30 Jul 2008

Parental Guidance Suggested: "Step Brothers" and "The X-Files: I Want to Believe"

By Mike Schulz

Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly in Step BrothersSTEP BROTHERS

As I see it, the only way you can remotely enjoy director Adam McKay's Step Brothers is by accepting that all of the characters in it, even the seemingly levelheaded ones, are out of their minds. And even then you might not enjoy it.

08 Aug 2006

Cars, Cops, Callers, and Caves: "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," "Miami Vice," "The Night Listener," and "The Descent"

By Mike Schulz

Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky BobbyTALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY

The Will Ferrell spoof Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, like the actor's Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, is less a movie than a sketch-comedy figure with a little bit of movie draped around him. And despite its narrow conceit - again, just like Anchorman - it isn't bad at all.

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