"Will" Power

It's Ferrell VS. Farrell at the cineplex this weekend.

Will Ferrell's race car comedy Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (Reviews) is going toe to toe with Colin Farrell, as he tries to unseat MIAMI VICE, as the number one movie in the land. The prognosticators are giving the victory to Ferrell, saying the cops of Vice will be down for the count, when all is said and done.

Ben Fritz of Variety says Talladega' on track, adding--NASCAR laffer looks to displace 'Vice'.

Joshua Rich of Entertainment Weekly asks: Can "Talladega" refuel Will Ferrell's career? and then answers his own question with this---After a series of disappointments, the funnyman will finally have a hit with "Ricky Bobby"

The weekend's other new releases include the thriller, The Night Listener (Reviews) starring Robin Williams. The critical reaction though seems to be split right down the middle leaving its fate very much up on the air...

The female-centric horror film, The Descent, meanwhile, has garnered some very positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie has a positive rating of 90%, as I type this post. Wow!!

At the other end of the RT scale though, is Barnyard. Yet another CGI animated feature film, with cute little animals, made to act human...The critics, by and large HATE THIS MOVIE.

With the big blockbusters now out of the way, Summer '06 seems to be grinding to a halt 4 weeks early...Oh Wait! I forgot about Snakes On A Plane!!!!!!!!!!!!