Best Film Hero
Evelyn Salt – Salt (Columbia Pictures)
–Angelina Jolie
Machete – Machete (20th Century Fox)
–Danny Trejo
Scott Pilgrim – Scott Pilgrim vs the World (Universal Pictures)
–Michael Cera
Tony Stark/Iron man – Iron Man 2 (Paramount Pictures)
–Robert Downey, Jr.
Woody – Toy Story 3 (Pixar)
–Tom Hanks
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Best Comic Book Adapted Feature Film
Iron Man 2 (Paramount Pictures)
Kick-Ass (Lionsgate / Universal Pictures)
Red (Summit Entertainment)
Scott Pilgrim vs the World (Universal Pictures)
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Best Sidekick
Arthur – Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures)
–Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Buzz Lightyear – Toy Story 3 (Pixar)
–Tim Allen
Charlene Fleming – The Fighter (Paramount)
–Amy Adams
Dicky Eklund – The Fighter (Paramount)
–Christian Bale
Laboeuf – True Grit (Paramount)
–Matt Damon
Note:...
Evelyn Salt – Salt (Columbia Pictures)
–Angelina Jolie
Machete – Machete (20th Century Fox)
–Danny Trejo
Scott Pilgrim – Scott Pilgrim vs the World (Universal Pictures)
–Michael Cera
Tony Stark/Iron man – Iron Man 2 (Paramount Pictures)
–Robert Downey, Jr.
Woody – Toy Story 3 (Pixar)
–Tom Hanks
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll.
Best Comic Book Adapted Feature Film
Iron Man 2 (Paramount Pictures)
Kick-Ass (Lionsgate / Universal Pictures)
Red (Summit Entertainment)
Scott Pilgrim vs the World (Universal Pictures)
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll.
Best Sidekick
Arthur – Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures)
–Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Buzz Lightyear – Toy Story 3 (Pixar)
–Tim Allen
Charlene Fleming – The Fighter (Paramount)
–Amy Adams
Dicky Eklund – The Fighter (Paramount)
–Christian Bale
Laboeuf – True Grit (Paramount)
–Matt Damon
Note:...
- 12/20/2010
- by Editorials
- BuzzFocus.com
Welcome to the latest entry in our regular feature here at Blogomatic3000, where – in association with the folks at Sky Movies HD – we take a look at some of the films premiering on Sky Movies and Sky Box-Office this month
Get Him To The Greek
Stars: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, Rose Byrne | Written and Directed by Nicholas Stoller
Now that Russell Brand has firmly taken Katie Perry off the market my appreciation for him has wavered slightly, but personal grievances aside, Get Him to the Greek is a fantastic offering from the team behind Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
After a relapse back into drugs and alcohol following his disastrous album release African Child, Aldous Snow (Brand) is asked to perform at the Greek theatre in Los Angeles to re-ignite his career. In charge of getting the troubled rocker to the venue in 72 hours is Aaron Green (Hill...
Get Him To The Greek
Stars: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, Rose Byrne | Written and Directed by Nicholas Stoller
Now that Russell Brand has firmly taken Katie Perry off the market my appreciation for him has wavered slightly, but personal grievances aside, Get Him to the Greek is a fantastic offering from the team behind Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
After a relapse back into drugs and alcohol following his disastrous album release African Child, Aldous Snow (Brand) is asked to perform at the Greek theatre in Los Angeles to re-ignite his career. In charge of getting the troubled rocker to the venue in 72 hours is Aaron Green (Hill...
- 12/13/2010
- by Rob
- Nerdly
Russell Brand reprises the role of Aldous Snow from Forgetting Sarah Marshall in this loose sequel, Get Him To The Greek. Nicholas Stoller’s film is a hit and miss affair but Brand saves it from being ho-hum by virtue of a rather good performance.
For those used to seeing Brand as a television presenter and famous ex-junkie with a need for the limelight, you might be quite surprised by his hilarious but sensitive portrayal of a mad rock star. Aldous Snow is an egomaniac, for sure, but deep down he’s got issues like everybody else and its these moments of humanity that off-set the stereotypical depictions and mannerisms.
Opening with a gloriously ill-conceived music video for an equally ill-conceived number ‘African Child’ the pace is set for a silly knockabout satire and farce that might not be as funny as it thinks it is. We’ve been so...
For those used to seeing Brand as a television presenter and famous ex-junkie with a need for the limelight, you might be quite surprised by his hilarious but sensitive portrayal of a mad rock star. Aldous Snow is an egomaniac, for sure, but deep down he’s got issues like everybody else and its these moments of humanity that off-set the stereotypical depictions and mannerisms.
Opening with a gloriously ill-conceived music video for an equally ill-conceived number ‘African Child’ the pace is set for a silly knockabout satire and farce that might not be as funny as it thinks it is. We’ve been so...
- 11/2/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Get Him to the Greek is released on DVD and Blu-ray 1st November and to celebrate, Universal Studios have given us this rather funny and exclusive deleted scene from the movie called ‘Bed’ whcih shows Jonah Hill’s effort to get some action before his girlfriend, played by Elisabeth Moss falls asleep!
The movie is a spin off from the character that Brand plays in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and has a rather impressive cast which includes Russell Brand, Rose Byrne, Tyler McKinney, Zoe Salmon, Pink, Christina Aguilera, Colm Meaney, Jonah Hill, Aziz Ansari, Kristen Bell, T.J. Miller, DeRay Davis and Chris Wilson.
Synopsis: Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) gets things done. The ambitious 23-year-old has exaggerated his way into a dream job just in time for a career-making assignment. His mission: Fly to London and escort a rock god to L.A.’s Greek Theatre for the first-stop on a $100-million tour.
The movie is a spin off from the character that Brand plays in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and has a rather impressive cast which includes Russell Brand, Rose Byrne, Tyler McKinney, Zoe Salmon, Pink, Christina Aguilera, Colm Meaney, Jonah Hill, Aziz Ansari, Kristen Bell, T.J. Miller, DeRay Davis and Chris Wilson.
Synopsis: Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) gets things done. The ambitious 23-year-old has exaggerated his way into a dream job just in time for a career-making assignment. His mission: Fly to London and escort a rock god to L.A.’s Greek Theatre for the first-stop on a $100-million tour.
- 10/21/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Chicago – Like a lot of comedies, “Get Him to the Greek,” now available on Blu-ray and DVD, actually plays better at home than it did in theaters. It doesn’t hurt that the Universal Blu-ray is a beauty, a package with excellent, hilarious special features that enhance the film instead of serving as mere filler. It’s one of the best comedy Bd releases of the season.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
“Get Him to the Greek” really shouldn’t work. Taking a supporting character whose main purpose as a plot point was to be incredibly annoying and turning him into the lead of his own spin-off feature sounds like a horrible, horrible idea. One would assume that Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) from “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” works best in small doses and that turning him into a lead would make for a tightrope act — we don’t want to spend two hours with...
