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There’s bad, there’s good, and there’s Eurovision.
The European ‘Song’ Contest, to which this film for many will serve as introduction, neither sits at any apex of cultural achievement nor the ironic bulwarks of saccharine kitsch to which many entrants aspire. Rather, amidst its longevity and oddly unique role in cross-border co-operation, the competition, to which Australia is specially beholden, marks its own measures of success and brands of cultural height.
Tied not necessarily to any independent form, skill or recognisable ingenuity, appeal relies on brazenness, melding of styles and a nakedly single-minded, utterly shameless pursuit of shock-filled fun. To this end, it’s amazing Will Ferrell and Adam McKay haven’t mined these depths already.
Reportedly a huge fan of the show, Ferrell, committing as always, is regretfully on auto-pilot for whole lengths, drawing on the manner and storylines of his underrated Blades of Glory and early success Zoolander as regards the relationship between his Lars and the characters’ “extremely handsome father;” Pierce Brosnan having some fun with comedy for change.
The story is of the broadest if heart-warmingly familial strokes elevated by its novel focus on the tournament; anyone who’s seen more than one Ferrell comedy (Old School fans should recognise one of the gags) will be across these stylings; complete with a Blades-esque MacGuffin in the form of an unreachable note. We’re all familiar with the follow your dreams against all opposition arc and even if it can get tired it doesn’t get old.
With Ferrell persistently glaring at the camera ala his Mustafa and reminding everyone that he’s here to make them laugh, McAdams, unsurprisingly, is best in show. Her reactions to a pro forma troupe of yet unseen backup dancers invading her solo and her negotiations with a group of elves, yes elves; pure gold. Viewers seem to be constantly finding out that the severely underappreciated comic performer can put in turn after turn like this and unlike Ferrell nails the balance of earnestness, knowing self-seriousness and tactless flamboyance central to Eurovision’s greatest hits.
There’s a caveat that has to be given before anyone watches this movie and that is you are only going to enjoy this if you are moderately familiar with and endeared by Eurovision. The film does not serve as a primer for the uninitiated absent proper grounding in the dynamics of the competition and those unbeholden to its unique stylings will likely feel as unimpressed by Ferrell’s tonally similar antics.
For those most dedicated decades-long Eurovision fans who wake up at 5am every year to watch every Semi-Final live, this author among them, you will get many a high off of this and more so for our having sadly missed the contest in its traditional form this May past. To the filmmakers’ great credit, they picked Iceland as the focus and amidst many playful digs at the nation, the treatment of the Icelandic Government being a highlight, managed to nail the effective winners of this year’s non-tournament.
And it would not be a Eurovision movie without being (in respects) avowedly self-referential, with the film taking some time out of proceedings to address that this is in no small part a group of North Americans behind and in front of the camera. Taking the mickey via another appropriately parodic band of US tourists who have only just landed in town, it’s some of the tightest scripting therein as every line hits the mark. Itself landing on Netflix, Fire Saga is probably best served by a platform where the most well-attuned fans can discover this and return for repeat viewings at their leisure and as they might otherwise have tuned into the annual tradition.
The varied numbers (and song titles) which form the lead-up to and actual competition are successes not just for their catchiness and necessary originality but for effectively satirising one of the hardest things to mock and exaggerating that which barely bears exaggeration; generating in the process what would typically be Eurovision bangers in any given year. Graciously recognising that Belarus are invariably stand-outs, there’s a classy Lordi reference alongside years-old highlights and fair acknowledgement of the pivotal (if often biased) roles respective countries’ commentators play. The hark-backs to classic Eurovision numbers will have any fan beaming and the elapsing of the first Semi-Final, encompassing one of the great Eurovision props, is uproarious while speaking to the extremely sincere ethos of the entire escapade.
The blocking of the stage performances, akin to how the broadcasts are typically handled, are too coyly deferential and situate us amongst this extravagance better than a more highly stylised or numerous camera setup which would have likely faltered.
Stars of past, clearly having the time of their lives in this reunion, welcomely make appearances, among them Alexander Rybak (“trust us, bring a violin”), though the best and most welcome surprise comes from a winner of recent years lovingly reciting one of Eurovision’s very best numbers on Edinburgh’s streets.
On this, there are varyingly hilarious interpretations as to why the competition was set in Edinburgh. It could be acknowledging that the British are least likely to win this and if so even less likely to relegate the fanfare to Edinburgh, though with the Russian entrant (Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens) explicitly lampooning the Isles’ standing in the tournament its more likely the filmmakers’ subtle advocacy of the longstanding hope that Scotland will one day get their own highly competitive place.
