Features
Wednesday, May 2 2007
Monkey Business (Part 2: June)
Apparently, as the sun's strongest rays finally settle over the movie going public, sequels are the remedy to cool down an overheated demographic. This month alone holds five examples of such redux refreshment. The rest of the choices are a variety pack of genres, ideas and possibilities.
Reviews
Saturday, August 1 2009
Funny People
Bromances like Funny People do a disservice to the friendship capabilities of straight men, making them seem stunted.
Wednesday, September 26 2007
Knocked Up
Taken as a straightforward comedy, Knocked Up is extremely satisfying. Taken as a more serious meditation on adulthood and priorities, though . . .
Friday, June 1 2007
Knocked Up (2007)
While the Pete and Ben romance is based in their similarities, their most moving discovery is their unconditional devotion to the differences embodied by girls.
Friday, August 26 2005
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
Here, a one-note title evolves into a 3-D landscape of guffaws and awws.
Blogs
Monday, June 21 2010
Once You Go Geek...: She's Out of My League
When it comes to comedy's current cyclical nature, the dork is the new dreamboat, while the good looking loser is the lynchpin for every possible punchline.
Wednesday, August 5 2009
The Tears of a Clown: Funny People's $23 million
There was little doubt about the premise. Even though insider stories rarely connect beyond a niche movie audience, the man behind this particular tale had…
News
Thursday, July 30 2009
Judd Apatow looks at the dark side of success in 'Funny People'
As the actor said on his deathbed, "Dying is easy, comedy is hard." Judd Apatow's "Funny People" tackles laughter and loss simultaneously, with Adam Sandler…
Monday, July 27 2009
Judd Apatow turns serious, and that's no laughing matter
Imagine Mel Brooks directing Strindberg. Or Groucho, Chico and Harpo playing the Brothers Karamazov. Or Kevin Smith announcing an all-slacker version of "Gotterdammerung," replete with…
Friday, March 21 2008
When it comes to movie laughs, 'Drillbit' producer Judd Apatow is the man
Comedy has a brand name these days: "Apatow." That would be Judd Apatow, the high priest of TV's "Freaks & Geeks" who moved on to…
Monday, March 17 2008
Judd Apatow's aptitude is for funny and familiar
After a difficult decade in network TV comedy, writer/director/producer Judd Apatow has developed a Midas touch in films, with the uninterrupted successes of "The 40-Year-Old…
Thursday, December 20 2007
Oh, baby! 2007 gave birth to a brood of pregnancy comedies
In "Juno," the new, life-affirming teen pregnancy comedy, our spunky 16-year-old heroine is aghast to learn she's been knocked up. "I was thinking I'd just…
