Jack Black
☼ Born on 28 December 1969, in Santa Monica, California, USA
BiographyThomas Jacob "Jack" Black was born on August 28, 1969 in Santa Monica, California and raised in Hermosa Beach, California to Judith Love Cohen & Thomas William Black, both satellite engineers. He is of Russian Jewish & British-German ancestry. Black attended the University of California at Los Angeles. While at UCLA, he was a member of Tim Robbins' acting troupe & it was through this collaboration that led to his 1992 film debut in Bob Roberts (1992). Although he was just a background voice in his first film, Jack's appearances in such television shows as The X-Files (1993), his breakthrough performance in High Fidelity (2000) & his rock-comedy band, Tenacious D have created an ever-growing cult following.
In the role of actor
Borderlands (08/08/2024)
A bounty hunter returns to her home planet to find a special girl in Borderlands. Lilith (Cate Blanchett) is a disgruntled bounty hunter who is hired by powerful tech CEO Atlas (Edgar RamÃrez) to recover his daughter Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), kidnapped by Crimson Raiders turncoat Roland (Kevin Hart). Lilith returns to her home planet […]
Michel Gondry, Do It Yourself (04/05/2024)
The career of filmmaker Michel Gondry is looked back upon in Michel Gondry, Do It Yourself. Beginning as the drummer for the band Oui Oui, Michel Gondry became an influential music video director for artists such as Björk, Daft Punk, the White Stripes and the Chemical Brothers. Moving into feature films in the mid-2000s, Michel […]
Kung Fu Panda 4 (07/03/2024)
The Dragon Warrior has to find a successor while trying to stop a shape-shifting sorcerous in Kung Fu Panda 4. Po (Jack Black) discovers from his master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) that the time has come for Po to ascend to the role of the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace and find a successor […]
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (04/04/2023)
The Nintendo stars hit the big screen in a new animated adventure in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Mario (Chris Pratt) and Luigi (Charlie Day) are two Italian brothers running a plumbing business in Brooklyn. While trying to fix a broken water main, the Mario Bros. gets sucked into an old pipe in the sewers. […]
Dio: Dreamers Never Die – Hot Docs 2022 (03/05/2022)
The life and career of heavy metal pioneer Ronnie James Dio are revisited in Dio: Dreamers Never Die. Born Ronald James Padavona the career of Ronnie James Dio spans the entire history of rock music, beginning with the 1960s band Ronnie Dio and the Red Caps later renamed the Prophets. After fronting the hard rock […]
Hal (19/01/2019)
The career of filmmaker Hal Ashby is revisited in Hal. Beginning his film career as film editor, which included winning an Oscar for his friend Norman Jewison’s 1967 film In the Heat of the Night, Hal Ashby began his directorial career with the racially charged drama The Landlord in 1970. He followed this up with the controversial cult romance Harold and Maude in […]
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (21/09/2018)
An orphaned boy moves into a creepy old house with his warlock uncle in The House With a Clock in Its Walls. After his parents died in a car accident, Lewis Barnavelt (Owen Vaccaro) is taken in by his eccentric Uncle Jonathan (Jack Black), who live in a Gothic mansion in the town of New Zebedee, Michigan. Lewis soon […]
The Polka King (18/01/2018)
A popular polka musician gets rich through a Ponzi scheme in The Polka King. Jan Lewan (Jack Black) is a Polish immigrant, who has become one of the most popular polka players in Pennsylvania. Jan is married to former beauty queen Marla (Jenny Slate) and is best friends with his band’s clarinetist Mickey (Jason Schwartzman). In order to […]
Bernie (19/05/2012)
It’s been a while since I’ve seen anything by Richard Linklater, with the last film of his that I saw theatrically being 2006’s A Scanner Darkly. However, I would have to that that his latest film Bernie can be included amongst his best. I knew very little about the film before seeing it, other than the […]
Year One (21/06/2009)
Probably one of the most famous biblical comedies out there is Monty Python‘s Life of Brian. I don’t think that Year One can really be compared to that film, however I do say that the biblical jokes were some of the best parts of this film. In fact the film can be summed up in […]
Trailer Thoughts: Year One (02/04/2009)
Today we are going to look at the trailer for this biblical comedy by Judd Apatow and Harold Ramis. Year One By the looks of this trailer (and the funny spots that played during the Superbowl) one of the main jokes of this film is that it features modern humour in a biblical setting. Jack […]
Tropic Thunder (13/08/2008)
Who would have thought that in the end it would be Simple Jack that generated controversy? In a film that features Robert Downey Jr. playing an Australian actor, who darkens his skin to play an African American sergeant, the biggest complaint about this film involves a subplot, where Ben Stiller’s character plays a mentally disabled […]
Be Kind Rewind (25/02/2008)
I first heard of this film in May 2006 and I thought it’s premise of making homemade remakes to popular films sounded good on paper. Also, it was directed by Michel Gondry, who always brings a unique vision to his films and music videos (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind being one of my favourites). […]
Margot at the Wedding (26/11/2007)
I had a lot of choices to see today in my (usually) monthly art house visit. I ended up picking this nice easy to digest film. I thought it was OK, but I also thought that I was probably the wrong gender to properly enjoy it. I wouldn’t call Margot at the Wedding a straight […]