As to Stevens’ contender, it’s a well-known problem that many of the countries which participate have appalling records on human rights and LGBT welfare. Amidst a more dramatically sensitive reckoning with this matter, his performance, Stevens’ best to date, is outright hilarious as Lemtov lion-tames extremely scantily-clad men about the stage in typical Eurovision fashion.
Lovingly landing jabs on the annual extravaganza, infamous for its nondescript, heavily generic slogans, the tagline ‘Perfect Harmony’ for the in-film comp shows that we’re dealing with real fans here, as does moreover the exclamation, as to why there are no cars on the road, that everyone’s “at home, watching Eurovision.” The film too acknowledges the constant push for and joy when singers indeed sing in Indigenous languages or emphatically about wherever they’ve ventured from with several seemingly throwaway gags, including a great one centring on whales, happily coming full circle.
Absent the voting process, this is too a stickler for Eurovision lore and procedure; though Sweden did have seven performers on stage and should have been disqualified.
Finally, there’s an odd tone at the centre of this film which arrests it from the heights of greatness to which Eurovision otherwise transpires. Co-produced by Jon Ola Sand of the European Broadcasting Union who makes an appearance here and in every Eurovision, even if, and it would be fairly speculative and unusual if so, full creative and parodic freedom were permitted alongside the name’s licensing rights and co-operation, a parody, even a loving one, just isn’t the same when the subjects and stalwarts are so in on the joke and stand to so outwardly benefit.
Yes Eurovision relies to some extent on being self-referential ala ‘Love, Love, Peace, Peace’ but it was only one year among many where the hosts winkingly outshone competitors; the platform otherwise persisting on a lifeblood of entrants’ own (and self-professed devotees) earnest if outlandish skewering. Regular commentator Graham Norton’s true to life cameos are notably distinct and illustrative in this regard; his mawkish if impassioned demeanour emblematic of the tone pursued herein, just like a local townsman declaring “we know they’re awful, but they’re our awful!”
It’s why Trey Parker and Matt Stone refused celebrities the opportunity to voice their own marionettes in Team America, and why Zoolander 2 never worked when all the fashion icons wanted to show they could poke fun at themselves as well. Sure it meant a lot of the gags here might not have happened, but if they’d called it almost anything else the same niche audience would have lined up and there’s no way the winners past wouldn’t have joined the festivities for what turned out to be our collective annual dose of insanity.
‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’ is now streaming on Netflix
Noah BAUMBACH
Tim BURTON
Damien CHAZELLE
Guillermo DEL TORO
Claire DENIS
Craig FOSTER
Deniz GAMZE ERGÜVEN
Michel GONDRY
Kate HERRON
Spike JONZE
Miranda JULY
Charlie KAUFMAN
Sam LEVINSON
David LYNCH
Mike MILLS
Hayao MIYAZAKI
Shirin NESHAT
Steven SPIELBERG
Lana WACHOWSKI
ENFP
Chantal AKERMAN
Danny BOYLE
Julie DELPY
Xavier DOLAN
Lena DUNHAM
Greta GERWIG
Todd HAYNES
Baz LUHRMANN
Marjane SATRAPI
Tarsem SINGH
Agnès VARDA
John WATERS
INTP
Woody ALLEN
Laurie ANDERSON
Wes ANDERSON
Ari ASTER
Richard AYOADE
BONG Joon-ho
Ethan COEN
Alfred HITCHCOCK
Jim JARMUSCH
Yorgos LANTHIMOS
Bruno MUSCHIO
Aaron SORKIN
Lars VON TRIER
Nicolas WINDING REFN
ENTP
Judd APATOW
James CAMERON
Alain CHABAT
Terry GILLIAM
James GUNN
Seth MACFARLANE
Adam MCKAY
Stephen MERCHANT
Yann MOIX
Trey PARKER
Quentin TARANTINO
Taika WAITITI
Edgar WRIGHT
INFJ
Darren ARONOFSKY
Zal BATMANGLIJ
Ingmar BERGMAN
Cary FUKUNAGA
Deeyah KHAN
Pablo LARRAIN
Kenneth LONERGAN
David LOWERY
George LUCAS
Terrence MALICK
Anthony MINGHELLA
Sarah POLLEY
Robert REDFORD
Wim WENDERS
ENFJ
Mike CAHILL
George CLOONEY
Richard CURTIS
Ava DUVERNAY
Emerald FENNELL
Tom FORD
Barry JENKINS
Mike NICHOLS
Marti NOXON
Tyler PERRY
Joachim TRIER
Olivia WILDE
Joe WRIGHT
INTJ
Kathryn BIGELOW
David CHASE
Brady CORBET
David FINCHER
Alex GARLAND
Peter JOSEPH
Stanley KUBRICK
Christopher NOLAN
ENTJ
Julia DUCOURNAU
Nora EPHRON
Jodie FOSTER
James GRAY
Agnieszka HOLLAND
Patty JENKINS
Alexander PAYNE
Guy RICHIE
Ridley SCOTT
Steven SODERBERGH
Orson WELLES
ISFP
Ryan COOGLER
Sofia COPPOLA
Richard LINKLATER
Sam TAYLOR-JOHNSON
Here’s a list of every movie I watched in 2018 at home or in theaters, in order. Re-watches are listed as well so some things will appear move than one.
