But the jokes get thin as the movie goes on, especially the ones about the effeminate Republican challenging Ferrell’s John Edwards-like character
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The Bourne Legacy: Spy vs. Drones — Which Is Which?
Jeremy Renner is Matt Damon’s summer replacement in the intelligent but unnecessary fourth installment of thrillers from the Robert Ludlum franchise
Hope Springs: Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones are In Treatment
It’s like ‘Couple’s Retreat’, but without the obvious yuck-yucks or smarminess. And it’s good!
360: A Long Way Around to Find Love
Anthony Hopkins, Rachel Weisz and Jude Law team with an Oscar-winning writer and an all-TIME 100 Movies director for a transglobal exercise in not-very-much
A Total Recall Remake: Why?
Colin Farrell is no Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Len Wiseman can’t come near to matching Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 version of the Philip K. Dick science-fiction classic
Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg Play Young Marrieds in Celeste and Jesse Forever
Jones writes herself a part as a career woman who doesn’t value her sweet but aimless husband
Public Enemy Still Fighting, Still Fresh
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The Gaslight Anthem’s Handwritten Is About You
The band’s major label debut has lots of heart, if less edge than past albums
Killer Joe: Matthew McConaughey as the Creepiest Cop in Texas
Still a prime seducer, the star of Hollywood rom-coms goes weird and wild in William Friedkin’s entertainingly outrageous movie
Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill in The Watch: Unwatchable
Three top comedy stars and the director of SNL’s funniest videos team up for a tired comedy with sci-fi elements. These guys can be so smart — where are their brains?
Ruby Sparks: (500) Days of Bummer
Designed to be this summer’s hot indie comedy, the latest from the duo that directed ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ woos but doesn’t seduce
Sugar’s Copper Blue Reissued: 20th Anniversary of Bob Mould’s Groundbreaking Album
1992’s album of the year hits stores again today. Here’s why it deserves another listen
The Well Digger’s Daughter: Scandal in the Sunlight
This French romantic drama boasts the rustic virtues of a vanished movie age