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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
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"We can thank Christopher Guest for pulling her out of obscurity and casting her as a lesbian dog trainer in Best in Show. Or we can just thank her incredible talent for stealing scenes by way of riotous awkward comedy. Either way, this week we should remember to be thankful for Jane Lynch. You may have seen her recently in Role Models as the formerly coke-addicted founder of a mentoring organization. Or maybe you’ve seen her in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Talladega Nights or Guest’s A Mighty Wind and For Your Consideration. In most of her roles, she plays opposite the best comedians in the business, yet she still supplies her films w "
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"Product placement in movies is now so overdone that we may not even notice it unless a particular film or TV show really hits us over the head with a blatant in-your-face product shot. Otherwise, seeing commercial goods everywhere merely seems like everyday life in capitalist America. Just look at any of the websites that tally up products spotlighted in mainstream movies and you’ll probably be surprised (though not shocked) at how many brands appear in each new release. Did you notice that Blades of Glory contains 38 separate products? Probably not. Many of those products couldn’t have gotten their money’s worth, because the movie doesn’t allow the audience to walk away recalling any one particular item. At a time when TV’s Top Chef and 30 Rock show us how lame blatantly whorish and ironic product placement can get, and while moviegoers are being subjected to more subliminal, suggestive and unintentional advertisements (Speed Racer, Wall-E and
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"Our good friends at the Associated Press are reporting that an Arkansas cage fighting event recently got the Sacha Baron Cohen treatment. Crowds in Arkansas came for the lure of cage fighting and $1 beer, but police say what they got instead was men ripping each others' clothes off and kissing . "We had a contract for cage fighting. We were deceived," said Dwight Duncan, president and CEO of Four States Fair Grounds in Texarkana, where the first of two Arkansas fights raised suspicions last month. Matt Labov, a Los Angeles-based publicist for Baron Cohen, said he had no comment Monday about the faked fights. One of Baron Cohen's movies is due out next year. The day after the June 5 Texarkana bout, Fort Smith's convention center hosted "Blue Collar Brawlin.'" Fort Smith police Sgt. Adam Holland said organizers told him a character named "Straight Dave" would goad a planted audience member into the ring for a fight. The two men would then wrestle, rip away some of their clothes and ... "
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"What happened to racing films? Where did we lose our way? How did we go from "Days of Thunder" to things like "Fast and the Furious"(which calling it a racing film is a big stretch and giving it too much credit) and "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby"?So let's talk about the latter, shall we? According to "Talladega Nights" all NASCAR drivers and fans are nothing but moronic rednecks from the deep south, giving the film a very one demensional feel with a "HURR HURR, REDNECKS ARE STUPID!" vibe. Will Ferrell's character(Ricky Bobby) has no depth and comes across as just a stupid southern boy(he names his kids "Walker" and "Texas ranger" for god's sake!). Even the other characters just come off as nothing more than yamering white trash drunks(with the exception of Ricky's pit cheif and Sacha Baron Cohen's French import driver).Speaking of Sacha Baron Cohen, this guy just ain't that ... "
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Talladega Nights (2006)
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"Being British I have to admit that NASCAR is not a sport I am particularly familiar with beyond knowing of its existence. If it is televised here I have never watched it and am unlikely to. Racing is just not my thing. Talladega Nights is set in the loud, overblown world of NASCAR Racing but it targets its humour not at the peculiarities of racing but of sports and sports movies imparticular. You need not be a fan of racing to enjoy it, the humour works on its own merits. Will Ferrell plays Ricky Bobby, the sport’s hottest and most obnoxious driver. Racking up win after win, Bobby lives by the creed that “if you’re not first, you’re last” and is enjoying the fruits of his success. Living in a massive and overstated mansion with a supermodel wife, he is your stereotypical nouveau riche sports star. Think David Beckham in a baseball cap. For Ricky Bobby, success is a way of life so when his team’s owner hires a talented, flamboyantly gay French rac ... "
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Semi-Pro (2008)
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"Hot off the success of Anchorman and Talladega Nights, Will Ferrell stars in Semi-Pro. This is a movie that tries to combine the retro 70s elements of Anchorman with the sporting action of Nights and yet ends up a poor cousin to both films. Its familiarity is a substantial part of why this movie fails to impress. Ferrell plays Jackie Moon, owner, coach and player for The Tropics, a basketball team that is going nowhere. With the threat of the semi-professional leagues shutting down, Moon aims to score a top four finish for his team that will result in being moved to the prestigious NBA in a merger. Like Anchorman, Ferrell's character struggles with newfound competition, this time from Woody Harrelson as former NBA player Ed Monix. Like Anchorman there is a scene in which Ferrell fights a member of the bear family (though it is far less funny). Like Anchorman, Ferrell's character relaxes musically - this time by spinning lps rather than playing the flute. Sure, there's some fun mome ... "
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A 'Step' in the wrong direction
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"I get the whole arrested development-style of comedy invading theaters of late. “Old School” and “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” really opened wide the door of such man-boy-based humor. So it was only logical that the star of the former and the director of the latter get together to produce yet another trip to Neverland, where modern-day Peter Pans can dance with their Lost Boy compadres. The result is “Step Brothers,” which teams Will Ferrell with John C. Reilly as two men in their 40s whose remora-like existence is severed when their single parents decide to marry. Where Judd Apatow's “Virgin's” lead was more of an introverted geek who otherwise led a normal, self-sufficient life by societal standards, Ferrell and Reilly play two infantile sluggards whose puerile, petulant behavior and refusal to let go of their parents' proverbial hands would cause Oedipus himself to proclaim, “Man, those guys are messed up!” &nbs "
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"By Tricia Olszewski Little Miss Sunshine has a precocious kid with giant glasses, Steve Carell, and a name cloying enough to hurt your teeth—and it’s also depressing as hell. The plot is simple—a family drives from New Mexico to California so their young daughter can participate in a beauty pageant. But the topics that pop up along the way are not: Drug addiction, bankruptcy, death, divorce, suicide, and squelched dreams figure in the debut of co-directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and scripter Michael Arndt. It’s hard to imagine a sadder journey. Especially one that simultaneously makes you laugh. The Hoover family is already barely keeping it together before they load themselves into a VW bus and head for the titular pageant. Sheryl (Toni Collette) hurriedly throws fast food on the table for dinner and has just taken it upon herself to care for her suicidal brother, Frank (Carell), after he leaves the hospital with bandaged wrists. According to d ... "
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Talladega Nights
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"Full on lagh out loud, pee your pants, and roll on the floor laughing!! I loved it! It was so damb funny!!!! For the number one movie for 7 months streight, this movie is well worth seeing5 stars 3 thumbs up rating= PG13 "
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Live funny or die
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"Have you ever sat in a theater laughing at a movie until your insides hurt, and then realized you're the only person laughing? Or have you ever had a friend carry on about some YouTube video you HAVE to see because it's so funny you'll pee your pants...and when you see it, you're mildly amused, at most? Humor is one of those things. It's highly personal, right up there next to how you like your ham sandwiches made and how you like your underwear to fit. With that being the case, I'm wondering if it's possible to pull off an all-funny-videos site. Isn't that putting all your eggs in one basket? Promising too much? "Will Ferrell" could very well be the answer to any and all "Is it possible?" questions. He's also the one who's been busy making such a site happen. Yesterday it was announced that Ferrell, along with his business partner Adam McKay, has launched a new comedy video site, FunnyorDie.com. Sure, the name alone represents a big promise, but so far the site is either keeping ... "
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