‘Pineapple Express’ watches the Judd Apatow train roll on

The Judd Apatow train keeps on a-rollin’ with a different film involving chunky guys in their underpants emerging almost every week. As gratifying as it is to see John C. Reilly get steady work, however, it’s becoming increasingly apparent that the improv tangents that once stood out [...]

‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ takes rom-com Mad Libs and fills in the blanks with greatness

Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. I am going totally geronimo-banana-bonkers over here. Someone actually made a really and truly enjoyable romantic comedy! And that “someone” isn’t just any old Uncle Jerry-Joe McMiscellanewhoevers! It happens to [...]

‘Walk Hard’ is awesome

I’m about to use a pseudo-witty critic cliché . . . wait for it . . . wait . . . Walk Hard walks a fine line. Boom. But it’s true. For the movie to be successful it was going to have to cleverly mock the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the [...]

Superbad is super good

To answer your question, yes, Superbad is very funny.
No, I know why you asked, and it’s okay. You saw the preview, you saw that the same dudes who produced Knocked Up and 40-Year-Old Virgin wrote and produced it, you saw that it starred Michael Cera from Arrested Development, and you had high [...]