Paperwork? You must be kidding. No badass buddy cop duo has ever been troubled by the monotony of filling out countless forms for every firearm discharged, domestic dispute, auto accident, petty shoplifting, or false burglar alarm. You never saw the likes of Riggs and Murtaugh, Tango and Cash, Hammond and Cates or even Turner and [...]
Funnyman Will Ferrell, who has played everything from former President George W. Bush to Robert Goulet will reportedly take his comedic chops to the Spanish-speaking world in “Casa de mi padre,” or “House of My Father,” according to TheWrap. You read that correctly. Ferrell will star in an entirely Spanish language film to be subtitled [...]
“Oobermind,” the new animated comedy from DreamWorks Animation, has signed three new voices; Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, and Jonah Hill. Robert Downey Jr. was originally attached to play the title role of a supervillain who ruminates about all his nefarious dreams coming true after defeating his superhero rival, Metro Man (Pitt), only to discover life [...]
Comic genius, Will Ferrell, has become something of a lightning rod over the past few years. His several gems have been slightly overshadowed by a string of recent sub-par films. But regardless of the overall quality the film, Ferrell’s scenes always seem to hit the right notes. So, I’ve compiled a list of the very [...]
After Will Ferrell’s surprisingly adept foray into the realm of straight-faced cinema with Marc Forster’s “Stranger than Fiction” (2006), I had expected continued, and increasingly fruitful artistic diversification from the comic icon, much in the way that “The Truman Show” (1998) effected Jim Carrey’s escape into drama. Of course there would be missteps, e.g., “The [...]
Our Will Ferrell extravaganza! Will Ferrell — Comic genius, or overrated hack? In this episode, lucky number 13, Scott and I explore Ferrell’s five greatest performances, if “Land of the Lost” measures up, and how the films of this popular comic stack up against to the great, transcendent comedies of cinema’s past.
Loco: London’s 1st Comedy Film Festival
Orlando: Does Sex Matter?
A soothing demise: Lars von Trier’s ‘Melancholia’ considered
The Power of Limits in The Five Obstructions
Surviving ‘Surviving Life’
‘The Other’ at The 2nd London Iranian Film Festival
‘Leaving’: Made in Prague
A Step Forward: New African Film in Paris
Adapting to The Skin I Live In: The Antidote to Horror
Chicken with Plums: Better on Paper
