Those hoping “The Campaign” would be an economic-political satire will probably be a little disappointed, but for those ready to laugh at some Dog-Gate 2012-like absurdity with two comedic heavyweights behind the wheel, this Will Ferrell-Zach Galifianakis comedy hits the mark. Ferrell is Cam Brady, on his way to another term as congressman for Hammond, NC, while Galifianakis is Marty Huggins, ... more >
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Ron Burgundy IS BACK
When you announce your own sequel in character, might as well do it in style. The totally-unknown-in-France Will Ferrell showed up on Conan on Thursday night dressed up in his anchorman suit (it's burgundy-colored, the 1986 vintage) and playing the flute (I think he thought he was Clarence Clemons doing a saxophone solo). Ferrell announced loud and clear that Anchorman would be made into a ... more >

Everything must go
“Everything Must Go,” debuting director Dan Rush's adaptation of Raymond Carver's six-page short story "Why Don't You Dance?," doesn't quite lift Carver's hauntingly minimalist tone from the page. By creating a back-story for its vague central figure—a solemnly drunk man inexplicably selling his belongings out of his backyard—he's inevitably extracted some of the dark ambiguity of Carver's prose. ... more >