Seth Rogen

50/50

Comedy about cancer one of the funniest and most human films of the year

9 Nov 2011

(15) 100min Not since Roberto Benigni won Oscars for Life is Beautiful – a holocaust movie played for laughs – has there been a comedy with such a seemingly poor premise that scores so high on the laughter scale. 50/50 is a comedy about cancer. Get…

Paul pairs Simon Pegg and Nick Frost with Superbad director Greg Mottola

UK duo riff on the same notes as Tim and Mike characters from Space

2 Feb 2011

(15) 103min The Shaun of the Dead boys have come a long way. Having followed up Shaun’s critical success with UK box office smash Hot Fuzz, stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and director/co-writer Edgar Wright were firmly established as major British…

The Green Hornet

Michel Gondry’s big-budget 3D take on the masked superhero starring Seth Rogen

12 Jan 2011

(12A) 118min Michel Gondry’s big-budget 3D take on the masked superhero starring Seth Rogen. General release, Fri 14 Jan.

Seth Rogen's Halloween horror

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31 Oct 2009

Seth Rogen's girlfriend makes him wear "lame" costumes. The 'Superbad' star hates Halloween but his girlfriend, director-and-writer Lauren Miller, insists he enters into the spirit of the spooky festival and don fancy dress. The 27-year-old actor…

Funny People

More bittersweet comedy drama from Judd Apatow

21 Aug 2009

In his third film as director, Judd Apatow (The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up) spreads his wings with a bittersweet drama about the moral vacuity of celebrity. Adam Sandler plays George Simmons, a stand-up actor gone Hollywood, whose success in films…

Seth Rogen's Ugly criticism

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31 Jul 2009

Seth Rogen has blasted his 'Knocked Up' co-star Katherine Heigl's latest film. The comic actor - who, along with director Judd Apatow, was upset when Katherine claimed 'Knocked Up' "painted women as shrews" while making the men look "loveable" - has…

Seth Rogen picked out bullies

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29 Apr 2009

Seth Rogen was bullied at school after he was caught picking his nose. The 'Knocked Up' actor has never got over the embarrassment of being singled out for inspecting his nose debris during a lesson. He said: "When I got caught picking my nose in…

Monsters VS Aliens

2 Apr 2009

ANIMATION/SCI-FI As with the cheerfully vacuous Bolt, Monsters vs Aliens exemplifies the virtues of today’s 3D cinema – eye-popping to watch, leavened with self-referential humour that makes it easy to digest, but also playing things so painstakingly…

Seth Rogen's genital jokes

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26 Mar 2009

Seth Rogen got his comedy break writing circumcision jokes. The 'Knocked Up' actor has been making penis gags since a mohel - someone who performs the Jewish circumcision ritual of Brit milah - hired him when he was a teenager. Seth, 26, told E!…

Fat and frightening Seth Rogen

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25 Mar 2009

Seth Rogen claims he terrifies young children. The comic star - who provides the voice of B.O.B. in new movie 'Monsters vs. Aliens' - believes kids find him intimidating because he is fat and hairy. He said: "I did a meet-and-greet with kids after…

Simpsons star Seth Rogen

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7 Jan 2009

Seth Rogen is to star in 'The Simpsons'. The 'Superbad' actor has written an episode of the hit US animated series, and has cast himself as a lead character. Matt Groening, the creator of the cartoon, confirmed rumours Rogen had approached the…

Seth Rogen's Amber punch

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30 Aug 2008

Seth Rogen punched Amber Heard in the face "to get her in the mood" for their movie. The pair co-star in forthcoming film 'The Pineapple Express' and Seth revealed they used violence as a way of bonding on set. He said: "We did hurt ourselves when…

Kung Fu Panda

3 Jul 2008

COMEDY/ANIMATION (PG) 91min In the words of Carl Douglas’ 1974 disco hit: ‘Everybody is kung fu fighting.’ Everybody, that is, apart from overweight panda Po (voiced by Jack Black). He dreams about joining his heroes, the Fierce Five, in butt-kicking…

Superbad

6 Sep 2007

One would have to return to the 1980s and teen movies Risky Business and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off to find a youth comedy that hits the G-spot quite like producer Judd Apatow’s Superbad. After writing and directing hits The 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked…

Knocked Up

(15) 128min

23 Aug 2007

Production assistant Alison Scott (Katherine Heigl) gets the opportunity of a lifetime when she is given the chance to present on an entertainment TV channel. One day her producer tells her that her body could do with being a little ‘tighter’. But no…

Knocked Up

19 Jul 2007

Writer, director and producer Judd Apatow honed his skills on The Larry Sanders Show, winning a couple of Emmys for his writing. What he took from the experience was that the best comedies are not made up of jokes, but of observations on the ways people…