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Jack Black
Born 28 Aug 1969, in Hermosa Beach, California
Wise words: "You must never underestimate the power of the eyebrow."
Jack Black is one half of the musical duo 'Tenacious D'. The word Tenacious D deriving from a commentator's phrase in a sports game, meaning 'Tenacious Defense'
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Jack Black - news / articles
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Black invited son's school to movie screening -
24 May 2011
-Actor Jack Black became the coolest dad in town after inviting his child's entire school to a screening of his new movie Kung Fu Panda 2.-The funnyman, who has two boys - Tommy, three, and Sammy, four - treated his eldest son's lucky schoolmates to a private showin
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Black keeps fame hidden from his children -
21 December 2010
-Funnyman Jack Black refuses to turn his film premieres into family affairs - because his two young sons have no idea they have a famous father.-
-The School of Rock star admits he's yet to tell four-year-old Sammy and Thomas, two, exactly what he does for a living
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Jack Black's pants-down publicity prank wows co-star -
23 June 2009
-Jack Black's Year One co-star Michael Cera was impressed by the funnyman's daring antics during a guided tour through New York's recent Puerto Rican Day parade.-
-The two stars had to walk a block to a recording studio when the parade left them stranded in their ca
Jack Black - what members say
review by from London
Good adaptation..........good soundtrack 17 May 2004
review by A customer from London, UK
Good concept, mediocre execution 28 May 2004
review by from Truth Or Consequence, Scotland
More than adequate if unmemorable family pleasing comedy. 17 March 2004
Jack Black - filmography
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The Muppets - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Amy Adams, Jason Segel, Emily Blunt
Director: James Bobin
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Muppet domination continues with a hilarious new movie from Walt Disney Studios. Jason Segel, Academy Award nominee Amy Adams (Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role, Junebug, 2005, Doubt, 2008, The Fighter, 2010) and Academy Award winner Chris Cooper (Best Performance By An Actor In A ..read more »
 
76%
from 35 members
Due for release on 11th June 2012
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The Big Year - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Owen Wilson, Jack Black, Jim Parsons
Director: David Frankel
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Three fanatical bird watchers (Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, Jack Black) compete to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than coming out on top of the competition.
60%
from 15 members
Not available for rental
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Kung Fu Panda 2 - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Gary Oldman
Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson
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The saga of Po continues in this sequel that finds the newly anointed Dragon Warrior (voice of Jack Black) teaming with The Furious Five to safeguard the Valley of Peace. But when a new adversary launches a treacherous bid to seize control of China and obliterate the martial arts, Po must look back ..read more »
73%
from 4,776 members
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The Muppets
(2011)
Starring: Amy Adams, Jason Segel, Emily Blunt
Director: James Bobin
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Muppet domination continues with a hilarious new movie from Walt Disney Studios. Jason Segel, Academy Award nominee Amy Adams (Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role, Junebug, 2005, Doubt, 2008, The Fighter, 2010) and Academy Award winner Chris Cooper (Best Performance By An Actor In A ..read more »
78%
from 430 members
Due for release on 11th June 2012
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The Big Year
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Owen Wilson, Jack Black, Jim Parsons
Director: David Frankel
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Three fanatical bird watchers (Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, Jack Black) compete to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than coming out on top of the competition.
59%
from 757 members
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Year One - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Jack Black, Michael Cera, Olivia Wilde
Director: Harold Ramis
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Watch now: Unavailable
Jack Black and Michael Cera headline Harold Ramis's Biblical comedy about a pair of misfit hunter-gatherers who embark on a wild journey through the ancient world after being banished from their primitive village. Zed (Black) and Oh (Cera) may lack in the skills that their chieftain is looking for, ..read more »
49%
from 4,101 members
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Year One
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Jack Black, Michael Cera, Olivia Wilde
Director: Harold Ramis
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When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers (Black and Cera) are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world.
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from 23,971 members
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Margot at the Wedding
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Zane Pais, Susan Blackwell, Nicole Kidman
Director: Noah Baumbach
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Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is getting married to less-than-impressive Malcolm. In short order, the storm the sisters create leaves behind a a mess of thrashed relationships and exposed family secrets.
