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Oscar-nominated Savan Kotecha: 'I’m the most boring person in the world'

Musical comedy Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga acted as a mid-pandemic balm. It also saved its chief lyricist from a songwriting rut

Published: 2 Apr 2021

The music essay Ja Ja Ding Dong! How schlager found its joyful place in the pop camp

Published: 8 Jul 2020
Nul points: why Netflix's Eurovision film hits all the wrong notes

Caspar Salmon

Published: 3 Jul 2020

Published: 3 Jul 2020

2 out of 5 stars.

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga review – too timid for satire
2 out of 5 stars.

Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams hit a flat note in Netflix’s brand-approved ‘spoof’ of the much-loved carnival of kitsch

Published: 24 Jun 2020

Lost in showbiz Gal Gadot and friends singing to us about self-isolation? That’s a bit rich

We’re too worried about contagion, lost income and feral gangs to watch millionaires singing Imagine in mansions. Aren’t we?

Published: 19 Mar 2020
2 out of 5 stars.

Downhill review – unsteady avalanche comedy inspired by Force Majeure
2 out of 5 stars.

Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus are sadly adrift in this avalanche drama

Published: 1 Mar 2020

Kobe Bryant to be honoured at Oscars

The Academy plans tribute to the Oscar-winning athlete while Elton John and Cynthia Erivo will perform their Oscar-nominated songs live

Published: 29 Jan 2020
2 out of 5 stars.

First look review Downhill review – Ferrell and Louis-Dreyfus crash with redundant remake
2 out of 5 stars.

An unnecessary English language remake of 2014’s savage marital comedy Force Majeure never manages to rise above the pointlessness of its inception

Published: 27 Jan 2020

The most anticipated movies of 2020 The most exciting movies of 2020 – dramas

Paul Thomas Anderson announces his new film, Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci play a long-term couple and Tom Hanks maximises his awards chances with three releases

Published: 30 Dec 2019
Which Christmas movie are you?

We all have a favourite festive film. But what does it mean if you are an Elf fan or a Love, Actually aficionado?

Published: 25 Dec 2019

Saturday Night Live recap Saturday Night Live: Will Ferrell warms up after coldest cold open

Alec Baldwin’s Trump is in a slump but the five-time host is a safe pair of hands with a string of special guests

Published: 24 Nov 2019

Zero stars: is James Franco's starry Zeroville the worst film of 2019?

The actor-writer-director’s adaptation of Steve Erickson’s 2007 book on 70s Hollywood is a film of staggering incompetence

Published: 26 Sep 2019
3 out of 5 stars.

Between Two Ferns: The Movie review – ramshackle cameo comedy
3 out of 5 stars.

Zach Galifianakis’s abrasive celebrity talkshow gets transformed into a featherweight, intermittently funny, full-length feature for Netflix

Published: 20 Sep 2019

Hear Here Ron Burgundy brings his classy touch to true crime – podcasts of the week

Will Ferrell’s famous Anchorman blunders into the world of podcasting, while a new series explores the dangerous chaos of tech startup Theranos

Published: 15 Feb 2019

1 out of 5 stars.

Holmes & Watson review – elementary homophobic grossout comedy
1 out of 5 stars.

This murky Sherlock tale is the nadir of Conan Doyle adaptations

Published: 6 Jan 2019

Eurovision has come too far to be made a mockery of by Will Ferrell

Heidi Stephens

News that the star is making a film about the song contest fills me with trepidation – and a little hope, says Heidi Stephens

Published: 21 Jun 2018

Published: 21 Jun 2018
Will Ferrell to star in Eurovision song contest comedy for Netflix

Actor is writer and star of feature based on the international singing competition

Published: 18 Jun 2018

Saturday Night Live recap Saturday Night Live: Will Ferrell and the cast discuss Aziz Ansari… and explode

An old favorite told us (his) George W Bush wasn’t that bad and the show went there on Time’s Up and #MeToo … sort of

Published: 28 Jan 2018

The most exciting comedy and drama films of 2018

Wes Anderson’s dog-filled dystopia arrives, Christian Bale does Dick Cheney, and gay-conversion therapy stories show alongside supernatural thrillers

Published: 27 Dec 2017
Who said it: Donald Trump or Buddy from Elf?

Take our Christmas quiz to work out if you can tell the difference between quotes from the US president and the character who loves to spread festive cheer

Published: 22 Dec 2017

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