A To Z Blogger Challenge 2013: Day 11 - K Is For Knocked Up

K day baby... time to knock out another post for the A to Z Blogger Challenge 2013 edition. I chose today's film, Knocked Up, for a few different reasons. 1) I love this movie, and it stands out to me as one of the funniest movies of the last few years. Seth Rogen & Jonah Hill have become this generations Adam Sandler & Will Ferrell. Comedy usually goes through these power shifts about every 8-10 years, and Sandler & Farrell had a great run from 1995-2005... but since then, it has been all Roge, Hill and their crew of young up and comers. 2) I am a sucker for the romantic comedy, but especially when it is done this well. There are no cheap laughs or throw away cliches here. All really funny, well executed comic bits. 3) The movie is my fiance Tara's favorite comedy, and she had oral surgery yesterday and is sitting next to me on the couch as I write this home from work. That means at some point I will probably be watching this movie today, and I couldn't be happier. For the sake of the challenge, our pics will focus on the female lead of the movie: Katherine Heigl. People might not think Heigl has a ton of depth as an actress (I loved her on Grey's Anatomy, but her poor film choices in the romantic comedy genre are killing her), but she kills in this film. And she is hot. Really, really hot... so there is that. You can check out other bloggers in the A to Z Blogger Challenge 2013 by clicking here, and you can see the Heigl pics after the jump...

    

'This Is 40' - Judd Apatow Is Back At It Again!!!!

Not everyone loves Judd Apatow's style of comedy, but I for one am a fan. While he has had massive hits with films like The 40 Year Old Virgin & Bridesmaids, my favorite work of his is Knocked Up. This is where we saw Seth Rogen become a star, is the only film that Katherine Hiegel has made since she left Grey's Anatomy that did not annoy me, and is fucking hilarious because it is so much like real life. But the part of the movie that absolutely stole the show was the supporting cast of up & coming all stars & vets that all blew the fuck up after the movie. Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill, Jay Barucel, Jason Segal, Harold Ramis, Joanna Kerns, Craig Robinson... the list goes on and on!!! But the absolute scene stealers of the movie have to be Apatow's wife in real life Leslie Mann & his two real life children Iris & Maude Apatow, who play Rudd's loving wife and children. There family dynamic is so amazing and they are hilarious. So Apatow has decided that instead of a sequel that would focus on Rogen & Hiegel's new life as parents and instead decides to focus on Rudd & Mann's family instead. Here is the trailer for 'This Is 40'. Looks good to me... Trailer after the jump, movie coming out this Christmas. Can you say counter-programming to The Hobbit? I certainely can...