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When Step Brothers director Adam McKay tweeted earlier this week that Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly would reprise their characters on a forthcoming rap album, it was reasonable to assume that it was some kind of weird joke. But as it turns out, its a weird joke thats actually happening. McKay has since confirmed the project, tweeting, I wasnt kidding about Step Brothers rap album. And we just found out we have a crazy big time producer. No further details have surfaced. Photos: Hip Hop Royalty In Step Brothers , a deeply strange and generally underrated comedy from 2008, Ferrell and Reilly play grown men who clash when their parents get married. After the two bond, they form a rap duo known as Huff N Doback. Peter Travers Video Review: The X-Files, Step Brothers If you are unfamiliar with Ferrell and Reillys rap style, here is a clip of the two performing their absurd song Boats N Hoes in Step Brothers .

Producer Frances McDormand, a supreme talent who doesnt act in this film version of Laura Lippmans unnerving 2003 mystery novel, had this to say about why she decided to help bring Every Secret Thing to the screen: I wanted to make a movie about a group of irredeemable women, giving her last two words an emphatic snap. Point taken. The movie, directed by documentarian Amy Berg ( Deliver Us From Evil ) from a script by Nicole Holofcener ( Enough Said ), doesnt coddle audiences by giving them much to root for. Maybe thats why reviews for the film have been mixed to worse. I say give this toxic valentine to Mothers Day sentiment a chance. Even when it dawdles too much over forensics and then rushes to wrap things up, Every Secret Thing bristles with a toxic energy that commands attention. Tops among the high-powered cast is the extraordinary Diane Lane, who nails every nuance in the role of Helen Manning, a teacher and single mother who lives with what she believes is her biggest embarr...

Aimee Mann brought Shins leader James Mercer with her to Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, where the pair duetted on "Living a Lie" from Mann's latest album, Charmer . They blended their distinctive voices into smooth harmonies while Mann strummed an electric guitar and her band filled out the tune, which amounts to a frank exchange of views regarding a relationship. Mann stuck around after to perform "Labrador," another song from Charmer .

If youve turned on TV in the last week, youve been bombarded with mind-numbing commercials for this living hell of a movie about two people perky pastry girl Holly (Katherine Heigl) and pervy sports guy Messer (Josh Duhamel) who hate each other until they inherit a baby when the kids parents die in a car crash. Related Peter Travers reviews Life as We Know It in his weekly video series, At the Movies With Peter Travers. Cue the poopy diapers that make two lovers of foes. I wanted to throw a fully-loaded Pamper at the screen. Heigl and Duhamel, on the shoals of once promising careers, struggle mightily to persuade us they are playing humans. But the machine that grinded out this drool possesses nothing resembling a soul. This is crap as we know it, a 113 minute package of romcom suck. Related The Twelve Must-See Fall Movies: Peter Travers runs down a golden dozen and five flicks to skip.

After Two And A Half Men 's Angus T. Jones called the show "filth" and urged viewers to stop watching, The Office stars Rainn Wilson and Craig Robinson have made their own spoof on the religiously-tinged video. "Dwight from The Office is nothing, OK. The Office is nothing," says Wilson, while repeatedly mentioning the name of the show and when it airs. "If you watch The Office , please don't watch The Office ." Just like Jones, Wilson informs viewers that this "filth" will "rot your brain." Jones quickly apologized, but didn't retract or alter his characterization of the show.

Amid the dizzying multiversal multitude of announcements from Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige at San Diegos Comic-Con this weekend, perhaps the most surprising (other than Natalie Portman as a female Thor in Taika Waititis Thor: Love and Thunder ) was a reboot of the long-dormant vampire-hunting franchise Blade , with two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali taking over the title role from original star Wesley Snipes. The project is in its early stages, with no release date, and no director. That void left social media users free to do what they do best, and on Twitter, the consensus was clear: Jordan Peele should do it. It was hard not to wonder, though, why those fans would want one of the only filmmakers alive whos making original ideas viable at the box office to abandon his path after Get Out and Us . And as it happens, when I spoke with Peele at length in December for Rolling Stones cover story, Peele had already been offered more than one big franchise movie and he said hed t...

M EGAN FOX has been known to say a few things. She says shes a tranny, she says shes a bisexual, she says she has the libido of a 15-year-old boy, she says, Actors are the worst assholes to hang out with theyre either narcissistic douche bags or raging alcoholics, she says most men are weak like puppies, she says she has her boyfriends name tattooed next to my pie. She says all these wonderful, crazy things, which are most often accompanied by pictures of her in bra and panties, with her pillow-plump lips provocatively parted, and then she goes on about her business like shes said nothing of interest at all, leaving delighted tabloid editors everywhere dancing in her wake. But why docs she do this? Whats the point? The theory usually posited is that shes a slut for attention and that her ultimate goal is some kind of freakish worldwide celebrity domination. If thats indeed the plan, so far, so good. At the age of 23, shes already been called the Sexiest Woman on Earth, already been ask...

