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However, his rotoscoped A Scanner Darkly, with Keanu Reeves, and Jack Black comedy School Of Rock earned him mainstream recognition.
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Gulliver's Travels by D. B. Bates — December 26, 2010 — It's insane to think an innocuous Jack Black comedy aimed at the same kids who fell for him in the infinitely better School of Rock would retain the satirical edge of Jonathan Swift's novel.
In 2010, with Christmas on a Saturday, the Jack Black comedy «Gulliver's Travels» was the only newbie.
With «Napoleon Dynamite» finally behind him, writer / director Jared Hess will try to duplicate the cult success with the release of the new Jack Black comedy, «Nacho Libre.»
Tropic Thunder (2008) featured several trailers, including The Fatties: Fart 2 which was a Jack Black comedy about obesity, farts and burps.
It takes some doing to make a Jack Black comedy that doesn't work.
Wilson had already been a fan of the show's co-creator Mike White, impressed by his ability to go from writing the dark, psychological indie comedy «Chuck & Buck» to the mainstream Jack Black comedy «School of Rock.»
Not exact matches
And in closing, who could forget the illustrious 2006 comedy «Nacho Libre» starring Jack Black?
The movie's got everything from slapstick comedy, to jack - in - the - box spooks, to 17 - year - old Wynona Rider wearing gothic - black attire and it was an essential starting point for many of Hollywood's finest working artists today.
In «Walk Hard,» a comedy studded with cameos, the brief appearance of Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Justin Long and Jason Schwartzman as John, Paul, George and Ringo was a highlight.
Synopsis: Jared Paul and Andrew Mogel's comedy - drama The D Train stars Jack Black as Dan, a man in charge of organizing his high - school reunion.
An unfocused, unfunny black comedy, Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb details the chaos that ensues after a nuclear attack is mistakenly triggered against the Soviet Union - with the film following a host of disparate figures, including George C. Scott's Buck Turgidson, Sterling Hayden's Jack D. Ripper, and Peter Sellers» title character, as they attempt to neutralize the threat.
2008's «Kung Fu Panda» was such an unexpected delight, merging furious martial art action and a traditional hero's journey narrative to create a quirky, spirited comedy, making ideal use of star Jack Black's verbal idiosyncrasies and playful heft.
Jack Black, Michael Cera, Dave Grohl, Winona Ryder, and Kristen Wiig are some of actors on the comedy show based on the Funny Or Die concept where historical reenactments are explained by drunk narrators.
HBO has given a series order to The Brink, a comedy starring Tim Robbins and Jack Black, TVGuide.com...
Jack Black is an immigrant polka performer who defrauds local residents via a Ponzi scheme in this comedy based on a true story....
HBO has given a series order to The Brink, a comedy starring Tim Robbins and Jack Black, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
Electric Dynamite and 20th Century Fox just released the latest international movie poster for the upcoming comedy «Gulliver's Travels» by director Rob Letterman (Monsters vs Alien, Shark Tale) and starring Emily Blunt (Charlie Wilson's War, The Wolfman), Jason Segel (Despicable Me, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Knocked Up) and Jack Black (Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom, Year One, Tropic Thunder).
Such is the case with DreamWorks Animation's big upcoming sequel Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom, the follow - up to the action comedy starring Jack Black in animated clothes.
Related Reviews: Starring Jack Black: Tropic Thunder • Kung Fu Panda • Margot at the Wedding Starring Michael Cera: Superbad • Juno New to DVD: Ghosts of Girlfriends Past • Away We Go • 30 Rock: Season 3 • Hero (Special Edition) • The Small One • The Proposal 2009 Comedies: I Love You, Man • Adventureland • Paul Blart: Mall Cop • 17 Again Produced by Judd Apatow: Knocked Up • Drillbit Taylor • Step Brothers • The TV Set Written by Harold Ramis: Back to School The Supporting Cast of Year One: Run Fatboy Run • Alvin and the Chipmunks • The Other Boleyn Girl • Wild Hogs Evan Almighty • Important Things with Demetri Martin: Season One • Night at the Museum • Apocalypto • Beowulf
The disappointment was, with comedy superstars such as Steve Martin, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson, that it wasn't
Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black are bird watchers in the ensemble comedy «The Big Year» (Oct. 14).
Mark Osborne and Jack Black from Tenacious D are going to do a comedy segment for the film.
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White most recently co-created, wrote and directed the HBO series «Enlightened,» starring Laura Dern, and wrote the comedies «Year of the Dog,» starring Molly Shannon and John C. Reilly; «The Good Girl,» starring Jennifer Aniston; and «Nacho Libre,» starring Jack Black.
