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Jody Hill
Blu-Ray, DVD Review: ‘Eastbound & Down,’ ‘Tracy Morgan: Black and Blue’
Submitted by BrianTT on August 9, 2011 - 1:52pmCHICAGO – HBO brought two of their most outgoing personalities to Blu-ray and DVD last week with the releases of “Eastbound & Down: The Complete Second Season” and “Tracy Morgan: Black and Blue.” Both are a step down from the best that these men have offered the comedy world but they also feature enough quality laughs for fans of Danny McBride and the controversial star of “30 Rock.”
TV Review: HBO’s Daring ‘Eastbound & Down’ Returns For Second Season
Submitted by BrianTT on September 26, 2010 - 1:49pmCHICAGO – There’s no more daring performance on television right now than what Danny McBride does on HBO’s hilarious “Eastbound & Down.”
Blu-Ray Review: Seth Rogen, Anna Faris in Hilarious ‘Observe and Report’
Submitted by BrianTT on October 1, 2009 - 3:13pmCHICAGO – All of you DVD and Blu-Ray buyers who lament the neverending flow of slapstick comedies that basically all feel and look the same owe it to director Jody Hill and star Seth Rogen to rent or buy “Observe and Report,” one of the best comedies of the year to date and one of the most daring movies of the last several years.
DVD Review: HBO’s Hilarious ‘Eastbound and Down’ Gets Great Release
Submitted by BrianTT on July 2, 2009 - 6:00amCHICAGO – Danny McBride (“Pineapple Express,” “Land of the Lost”) gave one of the best TV performances of the last several years as the over-the-top anti-hero of HBO’s hysterical “Eastbound & Down,” a sitcom about a raging a-hole sports star brought back to Earth and forced to work as a gym teacher in the small town he grew up in, now available on DVD.
Seth Rogen Delivers in Controversial, Hilarious ‘Observe and Report’
Submitted by BrianTT on April 10, 2009 - 11:12am Rating: 4.0/5.0 |
CHICAGO – The hysterically misleading TV spots for Jody Hill’s “Observe and Report” make it out to look like another broad comedy that might even have a cute romance between stars Seth Rogen and Anna Faris. There’s nothing cute or predictable about “Observe and Report”. And that’s precisely why it works.
Slideshow: 23-Image Gallery From ‘Observe and Report’ With Seth Rogen, Anna Faris
Submitted by BrianTT on March 23, 2009 - 11:11am
Michael Pena as Dennis, Jesse Plemons as Charles and Seth Rogen as Ronnie.CHICAGO – This 23-image slideshow contains the press images for Warner Brothers’ “Observe and Report,” starring Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, and Ray Liotta. Written and directed by Jody Hill, the film opens on Friday, April 10th, 2009.
TV Review: Danny McBride Delivers Comedy Heat With HBO’s ‘Eastbound & Down’
Submitted by BrianTT on February 12, 2009 - 6:40pm Television Rating: 4.5/5.0 |
CHICAGO – Danny McBride had an amazing 2008, stealing scenes in “Tropic Thunder” and finding comic gold with director David Gordon Green in the great “Pineapple Express”. McBride, Green, director Jody Hill, and producer Will Ferrell have teamed up for the six-episode HBO comedy series “Eastbound & Down,” one of the most laugh-out-loud, promising comedy premieres in a long time.