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
“Get Him to the Greek” really shouldn’t work. Taking a supporting character whose main purpose as a plot point was to be incredibly annoying and turning him into the lead of his own spin-off feature sounds like a horrible, horrible idea. One would assume that Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) from “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” works best in small doses and that turning him into a lead would make for a tightrope act — we don’t want to spend two hours with...
- 9/28/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Hey everyone! Hope last week went good for everyone. This is a new week and with a new week comes some great movies and shows to watch! Here's the lineup for this week.
Iron Man 2
Wealthy inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) -- aka Iron Man -- resists calls by the American government to hand over his technology. Meanwhile, Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) has constructed his own miniaturized arc reactor, causing all kinds of problems for our superhero. Sam Rockwell, Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle and Samuel L. Jackson co-star in director Jon Favreau's sequel based on Marvel comic book characters.
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle
Director: Jon Favreau
Loved it! I think it was just as good as the first movie and Don Cheadle is one of my favorite actors so needless to say I loved that he was in this!
Get Him to the Greek...
Iron Man 2
Wealthy inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) -- aka Iron Man -- resists calls by the American government to hand over his technology. Meanwhile, Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) has constructed his own miniaturized arc reactor, causing all kinds of problems for our superhero. Sam Rockwell, Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle and Samuel L. Jackson co-star in director Jon Favreau's sequel based on Marvel comic book characters.
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle
Director: Jon Favreau
Loved it! I think it was just as good as the first movie and Don Cheadle is one of my favorite actors so needless to say I loved that he was in this!
Get Him to the Greek...
- 9/28/2010
- by Mars
- GeekTyrant
In Get Him to the Greek, the Brit-rocking boy-toy Aldous Snow is a shadow of his glorious Forgetting Sarah Marshall self — now heartbroken, drinking heavily, and fearful that's he's entering the "greatest hits" phase of his music career. Concerned the musician's in no shape to get to L.A.'s Greek Theatre on his own for a "comeback performance," Snow's producer (Sean "Diddy" Combs) tasks an eager-to-please, young record company executive, Aaron Green (Jonah Hill), with escorting Snow from London to L.A. No surprise, mayhem and mishaps ensues.
While the movie is out on DVD tomorrow, you can't rent it through Netflix or Redbox until October 26. But you can skip the queue altogether with VOD and Pay-Per-View, who are offering the unedited version tomorrow (Sept. 28) and giving you as much time to watch (and rewatch) the movie as Green had to escort Snow — 48 hours, rather than the standard 24.
Next...
While the movie is out on DVD tomorrow, you can't rent it through Netflix or Redbox until October 26. But you can skip the queue altogether with VOD and Pay-Per-View, who are offering the unedited version tomorrow (Sept. 28) and giving you as much time to watch (and rewatch) the movie as Green had to escort Snow — 48 hours, rather than the standard 24.
Next...
- 9/27/2010
- by reelz reelz
- Reelzchannel.com
In the hilarious comedy Get Him to the Greek, Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) is a 24-year-old naive low-level talent scout at Pinnacle Records, who is aspiring to become a music executive. After losing money, the head of the company Sergio Roma (Sean "P. Diddy" Combs) takes up on Green's idea to get the rock legend Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) to perform as part of a $100 million comeback tour celebrating his 10th year anniversary at Los Angeles' world-famous Greek Theatre. Eager for the chance to prove himself, Green accepts the potentially career-making assignment to retrieve...
- 9/26/2010
- by Annie Chu, NY DVD Examiner
- Examiner Movies Channel
The Jonah Hill and Russell Brand-starrer "Get Him to the Greek" will be released in a Collector's Edition DVD and Blu-ray this month. The blockbuster comedy will feature bonus highlights, including its full unrated version.
"Get Him to the Greek," released June this year, features a star-studded cast led by Brand and Hill. Hill plays Aaron Green, a record company employee assigned by his boss to get British rock-and-roll star Aldous Snow -- portrayed by Brand, who played the same character in 2008's Forgetting Sarah Marshall, from the same director, Nicholas Stoller -- to the Greek Theater in Los Angeles in three days.
This will then make them on time for a Today Show TV appearance and Snow's comeback concert, an event that was originally Aaron's idea, on the tenth anniversary of his popular live album, recorded at the Greek.
That may sound like an easy assignment. But because Snow is a completely overbearing,...
"Get Him to the Greek," released June this year, features a star-studded cast led by Brand and Hill. Hill plays Aaron Green, a record company employee assigned by his boss to get British rock-and-roll star Aldous Snow -- portrayed by Brand, who played the same character in 2008's Forgetting Sarah Marshall, from the same director, Nicholas Stoller -- to the Greek Theater in Los Angeles in three days.
This will then make them on time for a Today Show TV appearance and Snow's comeback concert, an event that was originally Aaron's idea, on the tenth anniversary of his popular live album, recorded at the Greek.
That may sound like an easy assignment. But because Snow is a completely overbearing,...
- 9/22/2010
- icelebz.com
Special treat for you this Sunday, readers: an advance look at Universal’s September 28 release of Get Him To The Greek, starring Jonah Hill and Russell Brand. Let’s take a look inside the two-disc Blu-Ray release.
The Movie
Comedy is a very, very subjective thing. Whereas drama has universal themes that most people can identify with, what someone finds funny, someone else will totally not get. Ask anyone who’s seen Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Some of us think it’s probably one of the funniest things in the history of the world, and some of us have no clue why dead parrots are hilarious.
That said, this spinoff of Forgetting Sarah Marshall is not my kind of funny, largely because it runs in the vein of comedies where adult content is a large part of the movie (which seems to be a lot of them these days...
The Movie
Comedy is a very, very subjective thing. Whereas drama has universal themes that most people can identify with, what someone finds funny, someone else will totally not get. Ask anyone who’s seen Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Some of us think it’s probably one of the funniest things in the history of the world, and some of us have no clue why dead parrots are hilarious.
That said, this spinoff of Forgetting Sarah Marshall is not my kind of funny, largely because it runs in the vein of comedies where adult content is a large part of the movie (which seems to be a lot of them these days...
- 9/19/2010
- by Brittany Frederick
- TVovermind.com
A mild-mannered record company employee gets a hilarious crash course in how to party like a rock star in the must-see comedy Get Him to the Greek, coming to Blu-ray Hi-Def, DVD, digital download and video on demand on September 28, 2010 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. The latest no-holds-barred comedy from writer and director Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and producer Judd Apatow (Superbad, Knocked Up), Get Him to the Greek is a hilarious and unpredictable laugh fest filled with unforgettable moments by a top-notch cast. The 2-Disc Blu-ray,™ 2-Disc DVD Collector’s Edition and single disc DVD include an unrated, never-before-seen cut of the movie, plus the version of the film originally shown in theaters and a digital copy of the film that can be viewed on an array of electronic devices. A wealth of bonus features, including extended and alternate scenes, music videos, gag reels, karaoke, filmmaker commentary and...
