Ben Stiller

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Movie Hollywood 2009 Release Date:07/24/2009 Language:English Written by: Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon Starring: Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Robin Williams Review People, Mr. Daly, want the next thing," says a character to ex-museum guard Larry Daly (Ben Stiller) in "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian," and there's Hollywood's rationale for sequelitis in an over-budgeted, computer-generated nutshell. The follow-up to the surprise 2006 hit movie reeks of No. 2: It's bigger, noisier, shinier, and dumber, and it has no earthly reason to exist. The kids will scarf it ... Read Full Story

Getty Images. He may have looked artfully strung-out at this year's Academy Awards, but Ben Stiller is no junkie. In an interview with Britain's Daily Mail , the comedian admits that he's experimented with drugs, but they're not his thing.  He told the Mail he was once so freaked out during an LSD trip, he felt compelled to call his parents for support: I dabbled in drugs - just dabbled. I did LSD once, only once. It was per pressure, a high-school thing. But it was scary and I didn't like feeling out of control. It was a very bad trip - I freaked ... Read Full Story

Actor Ben Stiller (L) and Natalie Portman present an award on stage during the 81st Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on February 22, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Ben Stiller;Natalie Portman (Getty Images) more pics »  Actor Ben Stiller (L) and Natalie Portman present an award on stage during the 81st Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on February 22, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Ben Stiller;Natalie Portman (Getty Images) more pics » (Getty Images) more pics » (Getty Images) more pics » ... Read Full Story

Ben Stiller in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Photo: 20th Century Fox The best way to describe Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is to say it is harmless, but that doesn't necessarily make it good. Besides a couple of chuckles, this flick never inspires much laughter outside of a moment when Ben Stiller as Larry Daley kisses the reanimated version of Amelia Earhart and a youngster in my audience yelled out, "Ewwwwww!" Pretty rough when a 7-year-old (guessing) in the audience supplies the film's largest laugh. I never saw the 2006 original film, but from what I have ... Read Full Story

When the Museum of Natural History is closed for upgrades and renovations, the museum pieces are moved into federal storage at the famous Washington Museums. The centerpiece of the film will be bringing to life the Smithsonian Institution, which houses the world’s largest museum complex with more than 136 million items in its collections, ranging from the plane Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams) flew on her non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic and Al Capone’s (Jon Bernthal) rap sheet and mug shot to Dorothy’s ruby slippers, Fonzie’s jacket from Happy Days, the still from M*A*S*H and Archie Bunker’s lounge chair from All in the Family. ... Read Full Story