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Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga

chat room Mar. 15, 2021

Eurovision Songwriter Savan Kotecha on His Oscar Nom and Visiting Húsavík“I can’t wait until COVID’s done so we can go visit.”

By Anne Victoria Clark
play jaja ding dong Mar. 2, 2021

The Town of Húsavík Would Like an Oscar, PleaseBut can it get the “Jaja Ding Dong” guy onboard?

By Anne Victoria Clark
vulture lists Feb. 8, 2021

Ranking Every Netflix Original Movie: 2015-2020Five years, 515 films.

By Charles Bramesco
jaja ding dong Aug. 7, 2020

The Elves Forced Iceland’s Eurovision Contestant to Play ‘Jaja Ding Dong’Have they gone too far?

By Anne Victoria Clark
bad ideas Aug. 6, 2020

The U.S. Will Get Its Grubby Paws on Eurovision with ‘American Song Contest’Because America famously doesn’t have enough singing competition television shows…

By Chris Murphy
our streaming future Aug. 6, 2020

Will a Comedy Ever Play at a Movie Theater Again?Three writers wonder: Is 2020 the end of the end of laughing out loud at the cinema?

By Alison Willmore, Bilge Ebiri, and Jesse David Fox
comedy July 15, 2020

Iceland’s Real Eurovision Contestant Doesn’t Get the ‘Husavik’ Lyrics EitherEven he had to Google the lyrics.

By Anne Victoria Clark
oscar futures July 6, 2020

Can Eurovision Crash the Oscars’ Best Original Song Race?Of all the pitch-perfect spoofs in the Netflix movie, one song stands out among the rest.

By Nate Jones
vulture lists June 30, 2020

12 Memorable Performances From the Actual EurovisionLet’s go, Lithuania!

By Nick Allen
chat room June 30, 2020

Eurovision’s Director Never Wanted to Make Fun of AnyoneDavid Dobkin talks finding the heart in Will Ferrell’s passion project, comedy’s cultural uprising, and what is funny in 2020.

By Chris Lee
only mr. god knows why June 29, 2020

An Ode to Latvia, the Overlooked Gem of EurovisionHow does a new fan of the European song contest choose a country to support? Don’t. Just go with Latvia.

By Meredith Clark
vulture lists June 29, 2020

Every Will Ferrell Movie, RankedWhich film best captures the Will Ferrell Experience?

By Will Leitch and Tim Grierson
chat room June 29, 2020

Dan Stevens Was Supposed to Sing in Eurovision, But Then a Pandemic HappenedThe actor says he planned to provide vocals for his character, Russian disco-god Alexander Lemtov, “but then the world got turned upside down.”

By Bilge Ebiri
fire! saga! June 26, 2020

A Guide to All the Cameos and Homages in Netflix’s EurovisionUnsurprisingly, the parody arrives packed with appearances from actual former Eurovision competitors and commentators.

By Meredith Clark
lip-sync assassin June 26, 2020

Is Rachel McAdams Really Singing in Netflix’s Eurovision?Are those magical, almost porpoise-like Icelandic whistle tones really coming out of her mouth?

By Rebecca Alter
movies June 26, 2020

The (Fake) Songs of SummerHow the surprisingly convincing faux pop tunes of the Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams movie Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga got made.

By Bilge Ebiri
movie review June 24, 2020

You’ll Want to Sing Along to Will Ferrell’s Glorious EurovisionThis comedy about the Eurovision Song Contest might be the most emotionally engaging movie the actor has ever made.

By Bilge Ebiri
trailer mix June 11, 2020

Here’s Will Ferrell in a Wig to Remind You of the Before TimesIt’s the trailer for Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.

By Zoe Haylock