- 8/3/2010
- by Fused Film Staff
- FusedFilm
Get Him to the Greek Written and Directed by: Nicholas Stoller Starring: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Rose Byrne, Colm Meaney, Aziz Ansari Until this past weekend, I’d never sat through a film as literally the only audience member. So that’s new. Granted, it’s been nearly a month since the initial release of Get Him to the Greek, and admittedly, the screening was before noon on a Sunday, but it’s an experience that couldn’t help but enunciate exactly how often I wasn’t laughing. The silences practically echoed. However, the scenario was hardly the film's sole detractor; the Apatow-produced comedy was, in many ways, the polar opposite of what I expected. From a structural standpoint, I anticipated there being a harder driving force; I thought the plot — which sees Russell Brand reprising the role of debaucherous rocker Aldous Snow from Forgetting Sarah Marshall...
- 6/29/2010
- by Colin
- FilmJunk
Has Russell Brand got what it takes to make the leap to Hollywood stardom?
The basics
Get Him to the Greek is the latest comedy from the Judd Apatow production line and a pseudo-sequel to 2008's lame-ish Forgetting Sarah Marshall. It's an extremely silly yet warm-hearted jaunt in the company of foppish Brit rock star Aldous Snow (Russell Brand, reprising his role from the earlier film) and unfortunate junior record company exec Aaron Green (Jonah Hill), who's tasked with ensuring his out-of-control charge travels safely from London to La, where a vitally important 10-year anniversary concert is set to take place. Along the way, the mild-mannered Green is introduced to the joys of groupie sex, narcotic-fuelled insobriety of dubious origin via a giant bifter known as a "Jeffrey", and various other staples of the rock star lifestyle. He also slowly begins to discover the real Snow beneath all the posturing and dandyisms.
The basics
Get Him to the Greek is the latest comedy from the Judd Apatow production line and a pseudo-sequel to 2008's lame-ish Forgetting Sarah Marshall. It's an extremely silly yet warm-hearted jaunt in the company of foppish Brit rock star Aldous Snow (Russell Brand, reprising his role from the earlier film) and unfortunate junior record company exec Aaron Green (Jonah Hill), who's tasked with ensuring his out-of-control charge travels safely from London to La, where a vitally important 10-year anniversary concert is set to take place. Along the way, the mild-mannered Green is introduced to the joys of groupie sex, narcotic-fuelled insobriety of dubious origin via a giant bifter known as a "Jeffrey", and various other staples of the rock star lifestyle. He also slowly begins to discover the real Snow beneath all the posturing and dandyisms.
- 6/28/2010
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Apatow brand comedies aren’t as fresh as they were five years ago when The 40 Year Old Virgin was released. 2009’s Funny People was indulgent, excessively long and lacking in energy, and on the surface it seems that Get Him to the Greek is following the same basic premise, which sets the alarm bells of creative lethargy ringing. Jonah Hill’s put-upon low level record label employee and celebrity wrangler echoes Seth Rogan’s unassuming, downtrodden assistant, while Russell Brand’s past-it rocker ostensibly mirrors Adam Sandler’s burnt out, bitter comedian. The ‘dark’ tones of Funny People are also present in Get Him to the Greek, although neither could be classified as darkly comic. Instead there are a few introspective moments that touch very briefly on themes like addiction and love. However, these are brief and snappy rather than lingering and soppy, resulting in a pace that is...
- 6/24/2010
- by Salty Or Sweet
- t5m.com
Get Him to the Greek is released in UK cinemas this coming Friday (25th June) and our friends at Upbeat managed to get the chance to interview the two main stars of the movie, Russell Brand and Jonah Hill.
The movie is a spin off from the character that Brand plays in Forgetting Sarah Marshall which I only saw within the last 12 months and loved! As an aside, I happen to cameo in Get Him to the Greek as I ended up being an extra in the movie for a scene in New York! Look out for me in the background of the Rockafella scene!
Synopsis: Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) gets things done. The ambitious 23-year-old has exaggerated his way into a dream job just in time for a career-making assignment. His mission: Fly to London and escort a rock god to L.A.’s Greek Theatre for the first-stop on a $100-million tour.
The movie is a spin off from the character that Brand plays in Forgetting Sarah Marshall which I only saw within the last 12 months and loved! As an aside, I happen to cameo in Get Him to the Greek as I ended up being an extra in the movie for a scene in New York! Look out for me in the background of the Rockafella scene!
Synopsis: Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) gets things done. The ambitious 23-year-old has exaggerated his way into a dream job just in time for a career-making assignment. His mission: Fly to London and escort a rock god to L.A.’s Greek Theatre for the first-stop on a $100-million tour.
- 6/23/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Something strange occurred to me while I was watching Get Him to the Greek, Universal Pictures’ revisiting of Russell Brand’s wildly manic character Aldous Snow from 2008’s Forgetting Sarah Marshall. I realized that it had a point. In between songs about sexually transmitted diseases and scenes involving Jonah Hill’s poor Aaron Green hiding drugs up his posterior and being attacked by a chillingly-large sex toy, Get Him to the Greek manages to insert a pleasantly profound message about the excesses of fame and how the realities of the music business can be far less fun than they appear to outsiders.
Get Him to the Greek opens with a flashback of Brand as Snow hatching his most ambitious musical plan yet, a single called ‘African Child’ that he contends will make him a ‘musical Jesus’. Instead, it flops miserably and Snow is widely scorned in the industry, many fans...
Get Him to the Greek opens with a flashback of Brand as Snow hatching his most ambitious musical plan yet, a single called ‘African Child’ that he contends will make him a ‘musical Jesus’. Instead, it flops miserably and Snow is widely scorned in the industry, many fans...
- 6/16/2010
- by admin@shadowlocked.com (Gabriel Ruzin)
- Shadowlocked
As we sat down to write the introduction to our list of notable film spin-offs, someone forwarded along a link to the big movie news story of the day: Tom Cruise announcing his plan to reprise his role as ultra-profane movie producer Les Grossman from the 2008 film "Tropic Thunder" in an as-yet-untitled comedy. Tom Cruise, in other words, is getting into the spin-off game.
So even though we're a week late in finishing this list inspired by "Get Him to the Greek" (more on that film in a bit), it's still plenty timely, and will continue to be as long as Hollywood exploits successful properties even after their original stars have moved on. Here's the elite company Mr. Grossman will be joining:
"Evan Almighty" (2007)
Original movie: "Bruce Almighty" (2003)
Spin-off character: Evan Baxter (Steve Carell)
When a spin-off brings along two original characters and the actors that played them -- in this case,...
So even though we're a week late in finishing this list inspired by "Get Him to the Greek" (more on that film in a bit), it's still plenty timely, and will continue to be as long as Hollywood exploits successful properties even after their original stars have moved on. Here's the elite company Mr. Grossman will be joining:
"Evan Almighty" (2007)
Original movie: "Bruce Almighty" (2003)
Spin-off character: Evan Baxter (Steve Carell)
When a spin-off brings along two original characters and the actors that played them -- in this case,...
- 6/10/2010
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
Ron Hogan reviews the summer comedy Get Him To The Greek, and finds a film filed with reasonable craziness...
In other reviews I've done of comedies, I've gotten some flack from people for comparing two movies. For instance, Hot Tub Time Machine and The Hangover. Comparisons are inevitable, and an important part of actually communicating just who I think would enjoy this movie. If you enjoyed movie A, you might like movie B. It seems reasonable to me, if two movies are similar, to compare them.
