Articles tagged "will ferrell"

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Step Brothers

by Cynthia Fuchs

[25.Jul.08] :. In Step Brothers, Nancy (Mary Steenburgen) is the ideal audience, the girl who can't fathom the anti-nuances of masculine ritual.

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Semi-Pro

by Jesse Hassenger

[12.Jun.08] :. It wouldn't hurt to keep Ferrell out of the locker room for a few years or more.

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Semi-Pro

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Mar.08] :. For viewers who are already tired of the Will Ferrell sports spoof, the new installment is more of the same. For those who love the films, it is also... more of the same.

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Actor chats about basketball, bears and the comic potential of his abdomen

by Julie Hinds [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[28.Feb.08] :. A cluster of media types is sprawled inside Michigan State University’s Breslin Center, sipping on sodas and waiting for an encounter with a king of comedy. Things are running behind...

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Will Ferrell makes sport of professional basketball in ‘Semi-Pro’

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[25.Feb.08] :. Before “the Frat Pack” and $20 million paydays, before “Old School,” way before “Saturday Night Live” even, Will Ferrell wanted to be a sportscaster. Then he heard...

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Blades of Glory

by Jesse Hassenger

[10.Sep.07] :. It takes genuine pros to make the mock-sport movie look like a worthwhile competition. A brisk, disposable amusement.

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The Producers (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Dec.05] :. No one can be wholly ruined in a big fat sardonic musical, a form demanding grandeur, gaucheness, and above all, giddy delights. Unfortunately, this movie musical rather forgets the movie part.

Bewitched (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[27.Oct.05] :. As Jack goes overboard in usual Ferrellian fashion, Isabel's insistence that he is the perfect mate for her go-normal plan never makes sense.

Bewitched (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Jun.05] :. Like most movies starring Will Ferrell and all movies based on TV series, this one tries too hard.

Kicking & Screaming (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.May.05] :. Mike Ditka has the most fun here, announcing to his young charges, 'I eat quitters for breakfast and I spit out their bones.'"

Anchorman—The Legend of Ron Burgundy Giftset (2004)

by Dan Devine

[10.Jan.05] :. Will Ferrell's comedy is escapism as abstract art, a breathless retreat into the frenetic headspace of a 12-year-old boy.

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Jul.04] :. Sputtering, Ron cites scientific fact to support his outrage: 'You're just a woman, with a small brain.'"

Starsky & Hutch (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Mar.04] :. Who could have anticipated that Snoop would be the saving grace of a major studio buddy flick?"

Elf (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Nov.03] :. Crass and cunning: 'tis the season.

Old School (2003)

by Elbert Ventura

[28.Feb.03] :. Peddling the same jokes and ideas as countless other undistinguished 'Animal House' wannabes, 'Old School' is too dutiful for its own good.

The Ladies Man (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Leon Phelps (Tim Meadows) has a big dick. Or at least, this seems to be the primary idea behind this latest unfunny comedy from SNL Studios and producer Lorne Michaels. Leon’s prominent member...

Zoolander (2001)

by Robert Ara Svihla

Zoolander's parody of the fashion industry is a pretty pointless endeavor, for the simple fact that ultimately, it parodies itself.