Posts Tagged ‘Will Ferrell’
Film Review – Kinda Pregnant
Here now is a premise better suited for a half hour sitcom. We have a misunderstanding that turns into a lie that turns into a frantic situation that could have been avoided had the characters been truthful with one another. Of course, if that were…
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Film Review – You’re Cordially Invited
You’re Cordially Invited (2025) is the kind of rom com that would’ve seen a big theatrical release twenty years ago. Two big stars, a screwball plot, and just the right amount of earnestness was once the key ingredients for drawing an audience. Sadly, in recent years…
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Episode 44 – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
In this episode of the podcast, we review the latest Netflix original comedy, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, starring Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams. We also discuss recent movie news and the best and worst Oscar losers of 2012. For our streaming…
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Film Review – Downhill
Downhill (2020) is a remake of the Swedish Force Majeure (2014). Of all the films that could have had an American retelling, Force Majeure would not have been the first one to come to mind. Part of the reasoning is that nearly half the dialogue…
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Film Review – The LEGO Batman Movie
Good News! Everything is still Awesome! Back in 2014, The LEGO Movie was a shot of pure joy. It was the best kind of surprise, a property that was likely to only be a 90 minute commercial for a toy line was in actuality a…
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SXSW Film Review – Get Hard
SXSW in the past few years has procured a few “mainstream,” non-indie films for their line-ups. This year was no exception with Spy, Trainwreck, and Get Hard premiering at the film fest. A sucker for the comedy of Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell separately, the…
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Film Review – The Lego Movie
The Lego Movie (2014) is more infectious than it probably has the right to be. The idea is absurd: an entire universe made up of those little building blocks we used to play with as children, and inhabited by yellow characters with funny shaped hands.…
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Film Review – Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Somewhere in the world, a news anchor is crying. It’s late and the day has been long. The world is sad and beautiful and there is only so much news a person can report. That’s the job of a news anchor, though—to keep on trucking…
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