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from 9,460 members
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Tropic Thunder
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Trieu Tran
Director: Ben Stiller
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Ben Stiller. Jack Black. Robert Downey, Jr. Comedy fans can start drooling immediately at the thought of these three funnymen joining forces in TROPIC THUNDER. The men star as a trio of actors whose filming experience in southeast Asia gets a little too real as they must become as tough as the ..read more »
57%
from 71,319 members
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Be Kind Rewind
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Quinton Aaron, Dennis Albanese, Jack Black
Director: Michel Gondry
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A man (Black) whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films, which include Back to the Future, The Lion King, and ..read more »
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from 37,784 members
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Tropic Thunder - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Brandon T. Jackson, Bill Hader
Director: Ben Stiller
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When box office champ Ben Stiller's comedic performances aren't a variation on a soft-spoken, put-upon everyman with an eventual fuse, he's usually playing a full-blown absurdist monster with an apoplectic Napoleon complex. These bizarre creations usually adorn films in which the funnyman provides ..read more »
58%
from 13,390 members
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Kung Fu Panda
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan
Director: Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
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The Valley Of Peace and it's inhabitants are under threat from a malevolent snow leopard, Tai Lung (Ian McShane). With everyone fearing for their very existences, the role of protector falls into the lap of the lazy, irreverent Po, (Jack Black) a panda more used to slacking off than facing great ..read more »
74%
from 60,533 members
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Be Kind Rewind - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Jack Black, Mia Farrow, Melonie Diaz
Director: Michel Gondry
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Music-video-director-turned-auteur Michel Gondry continues to charm with the low-tech offering, BE KIND REWIND. Set in dreary Passaic, New Jersey, the comedy centres on two of the town's residents: trouble-making Jerry (Jack Black) and well-meaning Mike (Mos Def). Mike works in a video store in an ..read more »
54%
from 6,331 members
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Nacho Libre - Blu-ray
(2006)
Starring: Peter Stormare, Jack Black, Ana Dela Reguera
Director: Jared Hess
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Celebrating the triumphs and tribulations of the lovable loser is no easy thing, but filmmaker Jared Hess seems to thrive in this specific cinematic exercise. Working fresh off the success of NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, Hess finds a similarly endearing hero-without-a-clue in Ignacio, played by Jack Black (..read more »
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from 2,293 members
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The Holiday - Blu-ray
(2006)
Starring: Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law
Director: Nancy Meyers
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Nancy Meyers' romantic comedy THE HOLIDAY stars Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet as two women who exchange houses in order to get a new lease on life. After each suffers her fair share of romantic disappointments, Englishwoman Iris (Winslet) and L.A. woman Amanda (Diaz) meet on-line at a website ..read more »
73%
from 267 members
Not available for rental
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Nacho Libre
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Ana Dela Reguera, Hector Jiminez, Jack Black
Director: Jared Hess
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Celebrating the triumphs and tribulations of the lovable loser is no easy thing, but filmmaker Jared Hess seems to thrive in this specific cinematic exercise. Working fresh off the success of NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, Hess finds a similarly endearing hero-without-a-clue in Ignacio, played by Jack Black (..read more »
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from 30,812 members
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Tenacious D In The Pick Of Destiny
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Colin Hanks, Meat Loaf, Kyle Gass
Director: Liam Lynch
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Jack Black and Kyle Gass's Tenacious D began life on an amusing yet little-seen TV series about the band, which featured an array of comedy songs and glimpses into the personal lives of this hard-working outfit. But Black and Gass always had ambitions to take the Tenacious D concept further, so ..read more »
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from 24,427 members
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Nacho Libre - HD
(2006)
Starring: Peter Stormare, Jack Black, Ana Dela Reguera
Director: Jared Hess
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Celebrating the triumphs and tribulations of the lovable loser is no easy thing, but filmmaker Jared Hess seems to thrive in this specific cinematic exercise. Working fresh off the success of NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, Hess finds a similarly endearing hero-without-a-clue in Ignacio, played by Jack Black (..read more »
53%
from 340 members
Not currently released
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King Kong
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black
Director: Peter Jackson
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It is 1933, and vaudeville actress Ann Darrow (Oscar nominee Naomi Watts) has found herself - like so many other New Yorkers during the Great Depression - without the means to earn a living. Unwilling to compromise and allow herself to sink into a career in burlesque, she considers her limited ..read more »
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from 86,392 members
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King Kong - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black
Director: Peter Jackson
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KING KONG is director Peter Jackson's sprawling, epic remake of Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack's 1933 movie of the same name, and it sees a film crew travel to the mysterious Skull Island, picks up giant gorilla King Kong, and bring him back to 1930s New York City. Despite his origins as ..read more »
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from 1,717 member
Not currently released
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Envy
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Rachel Weisz
Director: Barry Levinson
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Sensible, hardworking Tim is climbing the managerial ladder, while daydreamer Nick can't seem to stay focused on the tasks at hand. But all of that changes when one of Nick's seemingly hairbrained ideas--a spray that makes dog poop disappear--takes off, making him filthy rich. Rather than leaving ..read more »
46%
from 15,258 members
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School of Rock
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White
Director: Richard Linklater
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SCHOOL OF ROCK is a hilarious romp that parents will enjoy as much as their children. Jack Black stars as Dewey Finn, a wannabe rock star who doesn't seem to be rocking much of anything these days. Kicked out of the band that he started and about to be kicked out of his apartment, Dewey pretends ..read more »
66%
from 56,405 members
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Ice Age - Blu-ray
(2002)
Starring: Denis Leary, Ray Romano, John Leguizamo
Director: Chris Wedge
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A star-studded cast provides the voices for the prehistoric creatures in this computer-animated feature set 20,000 years ago as the Ice Age approaches. Seemingly anti-social Manny, a woolly mammoth (voiced by Ray Romano), acts as if he just wants to be left alone. When he meets Sid (voiced by John ..read more »
75%
from 2,616 members
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Orange County
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Jack Black, Colin Hanks, Catherine O'Hara
Director: Jake Kasdan
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High school student, Shaun Brumder, has his sights set on gaining a place at Stanford University. His dreams are shattered when he receives a letter of rejection after his counsellor sends the wrong papers to Stanford. Now Shaun has just twenty-four hours to reach Stanford and put the record straight...
