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Year 2009

 

Rate Jack Black is 'best movie teacher'

Original at topix.com external link    Fri, Sep 11

Dewey Finn, a wannabe rock star who takes his friend Ned's place as a substitute teacher, becoming 'Mr S' in order to find some rent money, seems to strike chords with audience as the ideal 'cool' teacher, taking 16 per cent of the votes in the poll 2,000 Lovefilm members.

Rate Jack Black

Original at topix.com external link    Sat, Aug 29

Actor and musician Jack Black began his unique double career as a cult figure on the L.A. "alternative" comedy scene before he was upgraded to scene-stealing character roles in larger pictures, eventually taking the.... Actor and musician Jack Black began his unique double career as a cult fi...

Rate Ozzy, Mastodon, Sabbath, A Pile More In Jack Black Death Metal Video Game

Original at topix.com external link    Wed, Aug 26

Have you ever watched a Tenacious D music video and wondered why there isn't some kind of Jack Black video game? If so, you may be pleased to know that Black is soon to appear in a game called Brutal Legend , which will hit stores Oct.

Rate Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D

Original at topix.com external link    Tue, Aug 25

When Tenacious D was asked - eventually - to step in as the closing act for the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival next Sunday after the Beastie Boys were forced to drop out at the last minute, the guys didn't hesitate.

Rate Karaoke Jack Black cuts loose at Jalouse

Original at topix.com external link    Tue, Aug 18

London, Karaoke Jack Black cuts loose at Jalouse By Alistair Foster, London Lite Last updated at 13:56pm on 17.08.09 Hollywood funnyman Jack Black is at his best when he's on stage with a microphone.

Rate EA Denmark reveals full rockin' Brutal Legend soundtrack list

Original at topix.com external link    Mon, Aug 10

Listed in: PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 Tags: Jack Black , Denmark , Tenacious D O 4 Brutal Legend is definitely going brutal with its soundtrack! EA Denmark has unveiled the full soundtrack list for the Jack Black video game starrer, and it's totally rocking! The list itself boasts of over 100...

Rate Rock duo Tenacious D tapped for Outside Lands Festival

Original at topix.com external link    Sat, Aug 8

Tenacious D, the comedic hard-rock duo featuring actor-musicians Jack Black and the East Bay's own Kyle Gass, has been tapped as the replacement headliner for final night of the Outside Lands festival at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.

Rate DVD Reviews: DVD reviews: August 8, 2009

Original at topix.com external link    Fri, Aug 7

PAUL BLART: MALL COP *** IF you like your comedy heroes in the vein of Jack Black or Will Ferrell, then this will cop you some titters.

Rate Kung Fu Panda

Original at topix.com external link    Sun, Jul 19

A scene from Kung Fu Panda. Cast: Featuring the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane Kinda Like: A bad kung fu flick Rating: 2.5 cinematic babysitters out of 5 The Deal: Therea s something deliberately cartoonish about many kung fu movies -- if Jackie Chan hadna...

Rate Transformers sequel digs in at the UK box office

Original at topix.com external link    Mon, Jun 29

Michael Bay's techno-rampage continues to easily defy the critics, as well as new releases starring Jack Black and Cameron Diaz Shia tenacity a Revenge of the Fallen sits on the No 1 spot for a second week.

Rate Jack Black - Disciplined Dad Jack Black

Original at topix.com external link    Sat, Jun 27

Year One' actor Jack Black used to be ''wild'' until he had children with his wife Tanya Haden.

Rate A Review of the Movie Year One

Original at topix.com external link    Fri, Jun 26

Yesterday my wife and I were out at the mall and we decided to see a movie. The only thing available in our time frame was "Year One." It didn't look that great but Jack Black has done good stuff and bad stuff; at the top of the good was "School of Rock" and "King Kong." "Year One" is a comedy starring J...

Rate Movie Review: Tropic Thunder

Original at topix.com external link    Wed, Jun 24

Directed by Ben Stiller Written by Ben Stiller, Justin Theroux Starring Ben Stiller Robert Downey Jr Jack Black Review by Philter Tropic Thunder is one of those brilliant pieces of work that you are unable to pinpoint exactly what it is.