There are so many congratulatory statements I want to make to FX at this time about The Americans. However, since space is limited and I need to maintain some semblance of an objective slant on this recap, Ill just say this: Please, FX, dont ever put The Americans up against Scandal (which returns from its winter hiatus February 27thon ABC). I dont think my nervous system could handle having to choose between two Washington, D.C.-based dramas filled with sex, intrigue and costumes I covet on a daily basis. Anyone who has been following my Twitter feed of late (or that of most TV critics/reporters) will know that its pretty much been an Americans lovefest since I got my hands on the first batch of screeners. So now that the season premiere has aired: For those havent hopped on the Americans bandwagon yet, this recap will serve as my longform argument to, to use a popular term from the Soviet-era drama, turn those remaining holdouts. With Breaking Bad having ended its run last fall...

Ok, were not sure, exactly, how to say this. Its, um well right, fine [ deep breath ]. Well just say it. So Bumblebee is a spin-off of the Transformers series, those Michael Bay movies of sound and fury and volume and lukewarm metal-on-metal action that are based on a line of toys, because cinema. You probably remember him somewhere within the haze of your post Transformers -movies-screening memories, as very few human beings can recall much from those trainwreck blockbusters about good bots and bad bots, cars and jets, the fate of the world (we think?), etc. Hes the one whos yellow and black, hence the name. Good friend of Optimus Prime. Hates Decepticons. Turns into a bitchin Camaro. And the movie its good. Not just not bad. Its actually good. Imagine if John Hughes made a Transformers movie. Or: Think E.T., but with auto parts. Or, possibly: The Iron Giant, stuck in a world where only 80s action movies and vintage teen-angst movies exist. Or and heres where things admittedl...

Now that were just past the midpoint of Dexter s eighth and final season, were going to say something that may be unpopular in some crowds: everyones favorite serial killer still has some gas left in his tank. See Who Made Our List of the Best Characters on Television Thats right. Were still enjoying Dexter , despite a few bumps in the road. We suffered through the Rita years, laughed at Dexters many close calls and painstakingly watched as the Travis Marshall case unfolded. We accepted those punches, always rolling right back to our screens for the following weeks episode. You see, whatever shortcomings Dexter has acquired over the past several years, theres always just enough intrigue and mystery to keep us coming back for more. The reason? The continued presence of the core cast. Keeping Dexter, Debra, Masuka, Batista and Harry Morgan together for eight seasons has helped the series maintain a level of familiarity that makes watching it feel like eating a warm bowl of soup. The cr...

Directed by Denzel Washington the road to good is of ten paved with good intentions. Director-star Denzel Washington and producer Oprah Winfrey want to tell an inspirational true story in The Great Debaters . So why cut corners to do it? Washington plays Melvin B. Tolson, the professor and poet who coaches his all-black Texas debate team from Wiley College to victory against Harvard in 1935. My guess is the inspiration would have increased exponentially the closer it stayed to the truth. For starters, Wiley beat the University of Southern California, not the vaunted Harvard. And the Wiley team was forbidden to claim victory because it did not belong to the national debate society, which refused to admit blacks until after World War II. A downer ending, sure, but one that digs deeper into our countrys shameful history with racism. The actors are all solid, especially Denzel Whitaker as fourteen-year-old Wiley debater James Farmer Jr., who would go on to found the Congress of Racial Equa...

Its always exciting when a talented screenwriter proves he has what it takes to be a full-on filmmaker. Such is the case with Taylor Sheridan, whose scripts for Sicario and Hell or High Water are models of what livewire, literate thrillers should be. Wind River is no exception. Set on a Native American reservation in Wyoming, Sheridans directorial debut begins with the disturbing sight of a young girl, afraid for her life and running barefoot in the snow. Shes later identified as Natalie (Kelsey Asbille), an 18-year-old whose body is found frozen in the snow. The finder is Cory Lambert (Jeremy Renner), a wildlife officer charged with hunting down animal predators, such as wolves and mountain lions. Instead, he finds the victim of a rape and murder. An F.B.I. agent named Jane Banner (Elizabeth Olsen, doing hard-ass to a T) is called in from Las Vegas to investigate. The two lock horns immediately. He knows this land and understands the people who live there in poverty and racial strif...

Would you believe desperate housewife Felicity Huffman as a man? After seeing this wow of an actress play Stanley Osborne, just a few weeks away from the operation that will turn him into a her, youll believe Huffman in anything. Writer-director Duncan Tucker lays many a plot contrivance in Huffmans path, but her Oscar-bait performance handles every curve he throws. That includes a road trip from New York to Los Angeles with Stanley now Bree pretending to be a Christian missionary so Toby (Kevin Zegers), the teen son he sired from a brief encounter, wont know his real identity. The comic highlight is a stopover in Phoenix to meet Stanleys parents studies in denial as played by Burt Young and a flat-out hilarious Fionnula Flanagan. But the movies soul is with Huffman. Speaking in a low voice, her posture as stiff as her vocabulary, her eyes a pool of sadness and hope, she turns this small, resonant film into a cry from the heart.

