Forgetting Sarah Marshall

CHICAGO – Jason Segel is one of the most genuine people in show business, and he also makes very funny movies and TV shows. He was in Chicagoland recently, making an appearance on behalf of his first novel, “Nightmares.” He greeted admirers and signed the book at the historic Tivoli Theatre in Downers Grove, Ill.

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Amy Adams and Jason Segel join Kermit the Frog, Walter and Rowlf in Disney’s THE MUPPETS.

CHICAGO – This 17-image slideshow contains official press images for the Nov. 23, 2011 release of Disney’s “The Muppets,” directed by James Bobin (“The Flight of the Conchords”) and co-written by “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” collaborators Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller. The cast features Segel, Amy Adams and Chris Cooper alongside Muppet stars Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and newcomer Walter.

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.

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.

CHICAGO – After being blitzed by an onslaught of attention-demanding advertising that begged the question “who is Sarah Marshall?” even before you realized it’s a film, anticipation was ravenous.