Kung Fu Panda 2 – Review – Dreamworks’ Newest Cash Cow
I review the new TV shows, movies, and recap the episodes you missed. Jack Black is back in Kung Fu Panda 2. Now that Shrek is over Dreamworks is looking for their new franchise. Kung Fu Panda 2 brings the laughs and warms the heart just like Shrek but with even more commercial appeal. Kung [...]
Kung Fu Panda 2 Learns Some New, Darker Moves – movie review
I’ll be honest with you from the start; I was not a fan of the first Kung Fu Panda movie. It was typical Dreamworks fluff for me. I walked into Kung Fu Panda 2 expecting a similar empty experience and walked out more full than I could have imagined. The entire film is an [...]
Miranda Cosgrove and Jack Black iCarly Clip
iCarly fans have a brand new reason to laugh. EW.com has delivered a first look at comedian Jack Black’s special appearance on the Nickelodeon series. The guest role marks a reunion for Black and Miranda Cosgrove who worked together on School of Rock. You can see Black for yourself on the November 19th episode, titled [...]
Jack Black scoops How to Survive a Robot Uprising
Daniel H. Wilson is getting a little more respect from the Hollywood machine with not one but two adaptations coming from his works. You already know that Steven Spielberg is hard at work on the more serious-minded Robopocalypse, but io9 is now reporting that How to Survive a Robot Uprising is getting some TLC from [...]
Amanda Peet in Gulliver’s Travels
Not sure if I’ve heard of this film before but 20th Century Fox is making a Gulliver’s Travels film, and they’ve landed the character that will serve as Gulliver’s (Jack Black) editor in Amanda Peet. This is apparently a modern adaptation of the classic work by Jonathan Swift. Is this the movie that Emily Blunt [...]
Year One: Jakal Dance clip (HD)
Last month we noted the first trailer for the Judd Apatow produced, Harold Ramis directed, Jack Black comedy Year One.
This new clip is a play at a classic, or rather comedic-stereotypical, scene. Check it after the jump . . .
Year One trailer (HD)
I find Jack Black amusing and as a comic fan, you are naturally going to get my attention calling anything Year One.
This is the more like the literal Year One (as opposed to the definitive Frank Miller variety). I also tend to be a fan of Judd Apatow projects, and the cast also includes . . .
DVD Review – Tropic Thunder: 2-Disc Director’s Cut
Directors: Ben Stiller Actors: Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Tom Cruise Studio: Dreamworks Release Date: November 18, 2008 An unusual comedy. Unusual in that I found myself having to watch Tropic Thunder a couple of times, not for a second round of laughs but to settle some apprehensions, to retrace steps – both [...]
DVD Review – Kung Fu Panda (Blu-ray)
Directors: John Stevenson, Mark Osborne Actors:Jack Black, Ian McShane, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogan, David Cross Studio:DreamWorks Animation, Paramount Release Date: November 8, 2008 This is how I remember it. When I was growing up, I would wake up on Sunday, eat some cereal, watch some cartoons, and then the [...]
DVD Review – King Kong
Director: Peter Jackson Starring: Jack Black, Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody Studio: Universal Pictures Release Date: December 13, 2005 If you’d just finished making the three biggest fantasy movies in the world ever, if you’d just shot to stardom as an epitome of epic cinema, if you’d got the studios banging on your door day and [...]
