Tag: Will Ferrell

The McBournie Minute: Today we spell redemption, R-O-N

Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention. I’ve just been handed an urgent and horrifying news story. I need all of you, to stop what you’re doing and listen. Anchorman 2 is dead, so sayeth co-writer/director of the first movie Adam McKay. I couldn’t be happier about this news.

Over the past few months, buzz has been growing about a sequel to Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. One by one, cast members said they would come back, and even cut their usual price, since actors like Paul Rudd and Steve Carrell are worth considerably more than they were in 2004 (David Koechner, not so much). Paramount and McKay could not come to terms on the movie’s budget, so they passed on it. Paramount owns the rights to Anchorman 2, so another studio can’t pick it up.

Funny thing is, they already made a sequel to Anchorman, it’s called Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Continue reading The McBournie Minute: Today we spell redemption, R-O-N

MasterChugs Theater: ‘Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy’

Anchorman is a movie that’s special to SeriouslyGuys. Many a Friday and Saturday night in Radford would be spent with at least the four of us, if not the extended SeriouslyFamily, coming back from our favorite bar (BT’s ’til we D.I.E) and relaxing with the movie. Mind you, many a Friday and Saturday evening in Radford would be spent with the four of us standing around in the bar, quoting the entire verbatim. It just resonates with us.

And since this week, SG is celebrating its four year anniversary, we here thought that it might be good to reflect on the movie. We’re not necessarily the self-congratulating type of people (we’d much rather tell you that we’re good and have you believe us, rather than come up with something in order to fulfill that prophecy), but instead, we just wanted to give you all a peek into what makes us tick and where our roots lie-large conch shells. And so, I give you four perspectives on Anchorman and why we love it. Enjoy. Continue reading MasterChugs Theater: ‘Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy’

The McBournie Minute: Will Ferrell must die

It was nearly a year ago that I sat on my couch watching Super Bowl commercials in between sips of beer. As I sat there, I saw Will Ferrell come on the screen. He was yelling and running away from a dinosaur. He did this for at least a minute. As buzzed as I was, I knew right then and there that Land of the Lost was not a movie I planned to see that summer.

Apparently, I made a good choice, because Ferrell is nominated for several Razzie awards for his performance in that movie. The movie itself has been nominated, and in case you’re wondering, yes, it’s an award for bad movies. At this point, I’m getting worried Ferrell is going to go all Eddie Murphy on us and just keep releasing bad movies for the hell of it.

It wasn’t always this way. He didn’t always suck. But in my opinion, his movie career peaked in 2004. I am, of course, speaking of a time, a time before cable, when the local anchorman reigned supreme. Continue reading The McBournie Minute: Will Ferrell must die

MasterChugs Theater: ‘The Goods’

Star vehicles, by definition, depend on the appeal of their stars. So, before you pay to see The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard., you should ask yourself how much you like Jeremy Piven. The Entourage Emmy winner is a used car salesman savant named Don Ready. He’s as abrasive like Piven’s Ari Gold, only in worse clothes. But if this is all Piven’s got, haven’t we seen it already?

Unfortunately, even though there’s a good cast of likely and unlikely comic heroes mingling the used car lot, Piven gets most of the funny. And that’s where this one bottlenecks. Continue reading MasterChugs Theater: ‘The Goods’

MasterChugs Theater: ‘Step Brothers’

One quick note: MasterChugs Theater will now be on Thursday evenings instead of Fridays. I’m a power-hungry animal that wants my way and no one puts me in the corner. On to the review!

With Step Brothers, Will Ferrell seems to be intentionally setting up a target for critics who have lambasted him reusing a man-child persona in most of his roles. In this movie, Ferrell’s character Brennan is as dumb as his version George W. Bush (ironic given how the movies starts), as enthusiastic as a Spartan cheerleader, as convinced of his own importance as Ron Burgundy and as obsessed with toys as Buddy the Elf. And, to prove that you shouldn’t fix it if it ain’t broke, Step Brothers is hilarious, an ode to the adolescent that lives within us all but takes human form in Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. Continue reading MasterChugs Theater: ‘Step Brothers’

MasterChugs Theater: ‘Old School’

Mitch comes home to find his insatiable girlfriend in the bedroom watching hardcore porn. He thinks all his Christmases have come at once … until he discovers the two naked strangers she’s spending time with. When your girlfriend’s hosting a mini-orgy and you’re not invited, it’s probably time to move on. So begins Old School, an absolutely hilarious comedy which follows Mitch and his buddies Frank and Beanie. They decide to drop out of the relationship rat race and rediscover their college years by opening a frat house at the local university.

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MasterChugs Theater: ‘The Ladies Man’

For what it is, a 90-minute spin-off of a Saturday Night Live sketch, Reggie Hudlin’s film The Ladies Man is not bad. If you have some familiarity with some examples of this benighted genre, like Stuart Saves His Family, It’s Pat, A Night at the Roxbury or Superstar, you will take this evaluation as a giddy rave. The Ladies Man has some funny, dirty-minded jokes, a few amusing cameos (including Julianne Moore in clown makeup) and a soundtrack loaded with juicy cuts of mid-70s vintage soul and funk: a lot of Gamble and Huff, a soupcon of Isley Brothers and a plateful of Parliament’s ”Up for the Down Stroke.” Continue reading MasterChugs Theater: ‘The Ladies Man’