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  • Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
    Review preview for Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

    Burgundy's ability to survive cockups on an industrial scale is impressive

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    San Diego's 70s TV newscaster and his team of idiots take on the graveyard shift on a new 24hour New York channel with surprising (manic) results
  • Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (2004)
    Review preview for Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy

    This is what used to be known in the sixth form lavs as bike shed humour - infantile male gags about the female anatomy, genitalia, show-off swaggering and sexual innuendos, so broad they flatten subtlety and boil boob gags until they pop.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    TV news channel farce, with bike shed humour and sexist innuendo.
  • Barbie (2023)
    Review preview for Barbie

    We all at some point in early childhood learn the difference between inanimate objects and sentient beings, but in some secret corner, doubt may linger on.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    Barbie suffers a crisis which leads her to question her world and her existence.
  • Bewitched (2005)
    What would you do if you had magic powers?
  • Blades Of Glory (2007)
    Review preview for Blades Of Glory

    The humour remains below the waist, dominated by Ferrell’s overbearing machismo

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Rival male figure skaters who hate each other enter the Montreal Winter Olympics in the pairs section.
  • The Campaign (2012)
    Review preview for The Campaign

    There is nothing glaringly awful about the film, it's just that it's very middle of the road.

    Donald Munro · 2.5 out of 5
    Rivals slug it out over a North Carolina electoral district.
  • Casa De Mi Padre (2012)
    Review preview for Casa De Mi Padre

    The film walks a difficult line between celebrating the genre and mocking it for, essentially, being cash-strapped.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A spoof grindhouse comedy about a Mexican ranch hand who runs afoul of a local drug baron.
  • Curious George (2006)
    Review preview for Curious George

    [Curious George] just goes out to entertain and make people feel happy.

    Harry Lockhart · 4 out of 5
    The animated adventures of a man in a yellow hat and a magic monkey from Africa.
  • Daddy's Home 2 (2017)
    Review preview for Daddy's Home 2

    Screen humour has dropped below the level of funny-ha-ha into an abyss where mechanical failure and humiliation are the stuff of legend.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Christmas holiday mayhem with all the families, including grandads.
  • Despicable Me 4 (2024)
    Review preview for Despicable Me 4

    Good enough.

    Andrew Robertson · 2.5 out of 5
    Gru, Lucy, Margo, Edith and Agnes welcome a new member to the family, Gru Jr, who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his girlfriend Valentina, and the family is forced to go on the run.
  • Elf (2003)
    Review preview for Elf

    Another John Hughes wannabe cuddle bunny of a movie, as sharp as butter fudge.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    A human who grew up thinking he was an elf goes in search of his dad.
  • Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga (2020)
    Review preview for Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga

    There's a very clear fondness here for the subject matter.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    When aspiring musicians Lars and Sigrit are given the opportunity to represent their country at the world's biggest song competition, they finally have a chance to prove that any dream worth having is a dream worth fighting for.
  • Everything Must Go (2010)
    Review preview for Everything Must Go

    There's something increasingly bland and uninvolving about this Will Ferrell vehicle which, like him or loathe him, you've got to admit is a kind of achievement.

    James Benefield · 2 out of 5
    Tale of a middle-aged suburbanite whose life is crumbling.
  • Get Hard (2015)
    Review preview for Get Hard

    When it's not in the cringe business the film may turn your stomach

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    A financier hires his car washer to prepare him for the brutality of a jail sentence.
  • Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
    Review preview for Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back

    This is either an inspired satire on the state of popular cinema, an ego-trip of mammoth proportions or a bucketful of vomit.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Jay and Silent Bob go to Hollywood to try and stop a movie being made about them
  • Kicking And Screaming (2005)
    Review preview for Kicking And Screaming

    If this footy film was in a league it would be languishing at the bottom of the Vauxhall Conference.

    Amber Wilkinson · 1 out of 5
    Will Ferrell tries to coach little league, which causes him to lock horns with his over-competitive dad.
  • Land Of The Lost (2009)
    Review preview for Land Of The Lost

    If you're a fan of Will Ferrell films you may find it moderately enjoyable.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    Three modern humans travel through a timewarp to a parallel dimension where they have to battle lizard men and a T-rex in this reimagining of the classic TV series.
  • The Lego Movie (2014)
    Review preview for The Lego Movie

    The pace is frantic, the colours electrifying and the storyline zippedy-who-dah

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A Lego man joins a quest to save the universe.
  • Megamind (2010)
    Review preview for Megamind

    Megamind’s developmental path is less about following a cookie-cutter moral compass than it is about good old-fashioned character development.

    Andrew Grant · 4 out of 5
    In order to restore the balance of good vs evil, a genius supervillain is forced to create a formidable foe.
  • Melinda And Melinda (2004)
    Review preview for Melinda And Melinda

    For once, Allen's muse deserts him.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Two interwoven stories about one woman's life.
  • A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
    Review preview for A Night at the Roxbury

    The script has been tatooed on a fingernail. It is so small, you need binoculars.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Two losers dream of opening the coolest night club in town.
  • Old School (2003)
    Review preview for Old School

    Wilson has not one, but two expressions - miserable and embarrassed.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Three men who should know better start a college fraternity to get close and personal with girls.
  • The Other Guys (2010)
    Review preview for The Other Guys

    Wahlberg, perfect in his role, has fun sending up his macho persona.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    After their heroes meet a valiant but stupid end, two back-office cops rise to the call and quickly get out of their depth.
  • The Producers (2005)
    Review preview for The Producers

    With the exception of the Springtime For Hitler numbers, the melodies are weak and interchangeable, although the lyrics are clever, which is not to say memorable.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Mel Brooks comes full circle as his film-turned-Broadway-musical is turned back into a film.
  • Semi-Pro (2008)
    Review preview for Semi-Pro

    A strange, tepid mixture of basketball drama and comedy set in what television and dull popular culture remembers as being the 70s.

    Scott Macdonald · 2 out of 5
    Basketball comedy with a loud mouth.
  • Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
    Review preview for Stranger Than Fiction

    A superb testament to inventiveness.

    Chris · 4 out of 5
    A fictional character fights for his life in the real world.
  • Step Brothers (2008)
    Review preview for Step Brothers

    You'll watch, you'll laugh, you'll have a great time, you'll quote the cheesy lines with your friends afterwards.

    Keith Dudhnath · 4 out of 5
    Comedy about adult siblings sharing a room.
  • Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby (2006)
    Review preview for Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby

    The humour is so basic, it doesn't need a spell check.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    A NASCAR comedy of fast cars and stupid drivers.
  • Wedding Crashers (2005)
    Review preview for Wedding Crashers

    Will have you laughing until you're sore.

    John Gallagher · 4 out of 5
    A womanising duo, who specialise in trawling weddings, take on their last, hilarious challenge.
  • The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
    Review preview for The Wendell Baker Story

    Low-budget charmer shows a different side and range to Owen Wilson.

    Darren Amner · 3.5 out of 5
    Feelgood romp with a positive message for old folks.
  • Will & Harper (2024)
    Review preview for Will & Harper

    Greenbaum pinpoints the tension between the hate eating away at parts of US society and the tremendous potential that the country still has.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    When Will Ferrell finds out his close friend of 30 years is coming out as a trans woman, the two decide to embark on a cross-country road trip to process this new stage of their relationship in an intimate portrait of friendship, transition, and America.
  • Zoolander (2001)
    Review preview for Zoolander

    The humour exaggerates the worst excesses of Saturday Night Live.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Ben Stiller spoofs the fashion world and adds on a political assassination subplot.

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