Mr. Roosevelt (Noel Wells)
Call Me By Your Name (Luca Guadagnino)
Phantom Thread (Paul Thomas Anderson)
Jumanji (Jake Kasdan)
Split (M. Night Shyamalan)
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (David Yates)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (David Yates)
The Post (Steven Spielberg)
Good Time (Josh and Ben Safdie)
I, Tonya (Craig Gillespie)
Paddington 2 (Paul King)
The Big Sick (Michael Showalter)
Get Out (Jordan Peele)
The Greatest Showman (Michael Gracey)
Coco (Lee Unkrich)
Black Panther (Ryan Cooler)
Creed (Ryan Coogler)
Black Panther (Ryan Cooler)
Phantom Thread (Paul Thomas Anderson)
Annihilation (Alex Garland)
Thoroughbreds (Cory Finley)
Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater)
Before Sunset (Richard Linklater)
A Wrinkle In Time (Ava Duvernay)
Tomb Raider (Roar Uthaug)
Justice League (Abrams/Snyder)
Before Midnight (Richard Linklater)
Game Night (John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein)
Love, Simon (Greg Berlanti)
Columbus (Kagonada)
Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson)
Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig)
Ready Player One (Steven Spielberg)
Pacific Rim: Uprising (Steve S. DeKnight)
A Quiet Place (John Krasinski)
Free Fire (Ben Wheatley)
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (Yorgos Lanthamos)
The Lovers (Azazel Jacobs)
Blockers (Kay Cannon)
Home Again (Hallie Meyers-Shyer)
You Were Never Really Here (Lynn Ramsay)
Lean on Pete (Andrew Haigh)
It Comes at Night (Trey Edward Shultz)
Eighth Grade (Bo Burnham)
Beirut (Tony Gilroy)
Avengers: Infinity War (Anthony and Joseph Russo)
The Rider (Chloé Zhao)
Kodachrome (Mark Raso)
Tully (Jason Reitman)
Rampage (Brad Peyton)
Breaking In (James McTeigue)
Life of the Party (Ben Falcone)
Let the Sunshine In (Claire Denis)
Book Club (Bill Holderman)
Beast (Michael Pierce)
Deadpool 2 (David Leitch)
First Reformed (Paul Schader)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (Ron Howard)
The Seagull (Michael Mayer)
On Chesil Beach (Dominic Cooke)
Training Day (Antoine Fuqua)
Upgrade (Leigh Whannell)
Tully (Jason Reitman)
The Beguiled (Sophia Coppola)
The Social Network (David Fincher)
Beatriz at Dinner (Miguel Arteta)
Burnt (John Wells)
Hereditary (Ari Aster)
Ocean’s 8 (Gary Ross)
Won’t You Be My Neighbor (Morgan Nelville)
American Animals (Bart Layton)
Hearts Beat Loud (Brett Haley)
Incredibles 2 (Brad Bird)
Tag (Jeff Tomsic)
Faces Places (Agnes Varda, JR)
Set It Up (Claire Scanlon)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (J.A. Bayona)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick)
Sicaro:Day of the Soldado (Stefano Sollima)
Mamma Mia (Phyllida Lloyd)
The Last Movie Star (Adam Rifkin)
The First Purge (Gerard McMurray)
Uncle Drew (Charles Stone III)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (Mike Newell)
Leave No Trace (Debra Granik)
Ant Man and the Wasp (Peyton Reed)
Coco (Lee Unkrich)
Sorry To Bother You (Boots Riley)
Three Identical Strangers (Tim Wandel)
Skyscraper (Rawson Marshall Thurber)
Killing Them Softly (Andrew Dominik)
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Brad Bird)
The Equalizer 2 (Antoine Fuqua)
Mamma Mia 2 (Ol Parker)
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot (Gus Van Sant)
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (Christopher McQuarrie)
Hot Summer Nights (Elijah Bynum)
Sleeping With Other People (Leslye Headland)
Mission: Impossible 3 (JJ Abrams)
Kicking and Screaming (Noah Baumbach)
Jaws (Steven Spielberg)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Christopher McQuarrie)
A Star Is Born (Frank Pierson)
Enough Said (Nicole Holofcener)
Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada)
Eighth Grade (Bo Burnham)
Christopher Robin (Marc Forster)
Set It Up (Claire Scanlon)
