Tag Archives: Judd Apatow

Film review | This Is 40 – Judd Apatow’s mid-life crisis is no laughing matter

Posted on 16 February 2013 by Jason Best

A spin-off from Judd Apatow’s raunchy rom-com hit Knocked Up, This Is 40 catches up with two of the earlier film’s sidekicks, Leslie Mann’s Debbie and Paul Rudd’s Paul, as they approach the watershed birthday of the title. Married with … Continue reading →

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Film review | The Five-Year Engagement – Emily Blunt & Jason Segal spark well but their rom-com sputters

Posted on 22 June 2012 by Jason Best

Emily Blunt continues her conquest of Hollywood with an engaging turn opposite Jason Segal in this gently offbeat romantic comedy. Kicking off at the point where most rom-coms end, The Five-Year Engagement begins with San Francisco chef Tom (Segal) proposing … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Bridesmaids – A chick flick with attitude, and frou-frou frocks!

Posted on 14 November 2011 by Jason Best

Hysterically funny and heartfelt, Bridesmaids is the best chick flick in years. Co-writer Kristen Wiig stars as thirtysomething single gal Annie, who goes into a neurotic tailspin after she is asked to be maid of honour at the wedding of … Continue reading →

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Win Get Him to the Greek & Five other Judd Apatow comedies on Blu-ray

Posted on 1 November 2010 by Jason Best

This competition has now closed Get Him to the Greek, the latest film from comedy guru Judd Apatow (The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up), rocks onto DVD and Blu-ray today,  1st November, and we’re offering the chance to win … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Katherine Heigl & Gerard Butler star in crass and sexist romcom – that’s The Ugly Truth

Posted on 5 August 2009 by Jason Best

Hard on the spike heels of the lame Sandra Bullock-Ryan Reynolds romantic comedy The Proposal comes yet another battle-of-the-sexes romcom. Difficult though it may be to imagine, The Ugly Truth is much, much worse – a hideously misguided attempt to … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Pineapple Express

Posted on 13 January 2009 by Jason Best

Back around the turn of the millennium, Seth Rogen and James Franco appeared together in Judd Apatow’s short-lived but much-loved high-school TV series Freaks and Geeks. Since then Rogen’s become a near-ubiquitous presence in the movies coming off the Apatow … Continue reading →

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Win a copy of action comedy thriller Pineapple Express on DVD

Posted on 9 January 2009 by Jason Best

This competition has now closed.  Seth Rogen and James Franco team up to great comic effect in the hilarious comedy thriller Pineapple Express, which comes out on DVD on Monday 12th January.  The pair play a couple of druggie losers … Continue reading →

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