Will Ferrell, did you read my review of your latest moviefilm and feel that you needed to redeem yourself in my eyes? That is so considerate of you, you big lug! Why else would you and Adam McKay announce you were in the midst of creating a follow-up to the dumb-larious Anchorman just after I made the assertion that of all your various cinematic man-child incarnations, Ron Burgundy was the bestest?

Tags: Adam McKay, Anchorman, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Step Brothers, Steve Carrell, Will Ferrell

The wires today were clogged with news that Christina Applegate had a double mastectomy after being recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Get our schpiel on the matter over at the Telefile.

Tags: Anchorman, Christina Applegate, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Time and experience has led me to extrapolate that the filmic offerings of Will Ferrell tend to go one of three ways: Funny But Forgettable (as in Talladega Nights), Surprisingly Hilarious (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy), or Pointlessly Heinous (Blades of Glory). It is a rare confluence of factors that produces a genuine comedic achievement like Anchorman and elevates it above the run-of-the-mill masturbatory poo he so frequently churns out.

Sadly, Step Brothers most assuredly does not fall into this last category of insta-classic comedy. The jury is still out on which of the remaining two it ultimately belongs in, but after seeing a screening of it last night and feeling particularly generous after my twelfth caffeinated beverage of the day, I'm gonna vote on Funny But Forgettable.

Tags: Anchorman, Blades of Glory, John C. Reilly, Judd Apatow, Step Brothers, Talladega Nights, Will Ferrell