The Witch (David Eggers)
The Spy Who Dumped Me( Susanna Fogel)
Under The Tuscan Sun (Audrey Wells)
Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig)
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (Desiree Akhavan)
Margot at the Wedding (Noah Baumbach)
Out of Sight (Steven Soderbergh)
Puzzle (Marc Turletaub)
Never Goin’ Back (Augustine Frizzle)
Crazy Rich Asians (Jon M. Chu)
Like Father (Lauren Miller Rogen)
Reality Bites (Ben Stiller)
Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater)
Gattaca (Andrew Niccol)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Christopher McQuarrie)
Please Give (Nicole Holofcener)
Everybody Wants Some (Richard Linklater)
We The Animals (Jeremiah Zagar)
Before Sunset (Richard Linklater)
Support the Girls (Andrew Bujalski)
Juliet, Naked (Jesse Peretz)
Operation Finale (Chris Weitz)
Searching (Aneesh Chaganty)
Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)
The Wife (Björn Runge)
Before Midnight (Richard Linklater)
Paterson (Jim Jarmusch)
Columbus (Koganada)
The Predator (Shane Black)
Girls Trip (Malcolm D. Lee)
Madeline’s Madeline (Josephine Decker)
Black Panther (Ryan Cooler)
The Land of Steady Habits (Nicole Holofcener)
Edge of Seventeen (Kelly Fremon Craig)
Slice (Austin Vesely)
Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins)
True Romance (Tony Scott)
Blaze (Ethan Hawke)
20th Century Women (Mike Mills)
A Simple Favor (Paul Feig)
Colette (Wash Westmoreland)
A Star Is Born (Bradley Cooper)
The Old Man and the Gun (David Lowery)
Free Solo (Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi)
Private Life (Tamara Jenkins)
Y Tu Mama Tambien (Alfonso Cuarón)
Venom (Ruben Fleischer)
First Man (Damien Chazelle)
Blue Valentine (Derek Cianfrance)
Bad Times at the El Royale (Drew Goddard)
Wildlife (Paul Dano)
Beautiful Boy (Felix Van Groeningen)
Halloween (David Gordon Green)
Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel and Ethan Coen)
mid90s (Jonah Hill)
Suspiria (Luca Guadagnino)
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Bryan Singer)
Boy Erased (Joel Edgerton)
A Private War (Matthew Heineman)
Burning (Lee Chang-dong)
Green Book (Peter Farrelly)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Joel and Ethan Coen)
Blood Simple (Joel and Ethan Coen)
Border (Ali Abbasi)
Widows (Steve McQueen)
First Reformed (Paul Schrader)
Hail Caesar (Joel and Ethan Coen)
Creed II (Steven Caple Jr.)
The Front Runner (Jason Reitman)
A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen)
Thunder Road (Jim Cummings)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Joel and Ethan Coen)
Ralph Breaks The Internet (Rich Moore, Phil Johnston)
At Eternity’s Gate (Julian Schnabel)
The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos)
Copenhagen (Mark Raso)
Roma (Alfonso Cuarón)
Brad’s Status (Mike White)
Shoplifters (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
Minding The Gap (Bing Liu)
La La Land (Damien Chazelle)
Mary Queen of Scots (Josie Rourke)
The Mule (Clint Eastwood)
Minding The Gap (Bing Liu)
Bumblebee (Travis Knight)
Let The Sunshine In (Claire Denis)
Spider-man: Into The Spiderverse (Bob Perischetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman)
Crazy, Stupid, Love (Glenn Ficarra)
Love, Actually (Richard Curtis)
In Bruges (Martin McDonaugh)
Momentum Generation (Jeff and Michael Zimbalist)
If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins)
Aquaman (James Wan)
Before We Go (Chris Evans)
Vice (Adam McKay)
Jackass 2 (Jeff Tremaine)
Spinal Tap is in at number 9 – top comedies of all time #greatestcomedies
BBC Culture, armed with the cash of the profit-making arm of BBC World, asked 253 film critics – 118 women and 135 men – from 52 countries and six continents a simple: “What do you think are the 10 best comedies of all time?”