When it comes to Get Him To The Greek, I can honestly compare it to Forgetting Sarah Marshall. After all, it's kind of a sequel to Forgetting Sarah Marshall, in a way. The director is the same (Nicholas Stoller), one of the characters is the same (Russell Brand's Aldous Snow), and even one of the actors makes a return appearance (Jonah Hill). How...
In other reviews I've done of comedies, I've gotten some flack from people for comparing two movies. For instance, Hot Tub Time Machine and The Hangover. Comparisons are inevitable, and an important part of actually communicating just who I think would enjoy this movie. If you enjoyed movie A, you might like movie B. It seems reasonable to me, if two movies are similar, to compare them.
When it comes to Get Him To The Greek, I can honestly compare it to Forgetting Sarah Marshall. After all, it's kind of a sequel to Forgetting Sarah Marshall, in a way. The director is the same (Nicholas Stoller), one of the characters is the same (Russell Brand's Aldous Snow), and even one of the actors makes a return appearance (Jonah Hill). How...
- 6/7/2010
- Den of Geek
Unless you're a student of human physiology, you'd be hard pressed to name a bodily fluid that doesn't make a cameo appearance in Get Him to the Greek. Vomit even has a starring role, and should earn above-the-line credit, just in front of Sean "Diddy" Combs (no offense to Mr. Combs, of course).
The movie is rock 'n' roll in all its torn, stained glory, as record label peon Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) is charged with bringing hard-partying rocker Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) from London to Los Angeles's Greek Theater in just three days. The cross-Atlantic route is paved with enough drugs to make Amy Winehouse wince and enough whiskey to make even the heavy-drinking Snow shudder.
Produced by Judd Apatow, Get Him to the Greek is the loosest of sequels to Nicholas Stoller's Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Aldous Snow was a minor — though majorly entertaining — character in the raunchy comedy,...
The movie is rock 'n' roll in all its torn, stained glory, as record label peon Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) is charged with bringing hard-partying rocker Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) from London to Los Angeles's Greek Theater in just three days. The cross-Atlantic route is paved with enough drugs to make Amy Winehouse wince and enough whiskey to make even the heavy-drinking Snow shudder.
Produced by Judd Apatow, Get Him to the Greek is the loosest of sequels to Nicholas Stoller's Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Aldous Snow was a minor — though majorly entertaining — character in the raunchy comedy,...
- 6/7/2010
- CinemaSpy
For the ambitious music industry intern Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) in Get Him to the Greek, the task was supposedly easy: Escort a musician from London to a concert date in La. What Aaron didn't count on was that his traveling companion, notorious rock god Aldous Snow (Russell Brand), would be following one of the prime rules of movie storytelling: If you plan to go from point A to point B, rest assured that, in actuality, you'll be visiting point U, point M, point X, and (if this is an indie film) point 5b, before finally winding up at your destination. Hooking up with a hard-partying artist for a trip containing all the booze, drugs, and willing bed partners a transatlantic and cross-country jog can provide is just asking for trouble. Doesn't matter what form of conveyance is involved, if a...
- 6/7/2010
- by Dan Persons
- Huffington Post
Someone needs to have an intervention for Jonah Hill. He looks like hell. His friends should sit him down and show him a career retrospective of Chris Farley as a cautionary tale. It isn’t just that he has gotten really big, he was always a stout young fella, but he does not look well in “Get Him to the Greek”, a loose sequel to 2008’s “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”, where he once again teams up with director Nicholas Stoller, producers Judd Apatow and Jason Segel, and costar Russell Brand. Brand reprises his role as over-indulgent rock star Aldous Snow, who is recently off the wagon with a vengeance. Hill plays Aaron Green, not his role from the first movie, a low-level, idealistic record company employee. Right away you can tell that he’s in the business for the love because he has a wall of records in his apartment. This,...
- 6/7/2010
- by Brent McKnight
- Beyond Hollywood
Get Him to the Greek does a lot of things right, and well enough that its shortcomings just sort of fade away in the face of what it delivers. The spin-off of 2008’s spectacularly funny Forgetting Sarah Marshall, directed by Nicholas Stoller and written by How I Met Your Mother’s Jason Segel, now sees Stoller as the writer and director with Russell Brand returning as Brit rock star Aldous Snow. If you liked the simple but notably different story of Sarah Marshall, you’ll find Get Him to the Greek is an entirely different animal, looking more like a road trip connecting a series of vignettes taking their cues from every outlandish thing rock stars are known for doing.
Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) has his dream job: he works as an agent for a top record label and gets to pitch ideas to the head honcho himself, Sergio (Sean...
Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) has his dream job: he works as an agent for a top record label and gets to pitch ideas to the head honcho himself, Sergio (Sean...
- 6/6/2010
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
'Get Him To The Greek' movie delivered lots of hysterical laughs. Universal Pictures released their new comedy movie "Get Him To The Greek" this weekend. I just got done checkin it out,and it was extremely funny. Jonah Hill, P Ditty,and Russell Brand all did a great job delivering the laughs in this flick. It stars: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Rose Byrne, Sean Combs,and Elisabeth Moss. "Get Him To The Greek" revolved around characters Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) and Aldous Snow (Russell Brand). Aaron works for a record company that needs another huge act that can generate revenue, or Aaron and the rest of the crew just might loose their jobs. Aaron comes up with the idea of having rock legend Aldous Snow perform at L.A.'s Greek Theatre for a 10 year reunion. Aaron's boss Sergio Roma (P Ditty) loves it,and decides to send...
- 6/6/2010
- by Andre@ontheflix
- OnTheFlix
A few weeks ago, actor Jonah Hill and writer/director Nicholas Stoller turned up in Austin for a special preview screening of Get Him to the Greek, entertaining an enthusiastic audience at an Alamo Drafthouse. The comedy stars Hill as Aaron Green, who works for a record label and somehow ends up with the responsibility of making sure rockstar-in-decline Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) gets to an anniversary concert in La at, of course, the Greek. Aldous Snow is also a character in the movie Stoller directed before this one, Forgetting Sarah Marshall. The above photos are from the Austin event -- many thanks to photographer and film geek Heather Leah Kennedy for granting permission to use them after I found them in her Flickr stream.
The morning after the Alamo screening -- bright and early, let me tell you -- Cinematical interviewed the actor and filmmaker. Stoller showed me how...
The morning after the Alamo screening -- bright and early, let me tell you -- Cinematical interviewed the actor and filmmaker. Stoller showed me how...
- 6/5/2010
- by Jette Kernion
- Cinematical
It's not often that a supporting character in a hit movie becomes the lead in his own film, but Russell Brand made too big an impression as the egotistical, sexy British rock star Aldous Snow in Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) to ignore. And so, with Get Him to the Greek (2010), Snow receives the star treatment. It's a couple of years after the events of Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Snow is back in England, essentially a has-been -- thanks to one particularly regrettable album and music video -- who's still beloved for his past successes. He can pretty much get away with murder. He can drink drunks under the table. He's taken enough drugs to keep a couple of cartels in business. He's bedded every gorgeous gal on the planet, but really only cares about one. And, no, it's not Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell). It's actually Jackie Q (Rose Byrne), a gorgeous,...
