Harold Ramis

Year One Directed by Harold Ramis Starring Jack Black, Michael Cera Rated PG-13 Release date: June 19, 2009 There are a lot of stock catchphrases that are widely used by people to describe movies that I have grown tired of hearing. Reading a review of a film that is described as a “rollercoaster thrill ride” or a performance is hailed as being a “tour de force” stinks of laziness and unoriginality by the critic. Specifically there are two descriptions that apply to Year One that I am deathly sick of hearing across the board: “Check your brain at the door” and “the actors looked ... Read Full Story

Starring : Jack Black, Michael Cera, David Cross Director : Harold Ramis Release Date : June 19, 2009 Running Time : 97 min MPAA Rating : PG-13 Distributor : Columbia Pictures - - - There are a lot of stock catchphrases that are widely used by people to describe movies that I have grown tired of hearing. Reading a review of a film that is described as a “rollercoaster thrill ride” or a performance is hailed as being a “tour de force” stinks of laziness and unoriginality by the critic. Specifically there are two descriptions that apply to Year One that I am deathly ... Read Full Story

Starring : Jack Black, Michael Cera, David Cross Director : Harold Ramis Release Date : June 19, 2009 Running Time : 97 min MPAA Rating : PG-13 Distributor : Columbia Pictures - - - There are a lot of stock catchphrases that are widely used by people to describe movies that I have grown tired of hearing. Reading a review of a film that is described as a “rollercoaster thrill ride” or a performance is hailed as being a “tour de force” stinks of laziness and unoriginality by the critic. Specifically there are two descriptions that apply to Year One that I am deathly ... Read Full Story

Harold Ramis's latest comedy - Year One - will be in a theater near you on June 19. One of his most successful films, Ghostbusters , celebrates its 25th anniversary this summer, and a video game based on the film is to be released June 16. There also is much buzz about a potential third installment of the comedy blockbuster. Not a bad summer for Ramis, the 64-year-old writer, director, producer, and actor, who continues to make comedies that he says reflect his "old hippie philosophy, dressed up in different ways." Ramis sat down for a wide-ranging interview during his most recent visit to ... Read Full Story

  Colgate students had a chance this week to meet with director, actor, writer, and producer Harold Ramis, who spent two days on campus talking shop and showing special previews of his upcoming movie. Ramis, whose son is a first-year at Colgate, is a veritable Hollywood heavyweight with many popular movies under his belt such as Groundhog Day, Caddyshack, Analyze This, Animal House , and Ghostbusters . Ramis met with students in a film history course and two theater classes, and had lunch with Colgate's improvisational group, Charred Goosebeak, and with the Student Lecture Forum. Students responded to Ramis's down-to-earth nature and quick humor ... Read Full Story