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A Trip On The Pineapple Express

Aug 10th, 2008 · Movie critic Bob Mondello and Andrea Seabrook chat about the new stoner-comedy, Pineapple Express, from the Judd Apatow consortium.

Keywords: critic · comedy · Andrea Seabrook · movies · Bob Mondello · consortium · stoner · trip · Judd Apatow · emPineapple · Pineapple

Summary Judgment: 'Elegy,' 'Sisterhood' and 'Express' *

Aug 8th, 2008 · Slate.com's Mark Jordan Legan has the lowdown on three new films: Elegy, an art house adaptation of Philip Roth's novel Dying Animal, starring Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz; The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, starring America Ferrera; and Pineapple Express starring Seth Rogan, which combines two great American genres, the stoner flick and the action movie.

Keywords: Americans · animal · movies · novel · genre · Lowdown · Judgment · Jordan Legan · Philip Roth · Sisterhood · Traveling Pants · stoner

'Pineapple Express' Blazing Into Theaters

Aug 6th, 2008 · Film critic David Edelstein reviews the new stoner-action comedy, Pineapple Express starring and co-written by Seth Rogen.

Keywords: critic · comedy · Theater · David Edelstein · stoner · Seth Rogen · emPineapple · Pineapple

'Pineapple Express': Sweetly, Stylishly Dopey

Aug 1st, 2008 · The Judd Apatow comedy team has turned every stoner's worst nightmare — our ganja-connoisseur heroes must flee a corrupt cop and a ruthless druglord — into a surprisingly artful comedy.

Keywords: corruption · comedy · heroes · nightmare · Ruth · connoisseur · stoner · Judd Apatow · Pineapple · dopey · ganja · druglord

Cheech and Chong Are Chummy Again

Jul 31st, 2008 · The feud is over. Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong have announced their first comedy tour in more than 25 years. The pair starred in eight films — mostly as stoners stumbling through life. "We've decided to ... name this tour 'Cheech and Chong Light Up America,' " Marin says.

Keywords: comedy · stumbled · Chong · Cheech · Tommy Chong · Cheech Marin · stoner · Chummy · Chong Light Up America Marin

Nothing "Standard" about Eye-Opening Prison Film

Apr 25th, 2008 · Asian-American stoners Harold and Kumar escape from Guantanamo Bay while a new Errol Morris film, Standard Operating Procudure, documents the Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal in Iraq. Bob Mondello says the latter is an eye-opener.

Keywords: scandal · Iraq · Guantanamo Bay · Prisons · Mondello · Harold · Abu Ghraib · Asian American · Errol Morris · stoner · Kumar · emStandard

A Hippie Prophet-God in His Prime ****

Dec 19th, 2006 · On David Crosby's "Song with No Words (Tree with No Leaves)," a piano gently rumbles, while vocal harmonies, stacked atop each other for maximum choir effect, melt over the instruments. The result is part choral music, part stoner rock; it's easy to imagine the joint being passed from one musician to the next.

Keywords: prophet · music · God · songs · instrumentation · Harmonies · choral · Maximum · David Crosby · Hippies · stoner · No Words

A Protest Anthem That Rocks and Stomps **

Aug 25th, 2006 · The backbeat of Gov't Mule's "Mr. High and Mighty" is a heavy-lidded blast of '70s stomp-rock -- Foghat's "Slow Ride" functions as a not-so-distant cousin. But rather than extol stoner virtues, the song expresses indignation over the doings of the craven and powerful.

Keywords: protests · songs · function · distant · anthems · Virtue · stoner · Indignant · backbeat · Gov't Mule · lidded · Foghat

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