- 6/4/2010
- by ianspelling@corp.popstar.com (Ian Spelling)
- ScreenStar
Okay, I'm just going to up and say it: I think Russell Brand is hot. There. Now you know. I liked him better than anyone else in Forgetting Sarah Marshall (although I have a bit of a Jason Segal crush too), and I felt embarrassed for him in that dreadful Bedtime Stories. I hoped Get Him to the Greek wouldn't suck, and that if nothing else, I could at least enjoy watching Brand as a rockstar for two hours. Happily, I not only enjoyed Brand on that guilty visual level, but I laughed my way through Get Him to the Greek. Writer/director Nicholas Stoller has brought us a film that feels shorter and funnier than his previous outing, Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Get Him to the Greek reunites Stoller with Brand and Jonah Hill -- Brand plays rockstar Aldous Snow from Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but Hill's character, Aaron Green, is different.
Get Him to the Greek reunites Stoller with Brand and Jonah Hill -- Brand plays rockstar Aldous Snow from Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but Hill's character, Aaron Green, is different.
- 6/4/2010
- by Jette Kernion
- Slackerwood
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Chicago – Taking a character who was created as an obnoxious supporting one and giving him his own spin-off movie sounds like a recipe for disaster. Despite generally liking its stars and enjoying “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” I was dreading the quasi-sequel “Get Him to the Greek”. There were just too many screenwriting pitfalls in which the film could have and should have fallen in. The fact that writer/director Nicholas Stoller hilariously walks the tightrope and falls into none of them makes “Greek” one of the most surprisingly enjoyable and consistent comedies of the year.
Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) was once the biggest rock and roll star in the world. He sold out shows and kept tabloids in business with his headline-grabbing relationship with pop star girlfriend Jackie Q (Rose Byrne). Aldous and Jackie made the mistake of taking themselves too seriously by making a single called “African Child,” notoriously...
Chicago – Taking a character who was created as an obnoxious supporting one and giving him his own spin-off movie sounds like a recipe for disaster. Despite generally liking its stars and enjoying “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” I was dreading the quasi-sequel “Get Him to the Greek”. There were just too many screenwriting pitfalls in which the film could have and should have fallen in. The fact that writer/director Nicholas Stoller hilariously walks the tightrope and falls into none of them makes “Greek” one of the most surprisingly enjoyable and consistent comedies of the year.
Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) was once the biggest rock and roll star in the world. He sold out shows and kept tabloids in business with his headline-grabbing relationship with pop star girlfriend Jackie Q (Rose Byrne). Aldous and Jackie made the mistake of taking themselves too seriously by making a single called “African Child,” notoriously...
- 6/4/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
There is a quick and simple litmus test to tell whether or not you'll enjoy Get Him to the Greek. If you found Aldous Snow, Russell Brand's caricature of a rock star, to be one of the funnier elements of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, then you will no doubt have a riot with the increased raunchiness his character once again brings to the screen for director Nicholas Stoller. If, for whatever reason, you find Brand's larger-than-life presence to be as insufferable as the real rock stars he's lampooning, chances are good his spin-off film will do little to convince you there's more to him than just an outrageous persona. Get Him to the Greek is exactly what the trailers advertise: Aldous Snow turned to 11.
The record company Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) works for is taking a beating in the recession. In an attempt to turn business around, Aaron's boss, Sergio...
The record company Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) works for is taking a beating in the recession. In an attempt to turn business around, Aaron's boss, Sergio...
- 6/4/2010
- by Peter Hall
- Cinematical
Get Him To The Greek
Directed by: Nicholas Stoller
Cast: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Sean Combs
Running Time: 1 hr 50 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: June 4, 2010
Plot: A young music intern (Hill) is given the assignment of chaperoning a self-destructive British rock-star (Brand) as they mosey towards a large concert event at L.A’s Greek Theater.
Who’S It For?: Those who love thinking about the couple of times they’ve seen Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Expectations: With my supportive weight put on Jonah Hill more than Russell Brand, I was hoping this supposed wink-and-nudge to modern music would bring sharp laughs with bits of cutting pop culture parody.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Jonah Hill as Aaron Green: Compared to his rock-partner in shenanigans, he’s a square who has little idea of what he’s getting himself into. But like Brand, Hill plays a type of human being quite similar to previous characters,...
Directed by: Nicholas Stoller
Cast: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Sean Combs
Running Time: 1 hr 50 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: June 4, 2010
Plot: A young music intern (Hill) is given the assignment of chaperoning a self-destructive British rock-star (Brand) as they mosey towards a large concert event at L.A’s Greek Theater.
Who’S It For?: Those who love thinking about the couple of times they’ve seen Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Expectations: With my supportive weight put on Jonah Hill more than Russell Brand, I was hoping this supposed wink-and-nudge to modern music would bring sharp laughs with bits of cutting pop culture parody.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Jonah Hill as Aaron Green: Compared to his rock-partner in shenanigans, he’s a square who has little idea of what he’s getting himself into. But like Brand, Hill plays a type of human being quite similar to previous characters,...
- 6/4/2010
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
For the ambitious music industry intern Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) in Get Him to the Greek, the task was supposedly easy: Escort a musician from London to a concert date in La. What Aaron didn't count on was one of the prime rules of movie storytelling: If you plan to go from point A to point B, rest assured that, in actuality, you'll be visiting point U, point M, point X, and (if this is an indie film) point 5b, before finally winding up at your destination. We've managed to dig up 10 other especially daunting movie cargos — human and otherwise — that have made getting there twice the fun ... for the audience, at least.
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- 6/4/2010
- by reelz reelz
- Reelzchannel.com
My movie reviews of two of the biggest films opening this weekend, Universal Pictures' "Get Him to the Greek" and Warner Bros. Pictures' "Splice." (Read my "Splice" movie review right here)
For my full, in-depth interviews with the "Splice" cast, click here for Adrien Brody, here for Sarah Polley, and here for the "Splice" monster herself, Delphine Chanéac.
And here are my reviews:
Here's more info on "Get Him to the Greek" from Yahoo:
Aaron Green gets things done. The ambitious 24-year-old has been given a career-making assignment. His mission: Fly to London and escort a rock god to L.A.'s world famous Greek Theatre for the first-stop on a huge comeback tour. His record mogul boss, Sergio Roma, gives him one warning: "The artist is the worst person on Earth. Turn your back on him at your own peril." British rocker Aldous Snow is a brilliant musician,...
For my full, in-depth interviews with the "Splice" cast, click here for Adrien Brody, here for Sarah Polley, and here for the "Splice" monster herself, Delphine Chanéac.
And here are my reviews:
Here's more info on "Get Him to the Greek" from Yahoo:
Aaron Green gets things done. The ambitious 24-year-old has been given a career-making assignment. His mission: Fly to London and escort a rock god to L.A.'s world famous Greek Theatre for the first-stop on a huge comeback tour. His record mogul boss, Sergio Roma, gives him one warning: "The artist is the worst person on Earth. Turn your back on him at your own peril." British rocker Aldous Snow is a brilliant musician,...
