Reviews in a nutshell
The only thing that Sex Tape can be commended on is how trim its leads have got for their parts – well, Cameron Diaz just looks even fitter. In fact, like all ‘cuddly’ comedians who lose weight, you spend the first ten minutes trying to get over how different Jason Segel looks, by which stage, …
Where do you go after showing all your naked glory in Forgetting Sarah Marshall? For Jason Segel, fresh from The Muppets, you head back to familiar Apatow territory to play the big, misunderstood softie in need of some good lovin’. Although The Five-Year Engagement isn’t as clichéd as some rom-coms, it still suffers from some …
Co-writer and star Jason Segel and director James Bobin courageously embraced the arduous task of recapturing the magic of The Muppets for a new generation, safe in the knowledge that the adult ‘kids’ out there who remember the show first time around would only need a few bars of Sam Pottle and Jim Henson’s iconic …
After his lacklustre comedic performance opposite old flame Cameron Diaz in Bad Teacher, Justin Timberlake, who stars opposite his alleged new romantic fling, Mila Kunis, in Will Gluck’s new rom-com, Friends With Benefits, may well have redeemed himself, and found a compatible niche that his army of fans want to see him in – the …
Think the opposite of sweet Mary, as Diaz is a very naughty, potty-mouthed broad in Walk Hard Jake Kasdan’s new comedy, Bad Teacher. Even though it co-stars a decent bunch of comedy talent in Jason Segel, Lucy Punch and John Michael Higgins, make no mistake; this is a Diaz ogle fest, pure and simple. So, …
Jack Black is an acquired taste. Let’s face it; if you’re not a fan, you wouldn’t even contemplate going to see a film, which is effectively another stage for self-depreciating Blackmania. The only issue is whether as a fan of the tale of Gulliver’s Travels, the version from director Rob Letterman – the man behind …
Not another 3D animation, we hear you cry? Well, it’s not Pixar for one, which instantly (some might say, quite fairly) has most doubting how good it will be, after the likes of Toy Story 3D and Up that set the bar way up high. But what’s interesting about this not being a Pixar product …
