Ben Stiller – Stream On Demand

‘Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy’ on Netflix and Paramount+

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Will Ferrell takes us back to the 1970s and the glory days of local TV newsreaders in this hilarious spoof, costarring Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, and Steve Carell

Ben Stiller struts the catwalk as ‘Zoolander’ on Paramount+

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Owen Wilson and Will Ferrell costar in this goofy spoof of male models and the fashion industry directed by Stiller.

Leaving soon: Steven Spielberg’s ‘Empire of the Sun’ – Innocence in wartime on Max

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Christian Bale made his film debut as British schoolboy in a Japanese prison camp in World War II Shanghai in this superb war drama.

‘Madagascar’ – back to the wild on Peacock

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Ben Stiller and Chris Rock headline the voice cast of this animated comic odyssey of four New York City zoo animals shipped back to the wilds of Africa, where they have idea how to survive.

Duck! It’s ‘Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story’ on Hulu and Peacock

!Featured, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, Hulu, Peacock, sports, Streaming Movies, SVOD 06/09/2022 Sean Axmaker

Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller face off in the comedy built around the gym class nightmare turned competitive sport. It may not be original, but it’s often shamelessly funny.

‘Escape at Dannemora’ – Benicio Del Toro makes a break for it on Paramount+

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The true story of a 2015 prison break is dramatized in this limited series costarring Paul Dano and Patricia Arquette and directed by Ben Stiller.

Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller in the film by Noah Baumbach

What to stream: ‘Meyerowitz’ and ‘MINDHUNTER’ on Netflix, ‘Lore’ on Amazon, Sarah Silverman’s ‘America’ on Hulu

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Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Now, Showtime Anytime, FilmStruck, video-on-demand, and other streaming services … Noah Baumbach’s The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017, not rated), starring Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller as the estranged sons of sculptor and retired art professor Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Marvell […]

Ben Stiller and Greta Gerwig star in the film directed by Noah Baumbach

Ben Stiller is ‘Greenberg’ on Netflix

!Featured, Blu-ray, Comedy, drama, DVD, Netflix, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/06/2017 Sean Axmaker

In Greenberg (2010), Ben Stiller delivers the youngest curmudgeon in the movies. Roger Greenberg is a fortysomething guy recovering from a nervous breakdown and avoiding confronting the mid-life crisis he’s been tangling with since his twenties, apparently. Noah Baumbach, directing from a story developed with his wife, Jenifer Jason Leigh, is a shrewd student of […]

Bob Odenkirk and David Cross star in the cult HBO sketch comedy 'Mr. Show'

‘Mr. Show with Bob and David’ on Amazon Prime and HBO Now

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Comedy 05/22/2016 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

“Hey everybody, it’s Bob and David!” In fact, it’s all 30 episodes of Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995-1997), the HBO sketch comedy created by and starring Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. This inspired, inventive show combines the freewheeling creativity of Monty Python’s Flying Circus with cabaret theater, and each episode swirls around an ingenious […]