The results:
100. (tie) The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese, 1982)
100. The Ladies Man (Jerry Lewis, 1961)
99. The Jerk (Carl Reiner, 1979)
98. The Hangover (Todd Phillips, 2009)
97. The Music Box (James Parrott, 1932)
96. Born Yesterday (George Cukor, 1950)
95. Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984)
94. Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998)
93. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Trey Parker, 1999)
92. The Exterminating Angel (Luis Buñuel, 1962)
91. What’s Up, Doc? (Peter Bogdanovich, 1972)
90. A New Leaf (Elaine May, 1971)
89. Daisies (Vera Chytilová, 1966)
88. Zoolander (Ben Stiller, 2001)
87. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Howard Hawks, 1953)
86. Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer, 1949)
85. Amarcord (Federico Fellini, 1973)
84. Waiting for Guffman (Christopher Guest, 1996)
83. Safety Last! (Fred C Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, 1923)
82. Top Secret! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, 1984)
81. There’s Something About Mary (Bobby and Peter Farrelly, 1998)
80. Office Space (Mike Judge, 1999)
79. The Dinner Game (Francis Veber, 1998)
78. The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987)
77. Divorce Italian Style (Pietro Germi, 1961)
76. Design for Living (Ernst Lubitsch, 1933)
75. The Palm Beach Story (Preston Sturges, 1942)
74. Trading Places (John Landis, 1983)
73. The Nutty Professor (Jerry Lewis, 1963)
72. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (David Zucker, 1988)
71. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001)
70. In the Loop (Armando Iannucci, 2009)
69. Love and Death (Woody Allen, 1975)
68. Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch, 1939)
67. Sons of the Desert (William A Seiter, 1933)
66. Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright, 2007)
65. Caddyshack (Harold Ramis, 1980)
64. Step Brothers (Adam McKay, 2008)
63. Arsenic and Old Lace (Frank Capra, 1944)
62. What We Do in the Shadows (Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, 2014)
61. Team America: World Police (Trey Parker, 2004)
60. Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004)
59. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)
58. Zelig (Woody Allen, 1983)
57. Mean Girls (Mark Waters, 2004)
56. Broadcast News (James L Brooks, 1987)
55. Best in Show (Christopher Guest, 2000)
54. Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971)
53. The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980)
52. My Man Godfrey (Gregory La Cava, 1936)
51. Seven Chances (Buster Keaton, 1925)
50. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Pedro Almodóvar, 1988)
49. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Buñuel, 1972)
48. Trouble in Paradise (Ernst Lubitsch, 1932)
47. Animal House (John Landis, 1978)
46. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
45. Big Deal on Madonna Street (Mario Monicelli, 1958)
44. Bridesmaids (Paul Feig, 2011)
43. M*A*S*H (Robert Altman, 1970)
42. The Awful Truth (Leo McCarey, 1937)
41. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles, 2006)
40. The Producers (Mel Brooks, 1967)
39. A Night at the Opera (Sam Wood and Edmund Goulding, 1935)
38. The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940)
37. Sullivan’s Travels (Preston Sturges, 1941)
36. A Fish Called Wanda (Charles Crichton and John Cleese, 1988)
35. Singin’ in the Rain (Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, 1952)
34. Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995)
33. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Adam McKay, 2004)
32. Raising Arizona (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1987)
31. Tootsie (Sydney Pollack, 1982)
30. Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (Jacques Tati, 1953)
29. When Harry Met Sally… (Rob Reiner, 1989)
28. It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 1934)
27. The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960)
26. Mon Oncle (Jacques Tati, 1958)
25. The Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin, 1925)
24. Withnail and I (Bruce Robinson, 1987)
23. The Party (Blake Edwards, 1968)
22. Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, 1974)
21. City Lights (Charlie Chaplin, 1931)
20. Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, 1974)
19. The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941)
18. Sherlock Jr (Buster Keaton, 1924)
17. Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks, 1938)
16. The Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin, 1940)
15. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, 1975)
14. His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940)
13. To Be or Not To Be (Ernst Lubitsch, 1942)
12. Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin, 1936)
11. The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998)
10. The General (Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton, 1926)
9. This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, 1984)
8. Playtime (Jacques Tati, 1967)
7. Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, 1980)
6. Life of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)
5. Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933)
4. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)
3. Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977)
2. Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
'Despicable Me 3': Watch Gru and Dru Take the Despicamobile Out for a Spin in Exclusive Clip
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Batman has the Batmobile. The Ghostbusters have the Ectomobile. And naturally, Gru has the Despicamobile.
You can get a look at Gru’s new wheels in our exclusive clip from the upcoming animated sequel Despicable Me 3 (watch above), which finds the supervillain taking it out for a spin with his twin brother, Dru. (Oh yeah, also new: Gru has a twin brother named Dru.)
It goes from 0 to 400 mph is three seconds, it can withstand a nuclear blast, and best of all, it’s a hybrid. Who says maniacal rogues bent on global domination can’t be environmentally conscious?
Despicable Me 3, which also features the voices of Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Trey Parker, Jenny Slate, Julie Andrews, Steve Coogan, and Russell Brand, crashes into theaters June 30. Watch the trailer:
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XFL draft live weblog: comply with alongside as each group fills out its roster
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the XFL draft started at 10 a.m. et.the eight XFL groups — the Dallas rebels, dc safeguards, Houston roughnecks, la wildcats, new york gatekeepers, Seattle monsters, st. Louis Battlehawks and Tampa bay vipers — are filling their seventy one-individual rosters over the subsequent days. groups will draft through position inside the -day draft.
