Tag: Knocked Up
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Old Dads review – Bill Burr’s angry, unfunny Netflix comedy
The comedian makes his directorial debut with a bitter misfire about three older fathers railing against political correctnessJudd Apatow has spent much of the twenty-first century showing America how dudes become men, his films built coming-of-age-like narratives for overgrown juveniles well into legal adulthood. In Knocked Up, Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd respectively modeled irresponsibility…
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Filming This Is 40 With Judd Apatow’s Family Was A Little Weird For Paul Rudd
“This Is 40” isn’t Judd Apatow’s most popular film, but even a not-so-great Apatow movie usually isn’t too bad. Arriving in 2012 near the tail end of Apatow’s dominance, while the film’s humor was still razor-sharp, it lacked the focus of the director’s earlier efforts. But the pacing and runtime issues aside, “This Is 40”…
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Judd Apatow’s Love Of True Romance Helped Inspire Pineapple Express
Judd Apatow has had quite a run in Hollywood. A triple threat as a writer, producer, and director, he’s responsible for dozens of TV shows and movies dating back to the early 1990s. But even in the early 2000s, Apatow didn’t have the clout he has today.On the heels of writing and directing “The 40-Year-Old…
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‘George Carlin’s American Dream’ Review: A Comprehensive & Incisive Exploration Of Carlin’s Political Comedy
No one would accuse Judd Apatow of being a concise writer or director. When he is at his best — “Knocked Up,” “Funny People” — his runtimes allow characters to develop and breathe, creating lived-in worlds. Yet, recently, that same penchant for listless pacing has shown its limitations, especially in his most recent film, “The…
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Judd Apatow’s This Is 40 Sequel Officially In Development, And You’ll Never Guess The Title
Gather round Judd-heads, we’ve got the Apatow announcement you (might?) be waiting for. A decade after the popular comedy director dropped “This is 40,” the kind of sort of sequel to “Knocked Up,” he’s considering taking us all back into the R-rated minds of his favorite married couple and their grown-up children. That’s right, if Apatow has…
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Judd Apatow Developing Pandemic Comedy for Netflix
Judd Apatow is developing a pandemic comedy for Netflix and will direct, produce and co-write the untitled project through his Apatow Productions.The film will follow a group of actors and actresses stuck inside a pandemic bubble at a hotel attempting to complete a film. Apatow will co-write the script with “South Park” writer Pam Brady.…
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‘King Of Staten Island’ Trailer: Pete Davidson Tackles Grief & Weed For Judd Apatow
Writer/director/producer Judd Apatow (“Knocked Up“) has a long history of mentoring and helping out comedians in need, often vaulting them to the next level in the process. He forever changed Steve Carrell’s career with the “40-Year-Old Virgin,” elevated nearly every member of the “Freaks & Geeks” team with their own movies and gave huge career…
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From Top Gun to Stand By Me: why the 1980s is my favourite film decade
It was the best of times for action, romance, teen and time-travel movies. It was also surprisingly liberal and diverse. But most of all it was funI’m such a raging narcissist (or sociopath) that I generally assume my taste is the same as everyone else’s. How can people possibly think differently from me? Obviously everyone…