Anna Friel has revealed that her Land Of The Lost co-stars called her "the English lesbian" on set. The 33-year-old actress admitted that she captured the attention of Hollywood's Will Ferrell and Danny McBride by telling them about her Brookside gay storyline during breaks in shooting the movie. Speaking to The People, she commented: "Oh, they loved talking about my lesbian thing. They all love that. "They were always like: 'She's a famous lesbian in England'.
By Daniel Kilkelly

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That bomb that dropped in Los Angeles about a month ago? That wasn’t the Land Of The Lost feature film. It was the revelation that 1970’s/80’s teen idol Wesley Eure, the original “Will Marshall” from the television version, the star of Days Of Our Lives, the shower nozzle masturbation fantasy material (to quote Heathers) for legions of teenage girls, is gay.
Perhaps I overstate. But Eure’s AfterElton.com interview was certainly a “Holy sh*t!” moment for many 40-something women whose dreams were crushed, and many 40-something men whose dreams came true.
Honestly, this one wasn’t a shocker for me. Although he wasn’t out in the press, the signs were there. His nonstop charity work with various AIDS charities (which include live theater extravaganzas featuring drag queens and muscle boys), the fact that he now lives in Palm Springs (Says Eure, “If you live here you’re either old,
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The weekend box-office race ended with the animated Up retaining the #1 slot. There was unexpectedly strong competition from the R-rated gross out comedy The Hangover, which came in #2 despite the fact it lacks star power. The advent of summer is when young men's minds turn to hot chicks and cold beer, so the film's timing seems to have been perfect. Will Ferrell's family comedy Land of the Lost was expected to nab at least $30 million but opened with a weak $18 million. When the trailer is lousy, you know the film isn't going to be a winner. The film continues Ferrell's wildly inconsistent track record at the box-office, though his recent Bush-bashing one man play on Broadway was a major hit. For more click here
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Seen on: June 5, 2009
The players: Director: Brad Silberling, Writers: Chris Henchy, Dennis McNicholas, Cast: Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny R. McBride, Jorma Taccone
Facts of interest: Based on the TV series from the '70s.
The plot: Will Ferrell stars as a scientist who travels to a parallel dimension inhabited by hostile creatures.
Our thoughts: To be honest, I wish I’d never entered the “Land of the Lost.” It’s a boring place full of bad jokes and lame characters, and it pretty much lacks all the necessary ingredients for an exciting, adventurous comedy. In other words, this movie is a mess of epic proportions, and one that should never have found its way into theaters.
Franck Tabouring

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Here at Splash Page, we love us some dinosaurs. What’s there not to love? They’re big, mysterious, formerly dominant and spectacularly awesome in “Jurassic Park.” But we only say that because we do not co-exist with these over-sized lizards… drop a pair of Velociraptors in the middle of a shopping mall and we’d probably whistle a different tune as we run away.
With Will Ferrell and Danny McBride’s “Land of the Lost” opening today (an adaptation of the television series focusing on an alternate, dinosaur-filled reality) we came up with a list of comic book locations that have played host to dinosaurs in one shape or another — places that, for the most part, we have zero interest in visiting.
The Savage Land: It’s weird enough that there’s a tropical location hidden in the nooks and crannies of Antarctica — it’s just flat out terrifying
Josh Wigler

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The awesomely funny Danny McBride is the shooting star in Hollywood right now. He continues to make his way into almost every major comedy that comes out. McBride first appeared in The Foot Fist Way and has been solidly working ever since. His smaller parts in Pineapple Express, Hot Rod, Tropic Thunder, & Observe and Report have rocketed his career into the hot seat with the starring role in his own HBO series Eastbound And Down, and supporting role in Land Of The Lost which opens today. Given this solid resume, it seems that he is ready to lead in the upcoming action comedy Hench. McBride will co-write Hench with Shawn Harwell based on a graphic novel by Adam Beechen and Mario Bello. McBride’s offbeat, arrogant, uncomfortable humor sounds perfect for the role as a football player who gets injured, is forced
Dave Campbell

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Rating: 1.0/5.0 Chicago – “Land of the Lost,” starring Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, and Anna Friel, is horribly conceived, almost entirely laugh-free, and with absolutely no personality of its own. It’s one of the most inert, dull, and dead-on-arrival major summer films in a very long time with no target audience likely to be satisfied by it.
What exactly is the target audience of “Land of the Lost”? I’ll admit that I assumed it would be a PG-rated family comedy going in. Little kids love dinosaur poop jokes, right? Much to be great surprise, “Land of the Lost” is not for kids. Sure, it sounds like it was written by a 12-year-old, but parents may blush at jokes about characters getting “wet” or sitting on a vibrating crystal. Even pre-teens will roll their eyes when Chaka gropes Holly for the fifteenth time.
Read Brian Tallerico’s full review of “Land of the Lost
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From MTV.Com: Many a ’70s kid thrilled to the cheesy TV series “Land of the Lost,” and some of them, it appears, grew up to run movie studios. That might explain why this decrepit property has now been turned into a movie. It doesn’t excuse it, though. The picture is a CGI adventure comedy with a mild line in PG-13 laughs, a surprising lack of fresh adventure (did the filmmakers chop up an early print of “Journey to the Center of the Earth” and smoke it?), and very little in the way of digital dinosaurs and whatnot that haven’t been paraded past us many times before. It’s worth noting that two of the movie’s funniest scenes — one involving a giant mosquito and the other a confrontation with Matt Lauer on the “Today” show — can be seen for free in the trailer. Just a suggestion.
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Kurt Loder

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When I participated in the press day for "Land Of The Lost," I felt comfortable chatting with Will Ferrell and Danny McBride, having interviewed both of them previously.  But Lonely Island's Jorma Taccone was a question mark for me, and I wasn't sure what to expect.  So of course, it turned out to be the longest and, in many ways, best of the three conversations.  Check it out for yourself: Jorma Taccone:  Hey, brother. Motion/Captured:  Hey, how're you doing, man? Hey, good.  How are you? I am very well, thanks. Excellent. Gotta say, I was really taken aback by the film...

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Will Ferrell and Danny McBride in desperate search of laughs.

Will Ferrell, Anna Friel and Danny McBride in "Land of the Lost"
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Many a '70s kid thrilled to the cheesy TV series "Land of the Lost," and some of them, it appears, grew up to run movie studios. That might explain why this decrepit property has now been turned into a movie. It doesn't excuse it, though. The picture is a CGI adventure comedy with a mild line in PG-13 laughs, a surprising lack of fresh adventure (did the filmmakers chop up an early print of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and smoke it?), and very little in the way of digital dinosaurs and whatnot that hasn't been paraded past us many times before. It's worth noting that two of the movie's funniest scenes — one involving a giant mosquito and the other a confrontation

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