- 6/4/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Courtesy of Universal Pictures.
Get Him to the Greek had moments one would naturally expect to find in this 109 minute R-rated feature. It also did something a bit unexpected. A story with an underlying purpose. Or at least attempted to have one. On paper, this looked to be a festive romp with Russell Brand carrying the flick toward possible comedic genius. Instead, Brand shares the stage with his cohorts.
The general public usually gets a feel for a flick via the trailer and the cast. Half of what's in the official trailer didn't make the theatrical cut. Truth be told, I was hoping to see the entire scene of Aldous Snow driving a toy car through a hotel. Instead, the cast has to do more than just party and belt out witty lines. What may resonate in your mind is whether that approach held this flick back?
We pick up...
Get Him to the Greek had moments one would naturally expect to find in this 109 minute R-rated feature. It also did something a bit unexpected. A story with an underlying purpose. Or at least attempted to have one. On paper, this looked to be a festive romp with Russell Brand carrying the flick toward possible comedic genius. Instead, Brand shares the stage with his cohorts.
The general public usually gets a feel for a flick via the trailer and the cast. Half of what's in the official trailer didn't make the theatrical cut. Truth be told, I was hoping to see the entire scene of Aldous Snow driving a toy car through a hotel. Instead, the cast has to do more than just party and belt out witty lines. What may resonate in your mind is whether that approach held this flick back?
We pick up...
- 6/4/2010
- Tampa Film Examiner
Courtesy of Universal Pictures.
Get Him to the Greek had moments one would naturally expect to find in this 109 minute R-rated feature. It also did something a bit unexpected. A story with an underlying purpose. Or at least attempted to have one. On paper, this looked to be a festive romp with Russell Brand carrying the flick toward possible comedic genius. Instead, Brand shares the stage with his cohorts.
The general public usually gets a feel for a flick via the trailer and the cast. Half of what's in the official trailer didn't make the theatrical cut. Truth be told, I was hoping to see the entire scene of Aldous Snow driving a toy car through a hotel. Instead, the cast has to do more than just party and belt out witty lines. What may resonate in your mind is whether that approach held this flick back?
We pick up...
Get Him to the Greek had moments one would naturally expect to find in this 109 minute R-rated feature. It also did something a bit unexpected. A story with an underlying purpose. Or at least attempted to have one. On paper, this looked to be a festive romp with Russell Brand carrying the flick toward possible comedic genius. Instead, Brand shares the stage with his cohorts.
The general public usually gets a feel for a flick via the trailer and the cast. Half of what's in the official trailer didn't make the theatrical cut. Truth be told, I was hoping to see the entire scene of Aldous Snow driving a toy car through a hotel. Instead, the cast has to do more than just party and belt out witty lines. What may resonate in your mind is whether that approach held this flick back?
We pick up...
- 6/4/2010
- Tampa Film Examiner
Courtesy of Universal Pictures.
Get Him to the Greek had moments one would naturally expect to find in this 109 minute R-rated feature. It also did something a bit unexpected. A story with an underlying purpose. Or at least attempted to have one. On paper, this looked to be a festive romp with Russell Brand carrying the flick toward possible comedic genius. Instead, Brand shares the stage with his cohorts.
The general public usually gets a feel for a flick via the trailer and the cast. Half of what's in the official trailer didn't make the theatrical cut. Truth be told, I was hoping to see the entire scene of Aldous Snow driving a toy car through a hotel. Instead, the cast has to do more than just party and belt out witty lines. What may resonate in your mind is whether that approach held this flick back?
We pick up...
Get Him to the Greek had moments one would naturally expect to find in this 109 minute R-rated feature. It also did something a bit unexpected. A story with an underlying purpose. Or at least attempted to have one. On paper, this looked to be a festive romp with Russell Brand carrying the flick toward possible comedic genius. Instead, Brand shares the stage with his cohorts.
The general public usually gets a feel for a flick via the trailer and the cast. Half of what's in the official trailer didn't make the theatrical cut. Truth be told, I was hoping to see the entire scene of Aldous Snow driving a toy car through a hotel. Instead, the cast has to do more than just party and belt out witty lines. What may resonate in your mind is whether that approach held this flick back?
We pick up...
- 6/4/2010
- Tampa Film Examiner
Hit the road with Russell Brand and Jonah Hill in the 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' follow-up.
By Josh Wigler
Jonah Hill and Russell Brand in "Get Him To The Greek"
Photo: Universal Pictures
In "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," Infant Sorrow frontman Aldous Snow had it all figured out: hit singles in the form of "Inside of You" and "We've Got to Do Something," fans from all across the globe and several years of sobriety. But to quote another great musician, the times are a-changing when an off-the-wagon Snow returns in "Get Him to the Greek," the "Sarah Marshall" spin-off arriving in theaters Friday (June 4).
Russell Brand and Jonah Hill take center stage in the comedy about a disgraced rock singer and a budding talent agent looking to stage a glorious comeback. While that's the film's basic premise, the story behind the story has several layers. As the comedy arrives in theaters,...
By Josh Wigler
Jonah Hill and Russell Brand in "Get Him To The Greek"
Photo: Universal Pictures
In "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," Infant Sorrow frontman Aldous Snow had it all figured out: hit singles in the form of "Inside of You" and "We've Got to Do Something," fans from all across the globe and several years of sobriety. But to quote another great musician, the times are a-changing when an off-the-wagon Snow returns in "Get Him to the Greek," the "Sarah Marshall" spin-off arriving in theaters Friday (June 4).
Russell Brand and Jonah Hill take center stage in the comedy about a disgraced rock singer and a budding talent agent looking to stage a glorious comeback. While that's the film's basic premise, the story behind the story has several layers. As the comedy arrives in theaters,...
- 6/4/2010
- MTV Movie News
Hit the road with Russell Brand and Jonah Hill in the 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' follow-up.
By Josh Wigler
Jonah Hill and Russell Brand in "Get Him To The Greek"
Photo: Universal Pictures
In "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," Infant Sorrow frontman Aldous Snow had it all figured out: hit singles in the form of "Inside of You" and "We've Got to Do Something," fans from all across the globe and several years of sobriety. But to quote another great musician, the times are a-changing when an off-the-wagon Snow returns in "Get Him to the Greek," the "Sarah Marshall" spin-off arriving in theaters Friday (June 4).
Russell Brand and Jonah Hill take center stage in the comedy about a disgraced rock singer and a budding talent agent looking to stage a glorious comeback. While that's the film's basic premise, the story behind the story has several layers. As the comedy arrives in theaters,...
By Josh Wigler
Jonah Hill and Russell Brand in "Get Him To The Greek"
Photo: Universal Pictures
In "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," Infant Sorrow frontman Aldous Snow had it all figured out: hit singles in the form of "Inside of You" and "We've Got to Do Something," fans from all across the globe and several years of sobriety. But to quote another great musician, the times are a-changing when an off-the-wagon Snow returns in "Get Him to the Greek," the "Sarah Marshall" spin-off arriving in theaters Friday (June 4).
