Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Opens nationally today

Studio: Columbia Pictures

Director: Adam McKay

Starring: Will Ferrel, John C. Reilly

Rated: PG-13

Running time: 105 minutes

An over-the-top comedy in the same vein as "Anchorman." Instead of a newscaster, Will Ferrell stars as NASCAR stock car racer Ricky Bobby — "a man who could only count to number 1." Ferrell and director Adam McKay ("Anchorman") co-wrote the film.

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Director: Patrick Stettner

Starring: Robin Williams, Rory Culkin

Rated: R

Running time: 91 minutes (Sundance Film Festival), 82 minutes (United States)

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Studio: Lions Gate Films

Director: Neil Marshall

Starring: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Jackson Mendoza

Rated: R

Running time: 99 minutes

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Director: Steve Oedekerk

Starring: Kevin James, Courteney Cox

Rated: PG

Running time: 90 minutes