Rate Ten Things You Never Knew About Jack Black

Original at topix.com external link    Wed, Jun 24

Whether it's providing the laughs in School Of Rock and High Fidelity , creating the riffs with his comedy musical double act Tenacious D, or voicing creatures in Kung Fu Panda and Shark Tale , Jack Black has a pretty good record at scoring hits with large audiences.

Rate Jack Black - Black Risks Fury with Bible Rant

Original at topix.com external link    Wed, Jun 24

Caption: Jack Black The world premiere of Year One at AMC Lincoln square New York City, USA .... JACK BLACK is set to upset a number of religious groups after making jokes about the Bible - insisting the sacred text was written by "an idiot." The School of Rock actor plays a caveman who embarks on an...

Rate Tenacious D to work on new album

Original at topix.com external link    Tue, Jun 23    1 related articles

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Jack Black has revealed his band Tenacious D are planning a comeback album. The Hollywood actor's comedy rock duo - comprised of Jack and Kyle Gass - have been working on three new songs which will be part of their follow up to 2001's Tenacious D and 2006's The Pick Of Destiny.

Rate Movie Review: Year One

Original at topix.com external link    Mon, Jun 22

Rating: PG-13 Genre: Comedy Release Date: June 19, 2009 Running Time: 100 minutes Child-friendly? Though younger children may recognize Jack Black from School of Rock or Kung-Fu Panda, Year One may not be appropriate because of jokes about sex, passing gas and excrement.

Rate Stone cold comedy: 'Year One' no blast from the past

Original at topix.com external link    Mon, Jun 22

Eyesight, sanity, your lunch...Yes, you could lose a lot of things at the sight of paunchy, hairy Jack Black writhing about in an animal pelt saying "Come get some of this ladies." What moviegoers won't lose, however, is the certainty that Black and "Year One" co-star Michael Cera are fearles...

Rate 'Year One' takes comedic pokes at the Bible

Original at topix.com external link    Sun, Jun 21

In the midst of the ongoing culture wars, can it be a good idea to put out a comedy about two Stone Age men who wander into the Bible? In "Year One," Jack Black stars as an inquisitive Stone Age man, with Michael Cera as his sidekick.

Rate Jack Black in 'Year One': infantile or immature?

Original at topix.com external link    Sat, Jun 20

Jack Black," says Harold Ramis, who directed him in his latest comedy, Year One, "is immature, but he's not infantile; he just knows how to be silly." After hearing this remark, Black thinks for a long moment and then smiles beatifically.

Rate Surprise! Jack Black's good films outnumber his bad ones

Original at topix.com external link    Thu, Jun 18

Go and find the five best and five worst Jack Black movies," the honchos at Film.com told me, and I said, "Sure thing." It'd be easy, I thought.

Rate Tenacious D Ready To Record New Album

Original at topix.com external link    Mon, Jun 15

Posted by Mitch Michaels on 06.15.2009 Jack Black says it's nearly Tenacious D time again... Jack Black has said that Tenacious D is ready to start work on their third album.

Rate 'Kung Fu Panda' a real kick in used-game stores

Original at topix.com external link    Sat, Jun 13

Jack Black voices the title character in 'Kung Fu Panda,' now selling for $15-$20 in used-game stores.

Rate Jack Black Video Game in a Legal Tug of War

Original at topix.com external link    Fri, Jun 5

Black plays a central role, below, The Associated Press reported. Since at least 2007, the game developer Double Fine Productions has been designing the game, which features Mr.

Rate Jack Black - Black Quits Writing After Tenacious D Movie Flopped

Original at topix.com external link    Tue, May 19    15 related articles

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Caption: Jack Black Los Angeles premiere Monsters Vs Aliens held at the Gibson Amphitheater Universal City Walk Los Angeles, California .... JACK BLACK abandoned his dream of becoming a successful Hollywood screenwriter after his debut movie TENACIOUS D: IN THE PICK OF DESTINY flopped.

