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It's 2 AM and you awake with a jerk, alone in your fully-lit apartment and still on the couch. On TV, the credits of some movie you've already seen a billion times are scrolling by. It feels like rock bottom. And we know, because we're just like you: single.

Need a movie to keep you company until you literally can't keep your eyes open? Join us tonight when we pass out to Knocked Up [starting @ 12:05 a.m. on HBO Comedy]

Why we'll try to stay up and watch it: One of our favorite random bits of movie trivia has to do with Annie Hall. It goes something like this: the archetype of every single serious-minded romantic comedy made in the last thirty years (we're not including things like 27 Dresses in this conversation) was originally called Anhedonia and it was supposed to be a murder mystery. Only during post-production did Woody Allen and his editor, Ralph Rosenblum, realize that the crux of the film was the relationship between Alvy and Annie. So instead of a sprawling, two-and-a-half-hour shaggy dog, audiences were treated to a taut, 94 minute gem. For Mr. Allen, the course of history was changed forever.

We're reminded of this story whenever we see Knocked Up.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/o2/single-persons-movie-i-knocked-i#comments Movies Judd Apatow Knocked Up Seth Rogen Woody Allen Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:05:47 -0500 Christopher Rosen 78766 at http://www.observer.com Opening This Weekend: Seth Rogen Gets Dirty, Chace Crawford Gets Scary http://www.observer.com/2008/o2/opening-weekend-seth-rogen-gets-dirty-chace-crawford-gets-scary

The country might be in the midst of the worst recession in ages, but things are looking positively Clintonian at the box office. Last weekend High School Musical 3 and Saw V grossed a combined $73 million. Yowsers! While there are only three wide releases coming to theaters this weekend (one being Changeling, which opened here in New York last week), expect the surge to continue. Here's a handy guide to the weekends new releases.

The Haunting of Molly Hartley

What's the story: Just in time for Halloween comes the tale of a teenage girl who finds out that her parents sold her soul to the Devil.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/o2/opening-weekend-seth-rogen-gets-dirty-chace-crawford-gets-scary#comments Movies Chace Crawford Changeling Elizabeth Banks Kevin Smith Seth Rogen Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:48:00 -0400 Christopher Rosen 77882 at http://www.observer.com Superflab! Seth Rogen Spandex-Ready? http://www.observer.com/2007/seth-rogen-spandex-ready

Seth Rogen, Judd Apatow's writer/producer sidekick who brought us Superbad, Knocked Up, and The 40 Year Old Virgin, is getting slim to play the Green Hornet in his new movie, co-written with Superbad collaborator Evan Goldberg.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/seth-rogen-spandex-ready#comments O2 Seth Rogen Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:11:40 -0500 Gillian Reagan 61131 at http://www.observer.com Seth Rogen to Make a Porno With Smith http://www.observer.com/2007/seth-rogen-make-porno-smith

Judd Apatow bud Seth Rogen (The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up) will fall in love with his best friend in writer-director Kevin Smith's Zack & Miri Make a Porno  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/seth-rogen-make-porno-smith#comments O2 Kevin Smith Seth Rogen Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:19:51 -0500 Gillian Reagan 60500 at http://www.observer.com