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REVIEW: Seth Rogen Meets Brit Fizz in Smart, Saucy Alien Tale Paul

Maybe it’s a Canadian thing. Like his countryman, Kiefer Sutherland, Seth Rogen has a voice that’s 10 years older than he is — a combination of world-weariness and exuberance, an instrument that he’s mastered for specific comic shadings. Sutherland wrings anger and shock from the premature gray in his, and by the time 24 ended, he’d physically caught up with the age emanating from his larynx. In the likable, misfits-on-the road comedy Paul , Rogen’s soulful rustiness is used for the sound of the intergalactic traveler. With it, he lays a claim to being one of the premier vocal talents of his generation.

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REVIEW: Seth Rogen Meets Brit Fizz in Smart, Saucy Alien Tale Paul

Attack the Block Is the First Geek Hit of SXSW, But Does That Really Mean Anything?

Universal’s geek bonding road trip flick Paul screens shortly tonight at SXSW, but another sci-fi alien pic with ties to the Nick Frost-Edgar Wright-Simon Pegg universe may have already stolen its thunder: Attack the Block , director Joe Cornish’s horror comedy about inner-city London kids who channel their delinquent ways into survival skills when vicious space invaders descend.

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The Beaver, Conan O’Brien Documentary Among SXSW Premieres

Attention Mel Gibson fan: You’ll want to book tickets to Austin immediately. The SXSW film festival just announced that the world premiere of The Beaver will occur as part of the fest on March 16. Also having their world premieres: The Conan O’B rien “Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour” documentary Conan O’B rien Can’t Stop and Ti West’s The Innkeepers ; Greg Mottola’s comedy road trip Paul will have its North American premiere at the festival, too. The four films join Duncan Jones’ Source Code on the SXSW schedule.

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