Will Ferrell found himself in a strange land over the summer – the bottom of the box office basement.
The comedian’s “Land of the Lost,” out this week on DVD, fell flat during its initial release, and rightly so. The tired gags and naughty bits might have tweaked adult audiences, but the rest of the dreck clearly was meant for younger audiences.
Suffice to say no one was pleased.
Other releases this week:
- Director Sam Raimi’s “Drag Me to Hell” crowned the return of horror’s immature king to his former realm. But while “Hell” proved far cleaner than any film in his “Evil Dead” trilogy, it didn’t live up to the critical hype. The DVD release comes with gorier, unrated version in addition to the theatrical cut, production video diaries and other goodies sure to please Raimi’s rabid fan base.
- Sandra Bullock returned to the rom-com genre over the summer with “The Proposal,” a movie which had every right to fail but did nothing of the kind thanks to some smart movie chemistry. Bullock is just right as an uptight boss from hell, while Ryan Reynolds buffs his leading man chops as her subordinate and … gasp … husband.
(Photo: Lorna Raver plays an old woman with a curse or two to share in “Drag Me to Hell.”/Universal Home Entertainment)
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