Ben Stiller
Movie Review: Zoolander 2
It’s been fifteen years since Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson have played Derek Zoolander and Hansel, respectively, and time has not been kind to them. Zoolander came out in 2001 making only $45 million domestically against a $28 million budget, but strong home video sales and a devoted cult following helped put plans in motion for Zoolander 2. With development being traced back all the way to 2008, t...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Watch
Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller are their typical comedic selves, with help from Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade, in the new comedy The Watch. In the tradition of Old School, Dodgeball, and Wedding Crashers, The Watch appears to be a typical guys movie with a slightly different comedic ensemble (i.e. swap Owen Wilson for Jonah Hill and Will Ferrell for Richard Ayoade or something like that), but it act...[Read More]
Movie Review: Tower Heist
Tower Heist is a timely action comedy about the seething discontent felt by so many after the financial collapse and the revelations detailing Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme to relieve countless investors of their portfolios, retirement parachutes, and children’s piggybank contents. Tower Heist arrives just as disenfranchised U.S. citizens have taken to the streets in the “Occupy” movement, offering...[Read More]