Russell Brand and Jonah Hill take center stage in the comedy about a disgraced rock singer and a budding talent agent looking to stage a glorious comeback. While that's the film's basic premise, the story behind the story has several layers. As the comedy arrives in theaters,...
- 6/4/2010
- MTV Music News
Get Him To The Greek
Starring Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, and Sean Combs
Directed by Nicholas Stoller
Rated R
A better exploration of the excess and dysfunction of rock n' roll and the music industry than it is an outright comedy, Get Him to the Greek is surprisingly dark, often manic, definitely inspired, and occasionally fantastic. Occasionally.
Some of that has to do with the Apatow school of filmmaking, which has a penchant for taking the laughs where they come, but never in place of the actual story. So if this isn't as funny as the trailers make you believe, that's because this movie is not completely about getting a rock star on stage at the Greek Theater.
The rock star is Aldous Snow (Russell Brand). Aldous was a character in Forgetting Sarah Marshall a couple years ago for the same director, Nicholas Stoller. Brand may or may not be extremely limited as an actor,...
Starring Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, and Sean Combs
Directed by Nicholas Stoller
Rated R
A better exploration of the excess and dysfunction of rock n' roll and the music industry than it is an outright comedy, Get Him to the Greek is surprisingly dark, often manic, definitely inspired, and occasionally fantastic. Occasionally.
Some of that has to do with the Apatow school of filmmaking, which has a penchant for taking the laughs where they come, but never in place of the actual story. So if this isn't as funny as the trailers make you believe, that's because this movie is not completely about getting a rock star on stage at the Greek Theater.
The rock star is Aldous Snow (Russell Brand). Aldous was a character in Forgetting Sarah Marshall a couple years ago for the same director, Nicholas Stoller. Brand may or may not be extremely limited as an actor,...
- 6/4/2010
- by Colin Boyd
- GetTheBigPicture.net
There are numerous comic actors throughout Hollywood who could squeeze into the skinny jeans and slim velvet jackets favored by out- of-control British rock star Aldous Snow. Yet, by the first laugh-out- loud music video in director Nicholas Stoller’s rambunctious and gleefully raunchy opposites-as-buddies comedy Get Him To The Greek, there’s no doubt that only former BBC Radio host and standup comic Russell Brand could truly wear Snow’s butt-hugging pants. The character Snow was specifically written for Brand as a supporting part in Stoller’s 2008 comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Dusted off and inflated to leading man status, Brand re-teams Nicholas Stoller and while too many of the film’s gags fail, the 35-year-old Brit comic makes Greek into an impressive showcase of his wild personality. Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) is a midlevel record exec who has the chance to boost his career by successfully escorting Snow (Brand...
- 6/4/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Director: Nicholas Stoller Writer: Nicholas Stoller (characters: Jason Segel) Starring: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Elisabeth Moss, Rose Byrne, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Miles O’Brien Writer-director Nicholas Stoller's Get Him to the Greek is not quite a sequel to Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which was also directed by Stoller. The only truly reprised character from that 2008 film is Aldous Snow (Russell Brand), the sex-crazed and drug-addled rock star. It is many years later and Aldous is recovering from a devastating break-up with his ex-wife, the raunchy singer, Jackie Q (Rose Byrne), and his horrendous flop of a last record, African Child (dubbed "the worst thing for Africa since apartheid"). Drowning his sorrows in a steady diet of booze and drugs, Aldous is in London wallowing in depression when Aaron Green (Jonah Hill, who appeared in Forgetting Sarah Marshall as a different character), a low-level record company grunt, arrives to escort him to L.
- 6/4/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Director: Nicholas Stoller Writer: Nicholas Stoller (characters: Jason Segel) Starring: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Elisabeth Moss, Rose Byrne, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Miles O’Brien America….welcome Aldous Snow to your stages and hearts. Reprising his role of debauchery infused British rock star Aldous Snow (is there any other kind?), Russell Brand is in full effect in new film Get Him to the Greek . The larger question of this film though isn’t whether or not Aldous will make it to the Greek theatre, but if America will embrace Brand as the celebrity/star that he already is in England. Known primarily in America for his role in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, as well as his turn at Jonas brother bashing during a stint hosting the Vma’s, Russell Brand has been on the verge, but not quite breaking through for quite some time. Meanwhile, his off-beat comedy has found him in...
- 6/4/2010
- by JP Chapman
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Jonah Hill, P. Diddy and Russell Brand in Get Him to the Greek
Photo: Universal Pictures Nicholas Stoller's directorial debut, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, was hit-and-miss. It had two stand-outs -- Mila Kunis and Russell Brand -- but the rest was just your average, run-of-the-mill potty humor with a couple of male genitalia gags to keep people who think the mere sight of the male penis is funny. If that's the case, I'm not sure how any of the male species makes it to work every day after their morning shower. Get Him to the Greek is equally juvenile in its humor, but is more madcap hilarity rather than sight gags and dick jokes, though the moment Jonah Hill is forced to smuggle heroin into the country is border line as he tries to "clench and sneeze." Fortunately, that too is quite funny.
Get Him to the Greek brings back...
Photo: Universal Pictures Nicholas Stoller's directorial debut, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, was hit-and-miss. It had two stand-outs -- Mila Kunis and Russell Brand -- but the rest was just your average, run-of-the-mill potty humor with a couple of male genitalia gags to keep people who think the mere sight of the male penis is funny. If that's the case, I'm not sure how any of the male species makes it to work every day after their morning shower. Get Him to the Greek is equally juvenile in its humor, but is more madcap hilarity rather than sight gags and dick jokes, though the moment Jonah Hill is forced to smuggle heroin into the country is border line as he tries to "clench and sneeze." Fortunately, that too is quite funny.
Get Him to the Greek brings back...
- 6/4/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
If you were fan of Russell Brand's rock star character Aldous Snow in 2008's Forgetting Sarah Marshall, then brace yourself for a hysterical spin-off with Get Him to the Greek. Paired with Jonah Hill (who does not reprise his waiter role in Marshall) the duo make an unlikely pair in this hilarious buddy road trip comedy written and directed by Nicholas Stoller, who also helmed Marshall. Hill plays Aaron Green, a young record executive who has been leading a peaceful life with his girlfriend Daphne (Mad Men's Elizabeth Moss). Just as the couple hits a rough patch, Aaron's record mogul boss, Sergio Roma (Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs), assigns him the mission of a life-time: he has three days to drag a boozing, drug-taking, sex crazed rock n roll star Aldous Snow (Brand) from London to Los Angeles where he is scheduled...
