Filmspotting #118: Talladega Nights / Top 5 Sidekicks
With Sam honeymooning somewhere in the back woods of Wisconsin, Chicagoist.com arts writer Scott Smith drops by for a review of the new comedy "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby." Directed by Adam McKay and co-scripted by McKay and star Will Ferrell, no movie this year has been more hyped by your Filmspotting Ferrell fanatics than "Talladega Nights." Does it live up to the hype? Is it better than the last McKay-Ferrell collaboration, 2004's "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy"? Probably not and definitely not. But thanks to some huge laughs and the comedic brilliance of John C. Reilly as Ricky Bobby's dimwitted best friend Cal, "Talladega" comes pretty close -- for one of your hosts, anyway.
Plus: our Top 5 Movie Sidekicks, Listener Feedback and Massacre Theatre, presented by The Armageddon Dance Party, premiering this month at the 10th Annual New York International Fringe Festival.
Music by The Blue Jackets and Track Rabbit from "The Groomsmen" courtesy of Rykodisc.
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Filmspotting #118
:20-16:34 - Review: "Talladega Nights"
Music: The Blue Jackets, "Four Cheers"
17:40-21:09 - Peerflix Winner, New DVDs, Special Announcement
21:10-26:44 - Sam's Wedding, Poll Questions
26:45-35:59 - Listener Feedback (Miami Vice)
Music: Track Rabbit, "Best of Both Worlds"
37:24-40:08 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: Michael Reynolds)
40:09-42:06 - Podcast Awards, Corrections
42:07-46:35 - Listener Feedback (Drug Movies)
46:36-58:19 - 'John C. Reilly Memorial' Top 5: Sidekicks
58:20-1:00:11 - Next Show/Close/Outtake
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posted by Adam @ 11:09 PM
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3 Comments:
Arrugh! Why, WHY must have I chosen to move house and give up broadband, JUST as you guys are reviewing the much-anticipated Talladega Nights... Oh, the humanity!! Looks like it's back to finding my telephone extension cord and taking the slow boat to china in order to find out what you guys thought.
hey guys, great review. my one suggestion is to go netflix "Elf". I was surprised to hear that you didn't bother to see it along with "Kicking and Screaming". Trust me, they're Ferrell flicks true and true even if they're family-oriented. Hilarious Hilarious Hilarious.
Go see THE DESCENT. Its the best horror/thriller in decades. A horror movie that is actually scary...what a concept.
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