Sentences with phrase «in superbad»

Stone was Jules in Superbad, and Davis is best known for her fierce (and Oscar - nominated) role as Donald Miller's mother in Doubt.

After bit parts in Medium, Malcolm In The Middle and Lucky Louie, her scene - stealing turn as a sassy object of affection in Superbad garnered attention, with The Rocker, The House Bunny and Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past following.

The competitive friendship in Bridesmaids, the fear of fatherhood in Knocked Up, the sexual naivete of The 40 - Year - Old Virgin, the vulgar adolescence in Superbad, etc..

Since stumbling awkwardly onto our screens in Superbad, Jonah Hill has become a comedy favourite, forcing audiences into fits of hysterics with his on - screen antics.

Christopher Mintz - Plasse may forever be associated with his memorable turn as McLovin in Superbad.

Mintz - Plasse just wrapped Kick Ass 2 and worked with Rogen in Superbad.

The casting continues an association between Sony Pictures Entertainment and the actress, who previously starred in Superbad, The House Bunny, and Zombieland, all for Columbia Pictures; she may shortly be seen in Screen Gems» hit comedy Easy A (UK RELEASE 22ND OCTOBER), and takes a cameo role in Screen Gems» upcoming Friends with Benefits.

In other ways, he is not so unlike his character in Superbad — he is witty and not uncomfortable by conversations involving male genitalia.

Peter Travers praised Hill's work in Superbad at Rolling Stone, writing that Hill and co-star Michael Cera, «deftly uncover two scared teens trying to hide their feelings.»

After seeing his status ascend to new heights following his role in Superbad, many comedy fans probably thought they could map out the trajectory of Jonah Hill's career.

Their resemblance to the roles these guys played in Superbad is nearly a mirror image (no surprise, they were all penned by Rogan).

Since appearing as an awkward geek in Superbad in 2007, we've seen him play slight variations of the same archetype in Juno, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, Paper Heart, Year One and, now, Youth in Revolt.

We had seen her do charismatic in Superbad and rebellious in Zombieland, but Easy A sees her go from «promising future star» to «the only actress in Hollywood you need to be paying attention to right now».

In Superbad, writing team Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg managed to write a pretty decent tale about adolescent friendship, the prospect of growing apart, and what that would mean for the both of them.

And in Superbad's constant dick jokes (care of a script by namesakes Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg), we had an accurate representation of the way we all talked, maturity be damned.

More familiar for his comic genius in SUPERBAD and 21 JUMP STREET, some may have forgotten that Jonah Hill is also an Academy Award - nominee...

What ensues is a cinematically - tragic mix of slapstick and bodily function fare, a horrifying insult to the intelligence, given all the big names connected to the project, including Bill Hader, Horatio Sanz, Hank Azaria, Vinnie Jones, Oliver Platt and that kid who played McLovin» in Superbad.

By Todd Gilchrist HollywoodNews.com: Looking back at the last few years, Jonah Hill has been busy: he's played 12 different characters in just the three years since he starred in Superbad, written for an episode of Saturday Night Live (in which he appeared), and executive produced Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno.

In Superbad we hated the characters, finding them so gormless or obnoxious that it was hard to excuse, let alone like, what they were doing.

Or as Vice's Katherine Gillespie memorably sums up the findings, «To put it in teen movie terms, you want to be Michael Cera and Jonah Hill in Superbad as opposed to Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams in Mean Girls.»

Not exact matches

It's a movie I wish I had when I was in high school instead of the then - standard «American Pie» or «Superbad» or every other male - centric teen sex comedy.

It reminds me of Superbad in that way: Young people can be their own teachers.

Abby: Totally, and speaking of Superbad, I thought it was interesting the girls were the sexually - aggressive parties here, since in most movies like this, the male characters are the ones chasing sex.

And while Superbad may be one of your super-favorite-movies-of-time, any court in the land will overthrow your decision to go with McLovin for your new addition.

A wonderfully crude film (we're talking «Superbad» levels of raunchiness), but one in which the overall vibe is sweet: kids patiently waiting for their parents to grow up already.

The physically stunning actress Emma Stone first made her mark among American audiences as an ingenue, via her involvement in the massively successful comedy Superbad (2007).

American actor Christopher Mintz - Plasse took his cinematic bow in 2007 in the Greg Mottola - directed comedy Superbad.

In between those two scenes comes a wonderfully crude film (we're talking Superbad levels of raunchiness), but one in which the overall vibe is sweet: kids patiently waiting for their parents to grow up alreadIn between those two scenes comes a wonderfully crude film (we're talking Superbad levels of raunchiness), but one in which the overall vibe is sweet: kids patiently waiting for their parents to grow up alreadin which the overall vibe is sweet: kids patiently waiting for their parents to grow up already.

Nick Braun (Prom, TV's Poor Paul), Alison Brie (Scream 4, TV's Community), Brandon T. Jackson (Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son, Tropic Thunder), Christopher Mintz - Plasse (Fright Night, Superbad) and Jay Pharoah (TV's Saturday Night Live, Lola Versus) are set to co-star in the film.

I have already said how Superbad didn't work as well for me, because it was put on a pedestal and the Judd Apatow movies are in dire need of a solid editing session.

Also screened: Sadako Vs. Kayako (Grade: B --RRB-, an entertaining, teen - friendly marriage of the The Ring and The Grudge mythologies that (thank God) has a sense of humor about itself, even though its final confrontation is less than satisfying; Dearest Sister (Grade: C +), a poetic (and rather slow) meditation on class conflict couched in a ghost story from Laotian director Mattie Do; and Down Under (Grade: B --RRB-, a Superbad - style profane coming - of - age comedy set against the backdrop of the Cronulla race riots that took place in Sydney, Australia in Christmas 2005.

