Screening Log
This new site feature is a collective effort to summarize our viewing habits. Occasionally, you will find titles here that are coming to a theater near you, in addition to films viewed on television, and even films viewed in piecemeal. The screening log is archived each month; to view past entries select a month in the menu below.
August 2007 activity
Total Log Entries: 52
- Adam (9)
- Chet (0)
- Chiranjit (1)
- Cullen (0)
- David (0)
- Eva (0)
- Evan (0)
- Ian (5)
- Jenny (3)
- Katherine (0)
- Leo (5)
- Megan (2)
- Rumsey (4)
- Teddy (3)
- Thomas (5)
- Victoria (0)
Total Comments: 35
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1)
- Maniac Nurses Find Ecstasy (2)
- When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts (0)
- Eastern Promises (0)
- The Departed (0)
- Knocked Up (5)
- Little Children (0)
- Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer (0)
- The Bourne Ultimatum (0)
- Transformers (0)
- Being Michael Madsen (2)
- The GoodTimesKid (0)
- Carefree (0)
- Music and Lyrics (0)
- Inland Empire (0)
- Why We Fight (1)
- Paths of Glory (0)
- Hannah Takes the Stairs (0)
- Superbad (2)
- Jesus Camp (0)
- Titicut Follies (0)
- Ultraviolet (2)
- Eyes Wide Shut (1)
- Seraphim Falls (0)
- The Puffy Chair (1)
- Red Dawn (1)
- Robot Monster (0)
- Touch of Evil (1)
- A Clockwork Orange (7)
- Les Misérables (0)
- The Magnificent Seven (0)
- Nighthawks (0)
- Slaughterhouse Five (0)
- Hot Fuzz (2)
- Sunshine (0)
- Rescue Dawn (0)
- The Wild Blue Yonder (0)
- The Bourne Ultimatum (0)
- The 11th Hour (0)
- Shanghai Express (0)
- Trasgredire (0)
- Faces (0)
- The Bourne Ultimatum (0)
- Viva Baseball! (0)
- Holiday (0)
- Cloak & Dagger (6)
- Oepidus Rex (0)
- Dead Man’s Shoes (0)
- Sunshine (0)
- This Is England (0)
- Sweet Smell of Success (1)
- Once (0)
Full Archive
Superbad / USA / 2007
This is essentially American Pie: Redux—the story of close-knit, foul-mouthed high school friends hoping to get girlfriends, and get laid, before college begins. Only Superbad, helmed by director Greg Mottola, is actually a smart, funny, and compassionate R-rated teen comedy that doesn’t belittle its subjects or audience. The jokes are fresh—McLovin, an off-key sing-along over cocaine, a bizarre preteen dick-drawing disorder—without being overly juvenile. (At times the story descends into barf-joke territory but quickly recovers.) Plus, Bill Hader and co-writer Seth Rogen as two boozing, party-monster cops who befriend newcomer Christopher Mintz-Plasse’s Fogell, are worth it.
by Adam Balz | Source: 35MM Theatrical Print
23 Aug 2007 2:40 PM | Comments (2)
Hiram / 23 August 2007 / 4:06 PM / URL
I agree on how you discern between American Pie and Superbad. American Pie tackled that teenage awkwardness but unlike Superbad, its characters don’t retain their innocence. Superbad is able to be crude but not at the expense of its characters.
I actually run a website on Bill Hader (who was in Superbad). Check it out:
Bill Hader Online
www.billhaderonline.com
kim / 1 September 2007 / 3:00 AM / URL
I agree wholeheartedly with your comments. The laugh out loud – but still feel smart – factor is what’s missing from most teen comedy movies. It also made me yearn for 80’s teen movies (and not the John Hughes ones) when your whole world can change/begin in just ONE night. Greg Mottola is a genius. I’m off to watch Daytrippers again.