“Get Hard” opens with a very conscious montage of the have and the have-nots, the working class versus the 1%. The opening was an interesting decision by the filmmakers – 30 seconds after this montage, the hope this film might make use smart comedy to make a political statement goes right out the door.
I don’t know about you, but I’m quickly getting tired of the Presidential campaign, and we still have a few months before election day. So, the last thing I really wanted to see was a movie about politics, but they do say comedy is the best form of relief. Enter Jay Roach’s “The Campaign,” starring …
The Other Guys, the latest from comedy director and writer Adam McKay is an buddy-cop action-comedy starring Mark Wahlberg, and McKay regular Will Ferrell. Telling the story of oddly paired partners Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg), and Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell), the action comedy is fun, but in the end, flawed. Allen is a forensic accountant who …
Will Farrell is now promoting the upcoming “Land of the Lost.” However, he said that the question he’s asked the most is if there will be an “Anchorman 2.” Speaking with an Australian moring radio show, Farrell said that the team is getting together next week to discuss the possibilities of the continuing adventures of …
If you’re like me, you thought you’d had enough for Will Ferrell. Every movie it’s the same, with him playing the overgrown child. I get it, it’s not funny. And then I saw “Step Brothers,” and all of a sudden, the things that I was growing so weary of seemed new and funny. Maybe it’s …
Producer Judd Apatow is at it again, this time with Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell. Etan Cohen is writing a comic send up of Sherlock Holmes, with Cohen in the title role, and Ferrel as his partner Watson. The last time we saw Ferrell and Cohen together was as rival drivers in the NASCAR …
There are plenty of reasons why a movie would use a cameo, but first and foremost, they are used because they can be pretty cool.
Coming from Director Adam McKay and comedy powerhouse Judd Apatow is a new film written by Will Ferrell and McKay called Step Brothers. It follows two spoiled guys who become brothers by marriage. The two adults have to deal with the changes in their parents lives, and accept each other. It looks pretty damn funny, …