Seth Rogen
This week’s releases include: a cancer drama made lighter; a Woody Allen masterpiece; director Billy Wilder’s best picture winner; a man giving up everything for love; a spy with a difficult choice to make; a found-footage horror prequel; Rocky with robots; a woman haunted by her competition; a chance meeting leads to an unusual friendship; a murder mystery; a throwback adventure film; an eye-opening look at the Bosnian underworld; and a film that made Oscar history....
The attraction so many feel towards this film has a simple motivation: its pair of geek celebrity stars, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. The writing/acting duo first captured our attentions in the breakout zombie romantic comedy Shaun of the Dead, and then they maintained them with their followup, Hot Fuzz. The trailers for their third film, Paul, looked promising and it won’t disappoint. The guys take their fandom to a new level of dedication and hilarity – the stoner alien is simply a bonus....
The Green Hornet made its debut in 1936 on a radio show in Detroit. Since then, the crime-fighting vigilantes have had numerous makeovers and been featured in film serials, a television show and comic books. The latest adaptation is an awesome feature film that lives up to any and all expectations for humour, cool gadgets and fight sequences. I can’t attest to whether it’s faithful to the versions in any of the other mediums, but I can say without a doubt that this movie can, and does, stand alone....
