Tagged Jack Black

This film was previously reviewed on 25/02/2018 as part of the Berlin Film Festival. Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot is a surprisingly ordinary biopic given the esoteric creative forces behind it....

When it came out in 2003, School of Rock was deemed a "sleeper hit". Though it was obviously intriguing enough to investors, it does sound pretty unremarkable: washed-up musician tries to teach preppy kids how...

It must have been a fascinating pitch. Eli Roth, director of blood-hungry, gore-fascinated Hostel and The Green Inferno, wants to make a family-friendly number, adapting a much-loved novel from 1973. The pitch...

It’s fair to say that Jack Black is a bit of a ‘marmite’ actor. You’ll either love his unique brand of brashness and lack of subtlety, or it’ll have you avoiding a film at all costs. This persona has...

Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot is a surprisingly ordinary biopic given the esoteric creative forces behind it. Gus Van Sant, Joaquin Phoenix and John Callahan all made a name for themselves standing...

Beyond the usual blarney about desecrating the corpse of a beloved film, there’s one golden rule for reboots: you need to bring something new to the table. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle – where there are...

You may have underestimated The Holiday. You may have thought that a film about two hot women house-swapping and finding love at Christmas isn’t the cinematic masterpiece your heart has been crying out for....

Alfred Hitchcock once said "to make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script." Who would've thought Kung Fu Panda 3 could embody this truism. Taking a markedly different...

Goosebumps generally keeps its head above the waters of churned-out children’s-book-adaptation mediocrity, embracing the fun of iconic monsters wreaking havoc on small-town America. The script teeters on the...

Not dissimilar to Bobcat Goldthwaite or Jody Hill’s oeuvre, first time directors Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel manage to create something from (seemingly) nothing. Initially low stakes escalate...

Mars Attacks! is a misunderstood 1996 science fiction film that was overshadowed by the release of the similarly structured but far more successful Independence Day in the same year (Mars Attacks! only made...

It’s been over ten years since School of Rock hit our screens and seemingly granted Jack Black artistic immunity for the next decade. While his star has continued to rise over the last few years, what has...