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here is the order: 1. skill players (QB, RB, WR, te) 2. offensive line (OT, OG, OC) three. shielding front seven (dl, lb) 4. defensive backfield (CB, nb, ss, fs) 5. open draft (all closing gamers after positional drafts, similarly top/okay/ls).
section 2 of the draft, to be able to be for the offensive linemen, will begin at 1 p.m.
►Landry jones to the Dallas renegades: he is reunited along with his former college coach bob stoops.
►Cardale jones to the dc defenders: the former Ohio State quarterback performed in a single NFL sport for the buffalo payments in 2016. he is 6-5, 250
►Phillip walker to the Houston roughnecks: threw 74 touchdown passes for temple from 2013-sixteen.
► Luis Perez to the l.a. wildcats: performed impressively for the Birmingham iron in the now-defunct alliance of yank football in advance this season.
► Matt McGloin to the big apple guardians: the previous Penn nation starter has performed thirteen NFL games for Oakland.
►Jordan Ta’amu to the st. Louis Battlehawks: he performed at ole omit. he's the best quarterback many of the 8 assigned quarterbacks who doesn't have seasoned enjoy;
►Brandon silvers to the Seattle dragons: owned a sixty four.4% of entirety fee in 4 years at troy. he ended up as a starter for Memphis within the AAF earlier this year.
►Aaron Murray to the Tampa bay vipers. threw 121 landing passes in 52 games at Georgia and currently works as an analyst for CBS.
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round 1
1 defenders: Rashad Davis, WR, James madison
2. roughnecks: Connor prepare dinner, QB, Michigan state
3. guardians: deangelo yancbamawr, purdue
4. renegades: Jeff Badet, WR, Oklahoma
5. vipers: nick Truesdell, te, grand rapids junior university
6. Battlehawks: Christine Michael, RB, texas a & m
7. dragons: trey Williams, RB, texas a & m
eight. wildcats: Elijah timber, RB, North Carolina
round 2:
1: wildcats: Rashad Ross, WR, Arizona kingdom
2. dragons: Kenneth Farrow, RB, Houston
three. Battlehawks: Brogan Roback, QB, jap Michigan
4. vipers: seantavius jones, wr, valdosta kingdom
five. renegades: Tommylee Lewis, WR, Northern Illinois
6. guardians: mekale mckay, wr, cincinnati
7. roughnecks: Kahlil lewis, WR, Cincinnati:
eight. defenders: Tre McBride, WR, William & mary
spherical 3
1. defenders: Jhurell Pressley, RB, New Mexico
2. roughnecks: SammiWRCoates, WR, auburn
3. guardians: tanner gentry, WR, Wyoming:
four. renegades: Cameron Artis-Payne, RB, auburn
five. vipers: de'von Smith, RB, Michigan
6. Battlehawks: de'mornay Pierson-el, WR, Nebraska
7. dragons: Fred Ross, WR, Mississippi state
eight. wildcats: nelson spruce, WR, colorado
spherical four
1. wildcats: Brandon Barnes, te, Alabama state
2. dragons: Jace Amaro, te, texas tech
3. Battlehawks: L'damian Washington, WR, Missouri
four. vipers: Jalen Tolliver, Wr, Arkansas-Monticello
5. renegades: Stacy Coley, WR, Miami
6. guardians: Tim cook dinner, RB, Oregon country
7: roughnecks: kyle hicks, RB, Texas Christian
eight. defenders: DeAndre Thompkins, war, Penn kingdom
spherical five
1. defenders: khari lee, te, bowie nation
2. roughnecks: Denotes Alexander, WR, franklin college
three. guardians: Demarcus Ayers, WR, Houston
4. renegades sean price, te, South Florida
5. vipers: Quinton flora, RB, South Florida
6. Battlehawks: Wes Saxton, te, South Alabama
7. dragons: Keenan Reynolds, WR, military
eight. wildcats: larry rose, RB, New Mexico state
round 6
1. wildcats: KD Cannon, WR, Baylor
2. dragons: Evan Rodriguez, te, temple
three. Battlehawks: Marcus Lucas, WR, Missouri
4. vipers: cole wick, te, incarnate word
five. renegades: kelvin McKnight, WR, Samford
6. guardians: ej bibbs, te, iowa kingdom
7. roughnecks: cam Phillips, WR, Virginia tech
eight: defenders: Orson Charles, te, Georgia
spherical 7
1. defenders: donnel pumphrey, rb, san diego state
2. roughnecks: Jalen Saunders, WR, Oklahoma
three. guardians: Keith Trowbridge, te, Louisville
4. renegades: philip nelson, qb, east carolina