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from 4,716 members
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Ice Age
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Ray Romano, Tara Strong, Diedrich Bader
Director: Chris Wedge
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A star-studded cast provides the voices for the prehistoric creatures in this computer-animated feature set 20,000 years ago as the Ice Age approaches. Seemingly antisocial Manny, a woolly mammoth (voiced by Ray Romano), acts as if he just wants to be left alone. When he meets Sid (voiced by John ..read more »
72%
from 40,225 members
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Shallow Hal
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Black, Jason Alexander
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
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Hal Larsen is the ultimate shallow guy. Hal finds beauty only in supermodels and centrefolds. The first thing he looks for in a woman is looks. Hal won't even consider dating someone with a less-than-perfect body, smile and sense of style. But after an impromptu hypnosis by self-help guru Tony ..read more »
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from 19,525 members
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Evil Woman
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Jason Biggs, Jack Black, Amanda Peet
Director: Dennis Dugan
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Darren Silverman (Jason Biggs) and his pals Wayne (Steve Zahn) and J.D. (Jack Black) are close friends since high school who perform together in a Neil Diamond cover band. Enter Darren's shrewd psychologist bride-to-be Judith (Amanda Peet), who constantly schemes to keep Darren from hanging out ..read more »
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from 2,420 members
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High Fidelity
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: John Cusack, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet
Director: Stephen Frears
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Transplanted from England to the not-so-mean streets of Chicago, the screen adaptation of Nick Hornby's cult-classic novel High Fidelity emerges unscathed from its Americanisation, idiosyncrasies intact, thanks to John Cusack's inimitable charm and a nimble, nifty screenplay (co-written by Cusack). ..read more »
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from 21,758 members
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Jesus' Son
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Holly Hunter, Denis Leary, Dennis Hopper
Director: Alison Maclean
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Alison Maclean's exhilarating adaptation of Denis Johnson's acclaimed short story collection is a deeply compassionate portrait of one man's descent into drug addiction, filled with a potent blend of surreal imagery and gritty realism. Remaining true to Johnson's original text, and in keeping with ..read more »
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from 1,912 member
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Bongwater
(1997)
Starring: Luke Wilson, Alicia Witt, Amy Locane
Director: Richard Sears
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David is an aspiring artist and a pot dealer, and he falls in love with constantly smoking Serena. Serena gets jealous and goes off to New York with heroin-addicted Tommy, and David wants her back.
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from 7 members
Currently unavailable
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King Kong Production Diaries
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Peter Jackson, Naomi Watts, Jack Black
Director: Peter Jackson
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Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson invites you to join him on a journey into the creation of King Kong. This groundbreaking 2-disc set will transport you onto the set to experience the thrilling highlights of the intense eight-month production. From the first day of filming, to the last ..read more »
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from 207 members
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King Kong - HD
Starring: Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black
Director: Peter Jackson
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KING KONG is an epic remake of Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack's 1933 movie of the same name, and it is as big as the gorilla that runs riot through Jackson's rendering of Depression-era New York. Keeping the simple yet effective plot intact a film crew travels to the mysterious Skull ..read more »
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from 1,301 member
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...t to their adaptation, and with such fine base material, they cold hardly fail. Jack Black is very entertaining. Overall thoroughly recommended.
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