Why, for example, did director Abrahamson (whose previous feature was the lovely, bizarre black comedy «Frank») stage the crucial sequence with Jack in the back of a pickup truck so clumsily, risking logic and credibility?
This comes on the heels of HBO recently picking up to series the political comedy The Brink, with Jack Black and Tim Robbins starring.
GENRE: Comedy STARS: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jack Black IMDB RATING: 6.1 / 10
Greg and Earl's movies (including knock - offs of «A Clockwork Orange» and «Midnight Cowboy») got me thinking of Michel Gondry's 2008 indie comedy «Be Kind Rewind», in which Jack Black and Mos Def made their own versions of such classics as «Driving Miss Daisy» and «Ghostbusters».
Screenworthy: Richard Linklater's black comedy «Bernie,» starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey, looks well worth seblack comedy «Bernie,» starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey, looks well worth seBlack, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey, looks well worth seeing.
It'll indisputably be attention - grabbing to peer, as Jack Black has stayed clear of this kind of R - Rated comedy for moderately a while now.
Richard Linklater mixes comedy, drama and documentary to tell a frankly outrageous true story, and in the process he also gives Jack Black one of his best - yet roles.
Last Summer's biggest gimmick comedies, Year One (Jack Black in animal skins) and Land of the Lost (Ferrell in another dimension), were crushingly bad; by comparison, Forte's MacGruber (if ever a title deserved to be followed by an exclamation point, this is it), seems like a piece of comic genius.
Next weekend will be a comedy showdown as Jack Black and Michael Cera live through Year One, Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds get engaged in The Proposal, and Larry David grumbles himself through Woody Allen's latest comedy Whatever Works.
The Jack Black / Michael Cera comedy Year One recently received an R - rating, and after an appeal earlier this week, the MPAA upheld their decision.
Starring Jon Hamm, Ed Helms, Jack Black, Zach Galifianakis, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Weird Al Yankovic, Andy Richter, Reggie Watts, Casey Wilson, Michael Cera, Colin Hanks, David Cross, Robert Wisdom, Gillian Jacobs, Todd Barry, Nick Kroll, Topher Grace, Pauly Shore, Fred Williamson, Tim Kalpakis, Jon Heder, Brody Stevens, Will Forte, Scott Aukerman, Chris Parnell, Brett Gelman, Seth Morris, James Adomian, Matt Besser & David Ferguson Creator: Comedy Bang!
Now, they're hoping to translate their brand of comedy to the big screen in this take on black inner city action movies — like «New Jack City,» but with two nerds and a cute kitten at its center.
«Spellbound» (1945) Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Miklós Rózsa * Also nominated for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Michael Chekhov), Best Director (Alfred Hitchcock), Best Black - and White Cinematography (George Barnes), and Best Special Effects (Jack Cosgrove).
THE VERDICT: Refreshingly subversive and featuring a never - better Jack Black, The D Train takes bromantic comedies to their natural conclusion.
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We recently learned that Pineapple Express and Your Highness director David Gordon Green would write and direct a new pilot called Black Jack for Comedy Central.
Jack Black schemes up a way to increase attendance to his high school reunion in his newest comedy «The D Train»
And «The Big Year» will go down as one of the biggest flops of the year — the comedy, which stars Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black, grossed a dismal $ 3.3 million.
A bromantic comedy with a sharp edge of melancholy, this indie casts Jack Black and James Marsden in the sort of parts they play frequently, then pushes them toward pathos.
It's a «Six Degrees of Ben Stiller» world of comedy right now, with chummy folk like the Wilsons (Owen and Luke), Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Jack Black, supporting players like Hank Azaria and Stephen Root, and behind - the - camera talent like Judd Apatow professionally colliding like guests at an overcrowded party.
2008 saw him in the comedy «Tropic Thunder» with Ben Stiller and Jack Black for which he earned a Golden Globe nomination.
HBO has given a series order to The Brink, a dark comedy that stars Jack Black and Tim Robbins, Deadline reports.
The 2008 comedy Tropic Thunder stars Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey Jr. as three prima donna actors dropped into a war zone while thinking they are making a movie.
The first trailer has arrived online for Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel's hit Sundance comedy The D Train starring Jack Black, James Marsden, Kathryn Hahn and Jeffrey Tambor.
«SHALLOW HAL» In this comedy from Bobby and Peter Farrelly, the ultimate shallow guy (Jack Black) is hypnotized by a self - help guru (Tony Robbins) and directed to see women's inner beauty.