Rate Principal Leads School of Rock for Pleasanton Kids

Original at topix.com external link    Sat, May 16    15 related articles

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Long before actor Jack Black made "The School of Rock," middle school principal John Whitney was rocking at Pleasanton Middle School with the Rock 'n Roll Club he started eight years ago.

Rate a Kung Fu Panda: The Seriesa headed to Nickelodeon; based on 2008 film

Original at topix.com external link    Thu, May 14    2 related articles

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In this publicity image released by DreamWorks Animation, giant panda Po, voiced by Jack Black, begins his study under Master Shifu, below, voiced by Dustin Hoffman in a scene from DreamWorks' "Kung Fu Panda." THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/DreamWorks Animation NEW YORK - Nickelodeon is adding...

Rate Jack Black takes two breakfasts

Original at topix.com external link    Sun, May 10

Hollywood comedian Jack Black has revealed that he eats two breakfasts to temporarily satisfy his almost insatiable appetite.

Rate Hollywood star Jack Black to film at Blenheim Palace

Original at topix.com external link    Thu, Apr 23    1 related articles

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HOLLYWOOD funny man Jack Black is one of the stars coming to Oxfordshire later this month to shoot scenes for a new movie.

Rate Jack Black and Michael Cera are the parents of Andy Samberg?

Original at topix.com external link    Wed, Apr 22

Movies & TV blog is about two things. No second guesses, people. Tony Black and Zack McGhee have been together for nearly 3 years.

Rate Andy Samberga s 2009 MTV Movie Awards Promo

Original at topix.com external link    Tue, Apr 21

Jack Black speaks onstage at Spike TV's 2008 'Video Game Awards' held at Sony Pictures' Studios on December 14, 2008 in Culver City, California Jessica Alba Taylor Swift and Joe Jonas Jack Black kicks it up for 'Kung Fu Panda' at the Cannes International Film Festival

Rate Parting Words From Jack Black, Stevie Wonder

Original at topix.com external link    Sun, Apr 19

All Things Considered , April 18, 2009 Parting words this evening from one of the ultimate record store movies, High Fidelity .

Rate The big debate: The Texican Whopper

Original at topix.com external link    Thu, Apr 16

They don't like us representing their flag wrongly. Boo Hoo! I guess they really don't mind breaking our laws and stealing, raping and killing our people!' a ' IDIDIT April 14, 2009, 5:57 p.m. The story: Mexicans express outrage over Burger King's "Texican Whopper" TV commercial, which has...

Rate RT's Top 5 Fan Films

Original at topix.com external link    Wed, Apr 15

Did Be Kind Rewind give you the itch to recreate your favourite movie scenes as Jack Black and Mos Def spun their own homemade interpretations on the likes of Ghostbusters and Rush Hour 2 ? If so, then the new You Make The Movies website might give you the incentive to do it - there's a trip to Un...

Rate A 'Brutal' attack by Black in heavy metal game

Original at topix.com external link    Thu, Apr 2

Jack Black and video game designer Tim Schafer are ready to bring the heavy metal thunder.

Rate Jack Black, 'iCarly' win at Kids Choice Awards

Original at topix.com external link    Sat, Mar 28

Eds: APNewsNow. UPDATES with details from live broadcast.s AP Video. Will be led.

Rate Monsters vs. Aliens

Original at topix.com external link    Fri, Mar 27

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At the Academy Awards earlier this year, Jack Black explained how he makes the most of the paychecks he earns for his frequent work in DreamWorks' animated movies like Kung Fu Panda and Shark Tale .

Rate Kung Fu Panda (Widescreen) - Golden Globe Nominee! & Oscar Nominee

Original at topix.com external link    Tue, Mar 24

Prepare for Awesomeness. Features: DVD, Widescreen Prepare for awesomeness with DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda , "a delightful movie that can stand among the very best animated features" . Jack Black is perfect as the voice of Po, a noodle-slurping dreamer who must embrace his tru...

Rate The swede picks up speed

Original at topix.com external link    Sun, Mar 15

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Lovingly made, no-budget remakes of popular movies are called "sweded" pictures because, as Jack Black explains in Be Kind Rewind, Sweden is a far-away, expensive country.

