Monthly Archives: August 2006

TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY

Name: BEOWULF AND GRENDEL
Released: 2006-08-03T00:00:00-07:00

By | August 2006

Talladega Nights isn’t very funny, which is a problem for a movie billing itself as a comedy, but it is lazy, which is far worse. Ferrell and McKay apparently felt that “NASCAR + redneck ‘Frank the Tank’” was a concept worthy to shake the foundations of humor heaven…

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The blowback from Mad Mel's rant against the "fucking Jews" (and high fructose breasts) continues: Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo star Rob Schneider is the...

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TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY

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