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  • August 2008

    • Rocker Sinks Like a Stone

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Aug 20, 08 12:11 PM CDT

      Rocker Sinks Like a Stone

      (Newser) - We’ve seen The Rocker before: It was called School of Rock, and it was funnier, critics agree. “The only brazen thing about the film is how shamelessly it rips off School of Rock , recycling its flaky-educator loser-of-the-gods premise, only this time in high school,” writes Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly . Claudia Puig of USA Today suggests skipping the movie and staying home to play Rock Band. More »

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      movie review  • Jack Black

    • Thunder Rolls at Box Office

      Variety  |  Aug 17, 08 6:44 PM CDT

      Thunder Rolls at Box Office

      (Newser) - Hollywood spoof Tropic Thunder bombarded the box office this weekend by banking $26 million in top spot, Variety reports. Batman flick The Dark Knight fell to second but raked in $16.8 million and became the second-highest grossing domestic pic ever. Filling out the top five were Star Wars: The Clone Wars , Mirrors , and Pineapple Express , Bloomberg reports. Woody Allen's Vicky Cristinia Barcelona debuted on 692 screens and came in tenth. More »

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      film  • Hollywood  • box office  • movies  • The Dark Knight  • Ben Stiller  • Star Wars  • Jack Black  • Robert Downey Jr.  • Tropic Thunder

    • Tropic Thunder Declares Comedy War

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Aug 13, 08 11:00 AM CDT

      Tropic Thunder Declares Comedy War

      (Newser) - The action comedy Tropic Thunder, a send-up of Vietnam War movies, crosses some lines—intentionally. In fact, Peter Hartlaub writes in the San Francisco Chronicle , "if you're not offended by at least one aspect of this film, then you're probably not getting out enough." But it has a secret weapon, he writes: It's "laugh-until-your-stomach-hurts hilarious." More »

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      movie review  • comedy  • Tom Cruise  • DreamWorks  • Ben Stiller  • Jack Black  • Robert Downey Jr.  • Tropic Thunder

    • The 'Summer of Downey'

      Rolling Stone  |  Aug 11, 08 8:53 AM CDT

      The 'Summer of Downey'

      (Newser) - After "many long, cold, hard winters," it's finally the "summer of Downey," writes Erik Hedegaard in Rolling Stone . The success of Iron Man has turned the 43-year-old mercurial actor into a certified mega-star, raising the question of how he will deal with it all. "I'm between two phases right now, and the transition can be tricky," said Downey, whose past drug problems were a tabloid fantasy. "As long as I don't forget the past, I'm cool." More »

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      Rolling Stone  • Ben Stiller  • Jack Black  • Robert Downey Jr.  • Tropic Thunder  • Iron Man

    • Studios Bet Big on R-Rated Comedies

      Associated Press  |  Aug 5, 08 8:45 PM CDT

      Studios Bet Big on R-Rated Comedies

      (Newser) - Movie studios are gambling on R-rated comedies more than ever as audiences open up to raunchier humor and stars push to showcase their talent in a less restricted setting, the AP reports. PG-13 flicks almost always draw bigger crowds, but R-rated features like Sex and the City , Wedding Crashers , and Knocked Up are proving that more risqué comedies can still do well. More »

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      comedy  • movies  • Tom Cruise  • Sex and the City  • Ben Stiller  • Jack Black  • MPAA  • Tropic Thunder  • Knocked Up

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • Angelina: It's Twins!

      Associated Press  |  May 15, 08 9:02 AM CDT

      Angelina: It's Twins!

      (Newser) - The rumors are true: it's going to be a double bundle of joy for Brangelina, AP reports. Angelina Jolie confirmed she was expecting twins after Jack Black let the news slip while the Kung Fu Panda co-stars were being interviewed for the Today show. The new twosome will be the 5th and 6th children for Jolie and partner Brad Pitt. More »

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      celebrity pregnancy  • Angelina Jolie  • Brad Pitt  • twins  • Jack Black

    • Stars Align as Cannes Kicks Off

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  May 14, 08 10:22 AM CDT

      Stars Align as Cannes Kicks Off

      (Newser) - The Cannes Film Festival gets under way today with the premiere of Blindness , a new film by City of God director Fernando Meirelles that stars Julianne Moore. A jury led by Sean Penn will award the Palme d'or to one of 22 films. But as the Telegraph reports, paparazzi will be swarming to two premieres out of competition: Jack Black's Kung Fu Panda and the newest Indiana Jones film. More »

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      France  • film  • Indiana Jones  • Cannes Film Festival  • Jack Black  • Sean Penn  • Palme d'Or

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Rewind Spins Out of Control

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Feb 22, 08 8:13 AM CST

      Rewind Spins Out of Control

      (Newser) - The Jack Black comedy Be Kind Rewind isn't predictable, but at times it's not coherent either, critics say. The film—about a guy who inadvertently erases a video store's VHS inventory, then, using a camcorder, re-creates popular movies for the store to rent—"never stops experimenting, even when the experimentation works against the movie's best interests," writes James Berardinelli of ReelViews.com. More »

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      movie  • movie review  • comedy  • videotape  • Jack Black  • guy movies  • viral video  • movie rentals  • Be Kind Rewind

  • November 2007

    • Margot Annoys at the Wedding

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Nov 23, 07 3:46 PM CST

      Margot Annoys at the Wedding

      (Newser) - The estranged sisters at the heart of Noah Baumbach's talky Margot at the Wedding are well portrayed but just too unlikable to win over most critics. Nicole Kidman's short-story writer Margot, who Newsweek's David Ansen calls a  "brittle nightmare," descends on the wedding of her pregnant sister, Jennifer Jason Leigh, who's made the unfortunate decision to marry Jack Black. More »

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      movie review  • Nicole Kidman  • Jack Black  • David Ansen  • David Denby  • Jennifer Jason Leigh

  • August 2007

    • Critics Paddle Balls of Fury

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Aug 31, 07 4:47 AM CDT

      Critics Paddle Balls of Fury

      (Newser) - Balls of Fury is barely getting it over the net, according to most critics, who find the ping-pong-meets-martial-arts comedy lifeless and unfunny. “It's the kind of comedy that finds Asian people hi- lar -ious because they're...Asian. (Are you laughing yet?)," writes  Entertainment Weekly ’s Owen Gleiberman. More »

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      movie  • movie review  • comedy  • Jack Black

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