Pineapple Express clocks in at nearly two ... Why begin the movie with a black-and-white flashback to 1937? It takes up time, it isn’t mentioned later, and it features rampant pot use and ...

“Pineapple Express” has a funky black-and-white opening set in the 1940s. It’s an extended introduction to weed as an anti-establishment drug the government needed to declare illegal to keep ...

Putting a violent spin on the "Superbad" formula (envelope-pushing raunch plus unexpectedly sweet affirmations of male friendship), "Pineapple ... shot in lustrous black-and-white, the pro tech ...

"Item 9" is more black-and-white footage of the utterly stoned "test subjects" from the beginning of the film with some special comedic guests including Justin Long.

Many are calling Pineapple Express a “stoner movie,” but more than that, a closer look suggests that it’s really about the complicated nature of friendship. The emotional heart of the film ...