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Nearly 20 years after losing to Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes, it looks like The Monstars are gearing up for a rematch. Related: Is LeBron James Funny? Rumors of Space Jam 2 have long been percolating Dick Ebersols sons were linked to the project last year but theyve picked up steam in recent months. LeBron James, the ideal candidate to replace Michael Jordan if there were to be a sequel, just signed a content-creation partnership with Warner Bros., and the studio who brought the original movie to life recently filed for three Space Jam trademarks, too. While it could all just be a freaky coincidence, James recently teased well just have to wait and see when asked about the project in a Twitter Q&A. Michael Jordans jumper still appears to be wet, and Bill Murray is probably wandering around somewhere as you read this. And now, theres Blake Griffins new sneaker commercial, featuring a cameo from well-known Looney Tunes character Marvin the Martian. While introducing the e...

Say it isnt so. Is Sacha Baron Cohen, a.k.a. Ali G, Borat and Bruno, actually starring in a movie with a semi-coherent plot? Seems like it. Theres not a mock-doc, improvised, caught-on-the-fly, gotcha! moment in all of The Dictator . Baron Cohen wrote the linear script with Alec Berg, David Mandel, and Jeff Schaffer. And Larry Charles, who directed Borat and Bruno , stages every scene with emotional maturity and military precision. Hell, Im lying. The Dictator zigs and zags through its scant 84 minutes as if running wild to save its crazy ass. Oddly enough, this is a good thing. Even with a blueprint to follow, the Cambridge-educated Baron Cohen is always best when he jumps the fences of comedy. Thats why The Dictator leaves you laughing helplessly . It starts at outrageous and rockets on from there. Screw the occasional sputter. Baron Cohen plays General Admiral Haffaz Aladeen, dictator of the fictional North African country of Wadiya, with a beard as bogus as his accent. The Supre...

Ah jeez. I actually wanted this one to be good. Or at least decent. Or at least a reminder of what got us all fired up about the first Die Hard in 1988. But A Good Day To Die Hard , the fifth in a creatively exhausted series, is total crap. Bruce Willis is back as the NYPDs John McClane. But now hes in Russia to free his son, Jack (Jai Courtney), from the clutches of baddies. Call it Die Hard Does Taken . Of course, Sonny Boy (nicely played by Courtney) is a good guy. But why give away the plot when theres precious little of it. The script by Skip Woods ( Swordfish ) is incoherent. The direction by John Moore ( Max Payne ) is a jumble. The digitally amplified clatter of guns, choppers, fireballs and crashing cars never stops, but its impossible to know where you are at any given time or why you should give a damn. The Willis smirk is always a welcome sight. But his one-liners are cringe-inducing, especially when he ties to show his love. Lets go kill some motherfuckers is as close as ...

Oscar royalty Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep appear onscreen for the first time in Steven Spielbergs new trailer for film drama The Post , which documents the Pentagon Papers scandal. Streep portrays The Washington Post s Katharine Graham, the first female publisher of a major American newspaper, and Hanks plays the papers editor, Ben Bradlee both of whom risk their careers and personal security to help expose a cover-up of government secrets spanning three decades and four presidents. The clip opens with a TV news report on The New York Times bombshell reporting about the Vietnam War. The way [the government] lied those days have to be over, Bradlee notes. Meanwhile, Graham is battling staff concerns about her judgment based solely on her gender. People are concerned about having a woman in charge of the paper that she doesnt have the resolve to make the tough choices, says Post chairman Fritz Beebe (Bradley Whitford). Bradlee and Graham pursue the papers, recruiting journalist Ben B...

Peter Travers says that Morgan Spurlocks new documentary, Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, is the best and most depressing thing playing at theaters this weekend. Spurlocks film, which Travers declares is the filmmakers most accomplished since Super Size Me , is a hilarious and eye-opening look at the omnipresence of product placement and advertising in movies and pop culture. Its a documentary that tells you even while youre laughing that were all going to hell in a sponsored handbasket. This Weeks Movie Reviews: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold Water for Elephants Rio Incendies The Complete Archive: Over 20 Years of Peter Travers Movie Reviews Now Online

Avengers: Age of Ultron explodes into movie theaters May 1st, and to celebrate the Marvel blockbusters arrival, Sesame Street spoofed the superhero tandem to teach kids about healthy eating and the art of focus. In Aveggies: Age of Bon Bon , an Ultron-inspired baddie plots to turn the worlds vegetables into desserts. The only thing that could stop the villains giant chocolate chip cookie spaceship: An enormous, green Cookie Monster-turned-Hulk (via Daily Beast). The Sesame Street spoof also features plenty of parent-friendly Avengers jokes that might elude younger viewers. Thats me secret, me always hungry, Cookie Monster says before transforming into his furry green Hulk, a nod to Bruce Banners Avengers quip, Thats my secret Im always angry. The segment even pokes fun at Jeremy Renners Hawkeye and the marksmans all-around uselessness within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And like the Avengers post-credit sequence, Cookie Monster suggests the gang get some post-battle shawarma. The...