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Will Ferrell brings his favorite childhood TV show to the big screen

by Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[5.Jun.09] :. LOS ANGELES — Deep in the bowels of the Hollywood Palladium, in a dressing room normally occupied by rock stars, Will Ferrell is feverishly texting on his Blackberry. He nods for a visitor to...

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Land of the Lost

by Cynthia Fuchs

[5.Jun.09] :. Lack of understanding and planning is the unclever premise of Land of the Lost.

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The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: June 2009

by Bill Gibron

[28.Apr.09] :. This month's "original" fare offers a take on a Sid and Marty Krofft classic, more battling seizure robots, and the retaking of '70s subway thriller. Everything old is new again.

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview

 

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HBO show bids Will Ferrell’s Bush farewell

by Neal Justin [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[11.Mar.09] :. Will Ferrell, best known for playing overgrown frat boys, bubbleheaded anchormen and spoiled athletes, seems an unlikely Broadway angel. But the comedian has performed a minor miracle with...

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 Feature

Celulloid Culpability - Top 10 Film Guilty Pleasures of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[13.Jan.09] :. Like comedy or music, one's choice in cinematic pleasure can be very personal - and very peculiar. Take this tantalizing list of shameful indulgences. You can argue over their artistic value, but their individuals rewards definitely speak to those who champion them.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008

 

Film DVD Review

Step Brothers

by Jesse Hassenger

[7.Dec.08] :. They're hostile, irritable, and unemployable; it's hilarious but also unsettling.

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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.

 

These ‘Brothers’ Offer Offensive Delights

by Bill Gibron

[25.Jul.08] :. Embarrassing as it may seem, we’ve all been there - laughing when the fat man splits his pants, fighting off hysterics after an old lady farts. Even the most erudite among us can’t deny...

 

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.

 

The Return of the Popcorn Circus: July 2008

by Bill Gibron

[30.Apr.08] :. And it just doesn't stop. If part two in this three-ring play was packed with well hyped product, July just keeps the receipt treats coming.

 

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.

 

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 schedule,...

 

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...

 

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.

 

Where there’s a Will, there’s a payday

by David Hinckley [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[2.Apr.07] :. The ice kings pulled in lots of cold cash this weekend. “Blades of Glory,” a goofball figure-skating comedy starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder, earned $33 million at the box office,...

 

Blades of Glory (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[30.Mar.07] :. As pleased with itself as any other Will Ferrell comedy, Blades of Glory targets buddy and sports movie conventions, and -- oh yes -- ponders the profound gayness of figure skating.

 

Jon Heder takes to the ice in his next biggest thing since ‘Dynamite’

by Brian McTavish [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[29.Mar.07] :. Jon Heder is on the phone from Los Angeles nearing the end of a long string of press interviews for “Blades of Glory,” his comedy with Will Ferrell that hits theaters Friday. Despite the...

 

Skating comedy gives Ferrell a chance to sparkle

by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[29.Mar.07] :. They call it the Paul Newman Syndrome: An actor takes a role, as, say, a race car driver, and then develops a lifelong love for the sport. Will Ferrell, who plays a competitive ice skater in his new...

 

Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

by Jack Patrick Rodgers

[8.Mar.07] :. Stranger than Fiction isn’t sure if it wants to be a comedy that relies on stereotypes in order to accentuate the humor, or a drama with the absurdities played as deadpan as possible.

 

The PopMatters ‘Short Ends & Leader’ Spring Film Preview

by Bill Gibron

[2.Mar.07] :. In order to separate the worthy from the worthless, PopMatters' "Short Ends & Leader" editor is highlighting 10 new films he's looking forward to this spring.

 

Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Nov.06] :. Maybe Professor Hilbert knows exactly how right he is, given the film's relentless archness: it knows that you know that it knows it's meta.

 

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Aug.06] :. As much as Ricky Bobby's racing career is about going fast, it's even more cogently about products, lots of 'em.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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...