Movie Reviews and Previews Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Downhill Poor Downhill. If ever there was an example of the dangers of remaking a nearly perfect foreign-language film into English, it is the case of Downhill. Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure is a pitch-black comedy that is almost pure drama, about a family that crumbles when faced with a staggering By Sarah • Feb 19, 2020 02:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews JLD’s First Oscars Julia Louis-Dreyfus is presenting at the Oscars this weekend – for this first time. Sunday night will mark her Oscars debut, as a guest or presenter. You’re surprised, right? Sure, Julia has never been nominated, but she came pretty close during the 2013-2014 awards season with Nicole Holofcener’s Enough By Joanna • Feb 04, 2020 03:11 pm
TV Updates Will Ferrell and the Cow Bell Will Ferrell is hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend with musical guest King Princess. I can’t figure out what he’s promoting, if he’s promoting anything, or maybe he’s just cruising by for a visit for old times, to do Lorne a favour. Is it Succession? For By Lainey • Nov 22, 2019 12:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A Spendy Christmas Carol Apple TV+ has not yet launched, but they are the winners of a bidding war over a musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol, starring Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell. The exact number is not known, but when have we ever heard a reasonable number for a streaming deal? They probably By Sarah • Oct 09, 2019 08:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Is Eurovision the Right Movie for 2019 Audiences? I first learned about Eurovision two years ago while working in England for the summer. Not many people are familiar with Eurovision on this side of the Atlantic, and so for those who don’t know, the Eurovision Song Contest is an annual, international music competition where artists from various By Prem • Aug 09, 2019 11:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ferrell and Reilly re-team Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly have made two funny movies together: Talladega Nights and Step Brothers. They are re-teaming for Holmes & Watson, a comedy riff on Sherlock Holmes. The first trailer is terrible. I mean, it is so bad, it’s almost artful, how bad it is. That By Sarah • Oct 04, 2018 12:53 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler in The House Yet another R-rated comedy bit the dust as The House bombed over the July 4th weekend. Following on the heels of Rough Night’s similar disappointment, there’s a lot of hand-wringing over what is wrong with Hollywood, why is this summer bad, do people hate franchises now, is it By Sarah • Jul 06, 2017 09:32 am
Mariah Carey Mimi got cut A few weeks ago, Rob Huebel talked to Entertainment Weekly about the upcoming Will Ferrell-Amy Poehler movie, The House – specifically about how they tried to get Mimi in for a cameo only when she showed up, late, obviously, she wanted to play Wonder Woman. Seriously. Will Ferrell is now promoting By Lainey • Jun 23, 2017 03:59 pm
Douchebags Mel & Marky Mark For some reason they’re making a sequel to Daddy’s Home. Sarah reviewed the first movie. She didn’t care for it. In fact, she wrote at the time that actually preferred the Point Break remake. I’m with Sarah but apparently we are a minority because people wanted By Lainey • Apr 06, 2017 11:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Amy Poehler is burning down this house As much as I like Will Ferrell, I can probably live without another “Will Ferrell plays a man-baby” movie. I prefer the high-concept Ferrell of Zoolander, Stranger Than Fiction, and Talladega Nights to the broad-appeal Ferrell of crap like Daddy’s Home and Kicking & Screaming. So when you tell By Sarah • Feb 16, 2017 01:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson in Zoolander 2 The first time I saw Zoolander I didn’t like it, but it grew on me after multiple viewings, so after I saw Zoolander 2 and did not like it, I actually went back the next day and tried it again. Maybe it just needed to grow on me so By Sarah • Feb 15, 2016 01:31 pm
Golden Globes 2016 Will Ferrell & Mark Wahlberg: Globes Worst Waste of Time When Lainey and I discussed the show right after it aired, we agreed it wasn’t boring. Some years, sure. But this year it wasn’t boring. There were legitimate races, interesting acceptances, and of course, everyone cringing away from the white-hot glare of Ricky Gervais. So then why were By Duana • Jan 11, 2016 01:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Marky Mark is the MOST MAN in Daddy’s Home I suppose it’s only fair, since Point Break turned out to be entertaining almost in spite of itself, that the other wide-release non-Star Wars option at the cineplex this holiday season, Daddy’s Home, is exactly as bad as you think it is. At least, it’s as bad By Sarah • Dec 30, 2015 11:23 am
Johnny Depp The overpaid Savage Forbes released its list of the 10 most overpaid actors yesterday. Coming in at #1: Le Sauvage, Johnny Depp Because a true artist, the one who thinks himself a rock god, should never be appreciated by the masses. So either he doesn’t give a sh-t about this dubious distinction By Lainey • Dec 23, 2015 11:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Daddy’s Home in Dublin I mentioned Daddy’s Home yesterday in my post about Chris Hemsworth and In The Heart Of The Sea – click here for a refresher. The question was about the audience for that film because Star Wars is eating everything. Some of you wrote back to say that In The Heart By Lainey • Dec 08, 2015 10:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Okay, I’m on board with Zoolander 2 The first teaser for Zoolander 2 did not get me excited, but a proper trailer has arrived and it’s hilarious. I’m sold. Zoolander 2 was not a movie I knew I wanted, but now that I have seen this trailer, I totally want this movie right now. Fourteen By Sarah • Nov 18, 2015 11:41 am