five. vipers: Rannell corridor, Wr, primary Florida
6. Battlehawks: Matt Jones, RB, Florida
7. dragons: Kasen Williams, WR, Washington
8. wildcats: Martez Carter, RB, Grambling country
round eight
1. wildcats: Key harris Garrett, WR, Tulsa
2. dragons: john Santiago, WR, North Dakota
three. Battlehawks: Ishmael Hyman, WR, James madison
four. vipers: Reece horn, WR, Indianapolis
five. renegades: lance Dunbar, RB, north texas
6. guardians: Justin Stockton, RB, texas tech
7. roughnecks: Devin grey, WR, Cincinnati
8. defenders: max McCaffrey, r, duke
round 9
1. defenders: Tyree Jackson, QB, buffalo
2. roughnecks: Andre Williams, RB, Boston university
three. guardians: Darius victor, RB, Towson
four. renegades: Donald Parham, te, stetson
5. vipers: Taylor Cornelius, QB, Oklahoma kingdom
6. Battlehawks: Alonzo Russell, WR, toledo
7. dragons: cam clear, te, texas a&m
eight. wildcats: Scott Orndoff, te, Pittsburgh
round 10:
1. wildcats: Donteea dye, WR, Heidelberg
2. dragons: Malachi Jones, WR, Appalachian state
three. Battlehawks: Jordan Lasley, WR, UCLA
4. vipers: Alonzo Moore, WR, Nebraska
five. renegades: Dimitri flowers, RB, Oklahoma
6. guardians: Marquise Williams, QB, North Carolina
7. roughnecks: nick Holley, RB, kent state
eight. defenders: adrien robinson, te, cincinnati
offensive line phase
round 1
1. wildcats, hurricane Norton, Ot toledo
2. dragons: Isaiah struggle, not, Clemson
3. Battlehawks: matt McCants, OT, Alabama-Birmingham
4. vipers: jordan mccray, oc, valuable florida
5. renegades: willie beavers, Ot, western Michigan
6. guardians: jarron jones, ot, notre dame
7. roughnecks: Cornelius Edison, Ot, portland nation
eight. defenders: Kyle Murphy, OT, Stanford
round 2
1. defenders: logan Tuley-Tillman, OT, Michigan
2: roughnecks: terry Poole, OT, San Diego country
3. guardians: terry poole, ot, san diego nation
4. renegades: pace murphy, Ot, northwestern country
five. vipers: Martez Ivey, OT, Florida
6. Battlehawks: brian Folkerts, Og, Washburn
7. dragons: Wenzell Boulware, Og, Tennessee
8. wildcats: Fred Latina, Og, Oregon nation
spherical 3
1. wildcats: Ryan pope, Ot, san Diego nation
2. dragons: dillon day, oc, mississippi state
three. Battlehawks: Dallas Thomas, OG, Tennessee
four. vipers: Isaiah Williams, Og, Akron
five. renegades: maurquice shakir, og, middle tennessee state
6. guardians: parker collins, oc, appalachian nation
7. roughnecks: Avery Gennesy, Ot, texas a&m
8. defenders: DeAndre Wesley, Ot, Byu
round four
1. defenders: Jon Toth, Oc, Kentucky
2. roughnecks: Demetrius Rhaney, Oc, Tennessee kingdom
three. guardians: Anthony Coyleogfordham
4. renegades: Darius James, OT, auburn
5. vipers: Andrew tiller, Og, Syracuse
6. Battlehawks: kent Perkins, Ot, texas
7. dragons: Cyril Richardson, OG, Baylor
eight. wildcats: javelin Robinson, OT, temple
round five
1. wildcats: Damien Mama, Og, USC
2. dragons: Quinterrius Eatmon, Ot, south Florida
three. Battlehawks: jake Campos, Og, Iowa state
four. vipers: Tre Jackson, OG, Florida state
five. renegades: alex balducci, oc, oregon
6: guardians: Zac Kerin, Og, toledo
7. roughnecks: Marquez tucker, Og, southern Utah
eight. defenders: Richard cook dinner, Og, Alabama-Birmingham
spherical 6
1. defenders: Chris brown, Og, USC
2. roughnecks: Gerhard de beer, OT, Arizona
three. guardians: brian Fineanganofo, Ot, Idaho state
four. renegades: josh Allen, Og, Lousiana Monroe
five. vipers: Christian morris, Ot, ole pass over
6. Battlehawks: tyler Gauthier, Oc, Miami
7. dragons: Michael Dunn, OT, Maryland
8. wildcats: nico siragusa, og, san diego state
round 7
1. wildcats: Ryan cummings, Og, Wyoming
2. dragons: kirk Barron, Oc, Purdue
3. Battlehawks: blake Muir, OG, Baylor
4. vipers: Tony Adams, OG, NC nation
5. renegades: Adam Bisnowaty, OT, Pittsburgh
6. guardians: john Kling, Ot, buffalo
7. roughnecks: Patrick lewis, Oc, texas a&m
eight. defenders: Toby Weathersby, OT, LSU
round 8
1. defenders: james o'hagan, oc, buffalo
2. roughnecks: Ryan Anderson, Oc, wake forest