- 6/3/2010
- by Zorianna Kit
- Huffington Post
An incredibly Red Band 5-minutes of the new raunchy comedy “Get Him to the Greek”. I gotta admit, the “I’m the White Christ in Africa” bit is kinda funny, and someone as classy as Rose Byrne playing a boozing pop singer who shows off her beaver during interviews is hilarious. Check out the opening minutes of “Get Him to the Greek”, opening tomorrow everywhere. Via Funnyordie. Aaron Green gets things done. The ambitious 24-year-old has been given a career-making assignment. His mission: Fly to London and escort a rock god to L.A.’s world famous Greek Theatre for the first-stop on a huge comeback tour. His record mogul boss, Sergio Roma, gives him one warning: “The artist is the worst person on Earth. Turn your back on him at your own peril.” British rocker Aldous Snow is a brilliant musician, but due to a bad break up and nose-diving career,...
- 6/3/2010
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
The first time ComingSoon.net spoke with writer/director Nicholas Stoller two years ago, he wasn't particularly well-known, having just directed his first feature Forgetting Sarah Marshall , a relationship "disaster comedy" written and starring Jason Segel which ended up doing better than anyone expected. Wisely, Stoller already had some ideas how to create a spin-off for "Sarah Marshall"'s breakout star, Russell Brand's eccentric rocker Aldous Snow, which brings us to Get Him to the Greek . To be more specific, it was Brand's hilarious chemistry with co-star Jonah Hill in a fairly minor role that led to the movie in which Hill plays Aaron Green, an ambitious Junior A&R exec who agrees to chaperone Snow from his London home, where he's been in a...
- 6/3/2010
- Comingsoon.net
Universal Pictures has released the first five minutes from the 'Sarah Marshall' spin-off "Get Him to the Greek" starring Jonah Hill, Russell Brand and Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs.Film is due out this Friday June 4, 2010.Check out the first five minutes below and let us know what you think.The film reunites Jonah Hill and Russell Brand with Forgetting Sarah Marshall director Nicholas Stoller in the story of a record company executive with three days to drag an uncooperative rock legend to Hollywood for a comeback concert. The comedy is the latest film from producer Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Funny People).Aaron Green (Hill) gets things done. The ambitious 24-year-old has been given a career-making assignment. His mission: Fly to London and escort a rock god to L.A.’s world famous Greek Theatre for the first-stop on a huge comeback tour. His record mogul boss,...
- 6/3/2010
- LRMonline.com
Want to watch the first five minutes of the new Russell Brand/Jonah Hill comedy Get Him To The Greek before deciding if its worth the price of an opening weekend ticket purchase? Universal has put the film's opening sequence online. Greek made me laugh so hard it started to hurt, and is highly recommended despite its very odd/uneven third act. Watch the first five minutes now after the jump. Synopsis: Get Him to the Greek reunites Jonah Hill and Russell Brand with Forgetting Sarah Marshall director Nicholas Stoller in the story of a record company executive with three days to drag an uncooperative rock legend to Hollywood for a comeback concert. The comedy is the latest film from producer Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Funny People). Aaron Green (Hill) gets things done. The ambitious 24-year-old has been given a career-making assignment. His mission: Fly to London...
- 6/3/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
There is a moment about an hour into the new Nicholas Stoller comedy, Get Him to the Greek, where the film’s stars, Jonah Hill and Russell Brand, emerge running from a Las Vegas hotel in glorious slow motion. The image is almost Scorsesian and would have fit perfectly in Goodfellas had that film been about a drug-addled rock star instead of a drug-addled mobster. As they race from the building, Brand is wearing a Cheshire Cat grin that encapsulates the joy and chaos of the situation while also embodying the entire spirit of the film. It is a near perfect moment and the exact point in which I fell in love with Get Him to the Greek.
The R-rated comedy tells the story of an up-and-coming record executive, Aaron Green (Hill), tasked with transporting aging rock star Aldous Snow (Brand) from London to Los Angeles for a huge concert...
The R-rated comedy tells the story of an up-and-coming record executive, Aaron Green (Hill), tasked with transporting aging rock star Aldous Snow (Brand) from London to Los Angeles for a huge concert...
- 6/2/2010
- by David Pinson
- newsinfilm.com
In the unapologetically crude and shamelessly silly Get Him to the Greek, Jonah Hill plays a low-level record-company exec, Aaron Green, assigned to escort washed-up rock English rock star Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) from London to New York and then on to Los Angeles, where this petulant, hard-living has-been will ultimately appear in a big comeback concert. Along the way Aaron will have to suffer a variety of humiliations: He'll be seduced by ambitious, voracious Vegas "entertainers" (much to the chagrin of his long-suffering doctor-in-training girlfriend, played by Elisabeth Moss, left at home); he'll be plied with substances that turn him into a blathering, paranoid idiot; and he'll be forced to hide baggies of narcotics in deep, dark secret places. Ah, the rock-and-roll lifestyle, source of much hilarity and debauchery.
- 6/2/2010
- Movieline
More scenes from "Get Him to the Greek" are shared in a new red band clip. It opens with scene in which P. Diddy's Sergio Roma plays a matchmaker for Jonah Hill's Aaron Green and a sexy woman named Destiny.
The clip then switches to capture footage when the pair is already on a bed. But instead of enjoying the moment to hook up with Destiny, Aaron is disgusted with the drunken woman's behavior. Though it does not display R-rated picture, the video does contain some vulgar words.
"Get Him to the Greek" follows a record-company intern Aaron Green who is hired to get an out-of-control rock star Aldous Snow from London to a gig at Los Angeles' Greek Theatre. While performing the job, he is introduced to an out-of-control life of hookers and blow.
Taking the lead role of Aldous is comedian Russell Brand. "Forgetting Sarah Marshall...
The clip then switches to capture footage when the pair is already on a bed. But instead of enjoying the moment to hook up with Destiny, Aaron is disgusted with the drunken woman's behavior. Though it does not display R-rated picture, the video does contain some vulgar words.
"Get Him to the Greek" follows a record-company intern Aaron Green who is hired to get an out-of-control rock star Aldous Snow from London to a gig at Los Angeles' Greek Theatre. While performing the job, he is introduced to an out-of-control life of hookers and blow.
Taking the lead role of Aldous is comedian Russell Brand. "Forgetting Sarah Marshall...
- 6/2/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) gets things done. The ambitious 24-year-old has been given a career-making assignment. His mission: Fly to London and escort an uncooperative rock god (Russell Brand) to the world famous Greek Theatre in Los Angeles for a huge comeback concert. As the countdown to the concert begins, he must navigate a minefield of London drug smuggles, Manhattan mayhem and Vegas debauchery to deliver his charge safe and sound.
MoviesOnline sat down recently with Jonah at a round table interview at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles to talk about his new movie, Get Him to the Greek. The comedy is the latest film from hit producer Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Funny People) and reunites Jonah Hill and Russell Brand with Forgetting Sarah Marshall director Nicholas Stoller. The film also stars Rose Byrne and Elisabeth Moss.
Jonah talked to us about what it was like...
MoviesOnline sat down recently with Jonah at a round table interview at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles to talk about his new movie, Get Him to the Greek. The comedy is the latest film from hit producer Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Funny People) and reunites Jonah Hill and Russell Brand with Forgetting Sarah Marshall director Nicholas Stoller. The film also stars Rose Byrne and Elisabeth Moss.
Jonah talked to us about what it was like...
- 6/2/2010
- MoviesOnline.ca
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