from […]
Continue readingTo laugh and die in L.A. – Funny People review
September 19, 2009 0 Comments
Funny People – Starring Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann. Directed by Judd Apatow. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Everyone can tell a joke, but only a select few can do it well. It’s a genuine art form and it requires complete care and attention from the comedian from beginning to end. The setup […]
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