Showing posts with label Simon Pegg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Simon Pegg. Show all posts
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August 12, 2012
Thanks London!
Well done, Great Britain! Here's a parting shot from the hilarious folks at Funny or Die. Sir Patrick Stewart stars as an East End Olympic ticket scalper.
April 9, 2012
March 30, 2011
Close Encounters of the Profane Kind
Who is Paul? According to one of the film's posters, he's a fugitive celebrity slacker joker alien, perfectly voiced by Seth Rogen. On the run from the government, he accidentally meets Graeme Willy (Simon Pegg) and Clive Gollings (Nick Frost). The two British geeks are on a pilgrimage to known UFO sites in the USA after attending Comic Con. Aboard their rented RV, the Traveller Beagle, they soon find themselves in the sci-fi road trip of a lifetime to help Paul go home.Along the way, the trio pick up foes and friends, like Jason Bateman, Bill Hader, and Joe Lo Truglio as federal agents; Kristen Wiig's Ruth Buggs and her father Moses Buggs (John Carroll Lynch). The cameos and the iconic movie references sent me to nerd heaven. I think we can safely say the film's creators had Steven Spielberg's seal of approval. They lovingly satirize Earthlings' love for sci-fi and all things alien. Funny, coarse, raunchy, it does have a sweet, sentimental Reese's Pieces' heart.
(photo from Rope of Silicon)
April 4, 2008
The runaway groom
I love love love the always likable Simon Pegg. He makes me laugh and yet his dramatic turns can leave me teary-eyed. I will pretty much watch anything he's in. So of course I saw David Schwimmer's Run Fat Boy Run. Mr. Schwimmer's directorial debut is not as witty, cooky and laugh out loud funny as Mr. Pegg's Shaun of the Dead or Hot Fuzz. The plot is formulaic, some jokes are corny and crude. The ending is predictable. But I still enjoyed the movie, rooting for our slacker hero, thanks to Simon's Everyman charm.
Simon plays Dennis Doyle, our ne'er-do-well, not really fat but mostly unfit protagonist who left his pregnant fiancee (the beautiful Thandie Newton) five years earlier. She becomes involved with Mr. Perfect guy Whit (Hank Azaria, the stereotypical villain in a love triangle). Whit is a marathoner and Dennis tries to prove that he's changed by joining the fictitious Nike River Run in London. Dennis ends up running for the love of his ex-fiancee and child, as well as his self-respect. There are some cute tender moments with his Lord of the Rings-loving son.
(photo from Getty Images)
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