Tag: greg mottola

Review – “Paul” Directed by Greg Mottola, Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen

Posted: March 18, 2011 at 8:56 am   /   Local, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have created something of a cottage industry deconstructing American genre films. The two Brits first breakthrough film was 2004’s zombie comedy, Shaun of the Dead. They followed that up with 2007’s action parody, Hot Fuzz. What made both films work so exceedingly well was a palpable affection for their source […]

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Movie Review – “Paul” Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost

Posted: March 18, 2011 at 5:23 am   /   Featured, Film, Local, Movie Reviews

Directed by Greg Mottola (“Superbad,” “Adventureland”), along with being written by and starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (“Shaun of the Dead,” “Hot Fuzz), “Paul” has a lot to live up to. Mottola’s last two films have been critical successes, the former of which did excellent at the box office as well. Pegg and Frost […]

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Watch “Paul” International Trailer – Simon Pegg, Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, and Nick Frost

Posted: December 17, 2010 at 5:14 pm   /   Local, Movie Trailers

I have mixed feelings on this one. While on one hand I think this looks hilarious, and I absolutely love the cast; on the other hand I don’t think many people are going to pay to go see it. The biggest star in the film is the one supplying the voice for the main character. […]

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“Paul” International Teaser Trailer Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Seth Rogen

Posted: November 17, 2010 at 2:07 am   /   Local, Movie Trailers

Well, this is just about a geeks dream come true. Simon Pegg continues to bolster his geek credibility (not that he needs to), and teams up with his overweight, but charismatic Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead co-star, Nick Frost.  Add in Seth Rogen, Jason Batemen, and Kristen Wiig, and what you have is a future cult comedy […]

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Pilgrim Vlogs and What is Paul?

Posted: July 28, 2009 at 1:33 pm   /   Film, Local

First off we have a new vlog from the set of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, then it is followed by a blog from this films director, Edgar Wright, connecting to his old mates Simon Pegg and Nick Frost on the set of Paul over at What is Paul? Fist Vlog 10 for Pilgrim: Blog […]

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Adventureland

Posted: April 14, 2009 at 9:41 pm   /   Local, Movie Reviews

This film has garnered an 8.5/10 between our two reviews. In 2007’s Superbad, director Greg Mottola hit box office gold with a coming of age story of two high school losers with foul mouths and a funny story. While Adventureland is another coming of age story, it doesn’t appear to have the same qualities to […]

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April 3rd New Releases

Posted: April 2, 2009 at 1:57 pm   /   Film, Local

This weeks rundown of what is out on Friday. There’s only two major releases, but they both could be big. Adventureland Greg Mottola’s followup to 2007 break out hit Superbad, Adventureland is a coming of age comedy set in 1987. Recent college grad James Brennan finds himself not able to go on his trip to […]

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