Rate Brave souls take a dip for charity at Tim's

Original at topix.com external link    Thu, Mar 12

Tim's Rivershore Restaurant & Crabhouse hosted its share of personalities during Saturday's seventh annual Polar Bear Plunge, including comedic actor Jack Black.

Rate Jack Black: Tenacious D in the studio

Original at topix.com external link    Thu, Mar 5

Since the 2006 release of their film Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny , Jack Black and Kyle Gass -- partners in the much-loved comedy-rock duo -- have been tantalizing D fans with the promise of another ...

Rate Highlights: 81st Academy Awards

Original at topix.com external link    Sat, Feb 28

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Jennifer Aniston and Jack Black make an award presentation during the 81st Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, Sunday, February 22, 2009.

Rate Gondry May Replace Chow To Direct 'Green Hornet'

Original at topix.com external link    Wed, Feb 25

Writer/director Michel Gondry, left, and actor Jack Black from the film "Be Kind Rewind" pose for a portrait at the Miners Club during the 2008 Sundance Film Festival on Jan.

Rate 'Kung Fu Panda' animators from Lehigh Valley area

Original at topix.com external link    Sun, Feb 22

Kung Fu Panda ,' the animated film from DreamWorks starring Jack Black as the voice of Po, is up for Best Animated Feature.

Rate Winchester's School of Rock

Original at topix.com external link    Fri, Feb 20

IT was like a scene out of smash hit comedy The School of Rock. But American actor Jack Black was nowhere to be seen as youngsters from across Winchester took to the stage to show the audience their music ...

Rate Black, Hoffman star in 'Panda' follow-up

Original at topix.com external link    Fri, Feb 6    2 related articles

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Hollywood actors Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman reprise their characters from "Kung Fu Panda" in the "Panda" DVD follow-up "Secrets of the Furious Five." The new adventure from DreamWorks Animation SKG is about ...

Rate Jack Black gives Jessica Alba the elbow for her grandmother in The Office Super Bowl special

Original at topix.com external link    Mon, Feb 2

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Jessica Alba and Jack Black formed an unlikely couple when they appeared in a Super Bowl special episode of The Office.

Rate Jack Black reveals his builder's bum as he struggles to stay afloat on surfboard

Original at topix.com external link    Sun, Feb 1

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Hollywood funnyman Jack Black has always been good at making people laugh. And if these holiday snaps are anything to go by, it's not hard to see why.

Rate Random School of Rock Thought

Original at topix.com external link    Sun, Jan 25

Eric and I were discussing this movie today, and we both agree on two things: 1) It's a great example of how good Jack Black is when you let him loose, but not completely loose.

Rate And The Award For "Most Unexpected Guest Speaker At...

Original at topix.com external link    Tue, Jan 20

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Granted, just about everyone loves Jack Black, so we're not complaining, we just weren't exactly prepared for a suited, hair-combed Tenacious D half to be delivering a political address to millions of hopeful ...

Rate The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Power of Negative Thinking: B-sides and Rarities

Original at topix.com external link    Wed, Jan 14

Like all early '90s super-hip kids rapt with the unending "originality" of Ride or Oasis, we first learned about The Jesus and Mary Chain's legacy from the unquestioned pillar of rock criticism: Jack Black.

Rate Jack Black, Tanya Hayden Appear on Jazz Great Charlie Hayden's Country Album?

Original at topix.com external link    Sat, Jan 3

Jack Black has gone country. Even worse - he's gone bluegrass. The over-the-top actor-musician told the Canadian Press that he recently discovered that: "There was s omething in the music that I think struck a ...

Rate Viral videos ensnare millions in their Net

Original at topix.com external link    Thu, Dec 25

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Jack Black portrays Jesus in "Prop 8: The Musical." Some Web videos get a few thousand views, and more are lost in cyberspace.

Rate 'Office' scores Jack Black

Original at topix.com external link    Wed, Dec 17

The Office's" big Super Bowl episode has landed its first big guest star: Jack Black.

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