Hung Truong: The Blog! (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
I borrowed and watched the Jack Black movie from a few years ago, Nacho Libre, last night. I’m not a huge fan of Jack Black but I guess I do find him generally funny. I figured this movie would be pretty good since the Napoleon Dynamite guy directed it and Jack Black stars in it. I [...]
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CANNES FILM FESTIVAL TheStar.com | entertainment | Cannes Day 1: Bearish juror, bear-suited extras Cannes Day 1: Bearish juror, bear-suited extras JEAN-PAUL PELISSIER/REUTERS Voice actors Jack Black (right) and Tatsuya Yamaguchi of Japan stage a mock fight near life-sized pandas during a publicity stunt for 'Kung Fu Panda' in Cannes today. (May 14, 2008) Jack black and white...
Right Celebrity (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
... telenovelas , movies, and theater productions, but her most well-known role in the US is in the Jack Black movie “Nacho Libre”. She is currently filming a television series for HBO. Ana’s television presentations include a 2006 hosting gig for the MTV Video Music Awards Latin America. Ask Men named Ana one of the Top 99 Women of 2008 - she landed number 79 on the list....
Law and Letters (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
... paper, I wondered for a minute if I was reading The Onion by mistake. I had the same reaction to "Nacho Libre." But then "The Forbidden Kingdom" came along, and I knew that the world had gone to heck. I got Kellogg's Rice Krispie's to make treats, and the box advertised mail-in "pandanas" with 5 box tops. On the side of the box, it also showed some kung fu-ey moves like "the crane."...
MTV Movies Blog (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
In casting his previous films, director Jared Hess has shown an impeccable ability to choose leading men who can really bring the funny: Jon Heder in “Napoleon Dynamite” and Jack Black in “Nacho Libre.” For the next film he co-wrote with wife Jerusha to direct, curiously entitled “Gentlemen Broncos,” Hess has cast boyish Michael Angarano as [...]
BigPictureBigSound.com (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
... Ryan, who goes by the name of "T-Dog" and is played by Troy Gentile, who has twice played a young Jack Black ("Nacho Libre", " Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny"). It's not bad enough that these two are classically "how to we meet a girl" clueless, they are also instantaneously beset by a startlingly psychopathic bully named Filkins (played by the Cusackian Alex Frost,...
Cinema Blend Feeds (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
... why it's great news that Gentleman Broncos, the upcoming project from Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess. Yes, I know Hess made the gigantic failure Nacho Libre, and that Napoleon Dynamite got old years ago, but Gentlemen Broncos already has one secret weapon that can't fail: Jemaine Clement.Yes, Jemaine Clement from Flight of the Conchords will play an established...
KOMO - News - Entertainment (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Paramount Pictures making movie clips available as Facebook messages This undated image provided by Paramount Studios shows a still image from "Nacho Libre" starring Jack Black. Paramount Pictures will become the first major studio to make clips from thousands of its movies available for use on the Internet.Story Published: Mar 9, 2008 at 4:56 PM PDT Story Updated: Mar 9,...
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 02/24/2008
JACK BLACK has notched up some dismal comedies since his breakthough in School Of Rock (Nacho Libre, Tenacious D) and Be Kind Rewind sadly fails to buck the trend.
Out in Hollywood (Free subscription) | 02/22/2008
... for the No.1 spot and should gross about $20 million over the three days. JACK'S BACK: Casting Jack Black in a comedy can equal success as we saw with "School of Rock" and "Nacho Libre." His new flick, "Be Kind Rewind," should be able to attract males 25 and younger in respectable numbers with its unique premise: two video-store owners are forced to re-create top Hollywood...
Aceshowbiz.com (Free subscription) | 02/22/2008
The rehab darling who has just shed her bare skin on the New York magazine has been reported to be cast in Patriot Pictures' 'Ye Olde Time' joining the 'Nacho Libre' comic.
TeenHollywood.com (Free subscription) | 02/22/2008
Hilarious Jack discusses "Be Kind, Rewind" with us.
/Film (Free subscription) | 02/01/2008
The actor with the best perma-squint in showbiz, Choke’s Sam Rockwell, has just signed on, alongside Flight of the Conchords Jemaine Clement and youngster Michael Angarano, to star in director Jared Hess's comedy Gentlemen Broncos. (...) Comment on this now or read more at slashfilm.com . Tags: Gentlemen Broncos , Jared Hess , Jemaine Clement , Jerusha Hess , Michael...
JoBlo (Free subscription) | 01/31/2008
We , the next film from NAPOLEON DYNAMITE and NACHO LIBRE director Jared Hess. Today we bring you news that BRONCOS has its cast. Michael Angarano (young William in ALMOST FAMOUS), Sam Rockwell and Jemaine Clement ("Flight of the Conchords") have signed on to star in the Fox Searchlight comedy. The film follows a teen (Angarano) who's an aspiring fantasy writer. When he...
Reel Fanatic (Free subscription) | 01/31/2008
Although I haven't much at all liked anything Jon Heder has done since "Napoleon Dynamite" (except for maybe his voice work in "Monster House"), I think I'll always have time for creator Jared Hess. I know he lost more than a few people with the super-silly "Nacho Libre," which is really a litmus test of just how much Jack Black you can stand, but I laughed...
