Films featuring
Will Ferrell

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

As it stands now, Girard is sitting on the pole, which is of course a statement of fact and in no way a comment on his sexual orientation.

Let me say up front: Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is a better NASCAR movie than Days of Thunder. Of course, that’s like having better fashion sense than Britney Spears does these days. In absolute terms, this is a big, loud and very dumb Will Ferrell comedy. It’s also funnier than a loud fart at a church social. You know you shouldn’t laugh, but you do.

Talladega Nights

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Wedding Crashers (2005)

Saturday, February 4th, 2006

Tattoo on the lower back? Might as well be a bullseye.

This is one of those unfortunate comedies where the concept is actually funnier than the execution. It’s a shame, too, given the cast they had at their disposal. I’m sure the pitch sessions for this movie were a riot. Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson crashing weddings to pick up women? Christopher Walken as the Secretary of the Treasury? Hilarity must inevitably ensue, right?

Wedding Crashers

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Director:  | Released:  | 119 min. | Rated:  | Genres: 

Melinda and Melinda (2004)

Saturday, November 12th, 2005

Of course we communicate. Now can we not talk about it?

Woody Allen films can be an acquired taste, and I’ll be the first to admit I haven’t truly acquired it. I’ve admired some of his films individually, like Hannah and Her Sisters, but not enough that news of a new Allen film automatically draws me out to the theater.

Melinda and Melinda

Whatever your opinion of Woody Allen films, Melinda and Melinda is unlikely to change your mind. It’s a film so specifically targeted at Woody Allen’s core audience that it’s actually a little off-putting to those who don’t fit into that demographic.

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Director:  | Released:  | 99 min. | Rated:  | Genres: