How can anyone be afraid of turning 40?

Well if you’re Pete and Debbie I can TOTALLY understand why! You remember Pete and Debbie, right?

2007 was the year of Judd Apatow’s pregnancy/slacker comedy Knocked Up where we were introduced to the characters of Pete and Debbie portrayed by Paul Rudd and Apatow’s real life wife, Leslie Mann. No disrespect to Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl but they were outshone by the long-time married couple whose one-liner’s stole the entire movie with what could be one of the most realistic portrayals of married life I’ve ever seen on the big screen.

They are back by popular demand in  Apatow’s “sequel of sorts”, This is 40, which follows the continued adventures of the Pete and Debbie  whilst they try to better their lives whilst approaching the big 4-0.

I have been looking forward to this one for a … Read More »

Greetings and salutations people,

It’s Sunday so it’s time for another Weekly Slab. A time where I get to look back on some of the happenings of the week.

First up is my 15 minutes of fame on Ticker Talks Film

My Collection 10

This week I took part in Raghav Modi’s series My Collection 10 where film lovers around the world share photos of 10 DVD’s that they own with a couple of lines about the films.  I thought that the final article looked great and Raghav did a great job. The hardest part for me was trying to decide on 10 movies that I felt defined me and my movie-watching experiences.

Have a look at the article here, but I’ve also included the DVD titles below;

American History X
Any Given Sunday
Black Rain
Chopper/Two Hands
Collateral
Falling Down
Play it to the Bone
Point Break
The Godfather

I’ve just realised that I … Read More »