3. guardians: ian silberman, og, boston university
4. renegades: sales Uhatafe, OG, Utah
five. vipers: drone Bouldin, OG, ole omit
6. Battlehawks: James Murray, Oc, holy move
7. dragons: Jordan rose, Ot, Idaho
eight. wildcats: lene Maiava, OT, Arizona
spherical nine
1. wildcats: tyler Roemer, OT, San Diego nation
2. dragons: Robert Myers, OG, Tennessee nation
three. Battlehawks: Juwan Bushell-Beatty, g, Michigan
4. vipers: marquis lucas, og, west virginia
five. renegades: john keenoy, og, western michigan
6. guardians: Nate Theaker, P, Wayne nation
7. roughnecks: Marcus Applefield, OT, Virginia
eight. defenders: chase Farris, Og, Ohio country
round 10
1. defenders: Casey Tucker, OT, Arizona country
2. roughnecks: Tayo fabulous, OT, Tcu
3. guardians: arie kouandjio,Og, alabama
four. renegades: Justin Evans, OOt, south Carolina country
5. vipers: william campbell, Og, michigan
6. Battlehawks: Dejon Allen, Og, Hawaii
7. dragons: Craig McCorkle, Ot, California (pa)
eight. wildcats: Anthony Morris, t, Tennessee kingdomWeek News
Upcoming Animated Movies That Release in 2017
The Lego Batman Movie
The Lego Movie spinoff zooms in on the Dark Knight, voiced again by Will Arnett, who must fight Gotham City criminals while raising a boy he adopted. Chris McKay — who worked as an animation co-director on the 2014 animated movie — directs the Warner Bros. release, also featuring Jenny Slate, Rosario Dawson, Ralph Fiennes, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Mariah Carey and Billy Dee Williams among the voice cast.
Rock Dog
Based on a graphic novel by Chinese rock star Zheng Jun, the Lionsgate/Summit release stars Luke Wilson as a Tibetan Mastiff expected to guard to a group of countryside sheep, but leaves for the city and ends up attracting the attention of a hungry wolf pack. J.K. Simmons, Eddie Izzard, Matt Dillon, Sam Elliott, Kenan Thompson, Lewis Black, Mae Whitman and Jorge Garcia also lend their voices to the Ash Brannon film.
The Boss Baby (March 31)
Throughout the 2000s, Dreamworks has carved out a very specific niche for itself,
with films like Shrek, Madagascar, and How to Train Your Dragon among the studio’s most popular hits. This comedy — based on the 2010 children’s book of the same name — stars Alec Baldwin as the voice of a talking baby who must team up with his older brother to foil a scheme by the puppy community (yes, really). Here’s hoping it’s as madcap and fun at its premise may allow.
Smurfs: The Lost Village
The Sony threequel — entirely computer-animated this time around — offers an origin story of the little blue creatures, as they journey through the Forbidden Forest to find a mysterious lost village before the evil wizard Gargamel does. Demi Lovato, Mandy Patinkin, Joe Manganiello and Rainn Wilson are among the voice cast of the Kelly Asbury film.
The Nut Job 2
Will Arnett returns as Surly Squirell in the Open Road sequel to the 2014 film, alongside Katherine Heigl, Maya Rudolph, Gabriel Iglesias, Jackie Chan, Bobby Cannavale, Bobby Moynihan and Jeff Dunham. The Cal Brunker sequel sees the animals joining to save their home from an evil mayor who decides to bulldoze Liberty Park to build a dangerous amusement park.
Cars 3 (June 16)
By and large, Cars 2 was considered a disappointment. In fact, many consider it one of Pixar’s only weak films. However, this third installment in the franchise has still managed to garner attention, thanks to a surprisingly grim teaser trailer that has audiences buzzing once again about the continuing adventures of Lightning McQueen.
Despicable Me 3 (June 30)
Just as Cars has become one of Pixar’s signature franchises, Despicable Me is easily Illumination Entertainment’s crown jewel. After all, the first two films (and their Minions spinoff) have earned $2.7 billion worldwide. Expect this next one to follow suit. We can’t wait to see South Park‘s Trey Parker as the 1980s-obsessed villain Balthazar Bratt.
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