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Articles tagged "greg mottola" Film DVD ReviewAdventurelandby Stephen Snart[2.Sep.09] :. A hugely enjoyable blend of humor and agony that captures the confused, painful, but open-ended state of late adolescence.  Short Ends and LeaderAdventureland: Bastards of Youngby Chris Barsanti[8.Apr.09] :. A loping comedy of displacement that snaps off dozens of easy laughs without breaking a sweat, Adventureland transcends the indie comedy trap by dint of not being content merely to capture its milieu but to animate it.  Film ReviewAdventurelandby Renee Scolaro Mora[3.Apr.09] :. Adventureland is as tidy and predictable as it sounds. And it falls into that annoying trap that seems to plague this sort of film, relying on an unrelenting '80s soundtrack to set tones and cue plot points.  Mixed MediaThe Music of Adventureland (stream)by Thomas Britt[25.Mar.09] :. Greg Mottola’s upcoming Adventureland extends his Superbad interest in awkward young coupling, but this time around he’s chosen a more romantic approach. The wall-to-wall...  NewsSeth Rogen turns his adolescence into ‘Superbad’by Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)][20.Aug.07] :. LOS ANGELES—Earlier this summer, when writer-producer Judd Apatow was promoting his new comedy “Knocked Up,” he was asked by a skeptical reporter if he truly believed that the...  Film ReviewSuperbadby Bill Gibron[18.Aug.07] :. Though it seems like a thoroughly modern experience, Superbad does have a delicious throwback mentality, a sense of humiliating history reminiscent of those days in back of the classroom, trading newly learned dirty jokes with your fellow classmates. Superbadby Cynthia Fuchs[17.Aug.07] :. The focus remains unchanged: scared, eager boys make their clumsy ways toward a semblance of self-awareness. |
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