The legend of Superbad, Jonah Hill, also stars in this classic comedy, but his character is pointless in the film.

Superbad (R for profanity, sexuality, alcohol and drug use, a violent image, and pervasive crude content) Raunchy, coming - of - age comedy about a couple of inseparable, nerdy high school seniors (Jonah Hill and Michael Cera) who plan the perfect party in order to end their interminable losing streak and finally get the girls of their dreams before they set off in the Fall to different colleges.

The Judd Apatow factory, which has refreshed the coming - of - age comedy (for all ages of adolescent men) in comedies like Knocked Up, Superbad and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, has been stretching itself thin (that's my best explanation for Drillbit Taylor and Step Brothers).

But where Superbad improves upon the recipe of those relatively - superficial offerings is in the attention it devotes to character development which, in turn, allows for the cultivation of an emotional arc, some warm and fuzzy moments mixed in with the mirth, and ultimately a satisfying denouement.

The «heart throb» fraternity tri-fecta of Teddy (Zac Efron (Charlie St. Cloud), Pete (Dave Franco (Now You See Me, 21 Jump Street), and Scoonie (Superbad, Kick - Ass) are next door with their own goals in mind, to party, and to become frat legends by throwing the «Ultimate» party.

Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill in ’21 Jump Street» As a feature film retread of a vapid»80s cop show re-imagined as an R - rated slapstick action - comedy starring that one kid from Superbad and that dude from G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, the comedy 21 Jump Street should logically suck.

And the story remains the same: the scam artist turns out to have a heart of gold Spun off from the Judd Apatow comedy factory, Drillbit Taylor was produced by Apatow and co-written by B.C. bud Seth Rogen, who starred in Knocked - Up and co-wrote Superbad under Apatow's tutelage.

2002 — John C. Reily — Chicago, Gangs of New York, The Hours, The Good Girl 2002 — Leonardo DiCaprio — Catch Me If You Can, Gangs of New York 2003 — Sean Penn — Mystic River, 21 Grams 2003 — Johnny Depp — Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Pirates of the Caribbean 2004 — Mark Ruffalo — Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Collateral, 13 Going on 30, We Don't Live Here Anymore 2004 — Jamie Foxx — Ray, Collateral, Breakin» All the Rules 2005 — Terrence Howard — Hustle & Flow, Four Brothers, Get Rich or Die Tryin» 2005 — Vince Vaughn — Wedding Crashers, Be Cool, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Thumbsucker 2006 — Leonardo DiCaprio — The Departed, Blood Diamond 2006 — Will Ferrell — Stranger Than Fiction, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 2007 — Michael Cera — Juno, Superbad 2007 — Phillip Seymour Hoffman — Charlie Wilson's War, The Savages, Before the Devil Knows Your Dead 2008 — Robert Downey Jr. — Iron Man, Tropic Thunder, Charlie Bartlett 2008 — Daniel Craig — Quantum of Solace, Defiance 2009 — George Clooney — Men Who Stare At Goats, Up in the Air, Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009 — Robert Downey Jr. — Sherlock Holmes, The Soloist

Bill Hader and co-scriptwriter Seth Rogen appear in the high school comic odyssey «Superbad» as a pair of aloof, fun - lovin» cops who take chronic third - wheeler Fogell (alias: McLovin, played indelibly by Christopher Mintz - Plasse) out for the night of his life in a freewheeling B - plot.

Michael Cera auditions a fight scene with «Superbad» the film's co-writer and star Seth Rogen in the audition tape for the 2007 movie that launched his career.

But apart from those fleeting, inconsequential markers, «Superbad» is a film that exists outside of place, unstuck in America, nowhere and everywhere.

Michael Cera (Year One, Superbad) plays, not one, but two roles in Youth in Revolt, the Miguel Arteta (The Good Girl, Chuck & Buck) film based on the adaptation by Gustin Nash (Charlie Bartlett) of the first book of C.D. Payne's series of Nick Twisp novels.

and Bill Hader (Superbad) provide some choice comic infusion) that enhance the comedic mix in ways that don't detract from the protagonist's search for inner happiness.

It's a rom - com in many respects, but unlike its predecessors, Superbad is a romance between two buddies, a story wherein the ostensible sex drive is secondary to Platonic need.

Joining Wright will be our hero, Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera of Superbad); Scott's two current girlfriends, Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead of The Thing) and Knives Chau (Ellen Wong of Unnatural History); his band, SEX BOB - OMB: Kim Pine (Alison Pill of Milk) and Stephen Stills (Mark Webber of Broken Flowers); SEX BOB - OMB super-fan Young Neil (Johnny Simmons of Jennifer's Body); Scott's awesome roommate, Wallace Wells (Kieran Culkin of Igby Goes Down); and four of Ramona's seven evil exes: Matthew Patel (Satya Bhabha of Fair Game), Todd Ingram (Brandon Routh of Superman Returns), Gideon Graves (Jason Schwartzman of Funny People) and Roxy Richter (Mae Whitman of Parenthood); plus Scott's younger sister, Stacey Pilgrim (Anna Kendrick of Up in the Air), and the obnoxious Julie Powers (Aubrey Plaza of Parks and Recreation).

«Arrested Development» Award for Best Throwaway Lines: • «Keep it in the oven...» — Jason Bateman, «Juno» •»... Terrorism...» — Michael Cera, «Superbad» (actually, Cera has so many astonishingly brilliant under - his - breath moments in «Superbad» and «Juno» it's uncanny)

More As This Story Develops is currently in production, with Greg Mottola (Paul, Superbad) directing.

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