Posts Tagged ‘Jack Black’
Men of Comedy: Hollywood actors who play themselves
With Russell Brand's recent announcement that he will play a "sexy hippie" in his latest project, a comedy named The President Stole my Girlfriend, it struck us how typecast the stand-up comedian-turned-actor has become. You can count on one hand how many times audiences have seen Brand play a 'character', rather than an exaggeration of...
Kung Fu Panda 2 in 2D – Reviewed
As a sequel to one of the best-loved Disney animations of recent years, this film had a lot to live up to, and boy did it ever! A fast plot, great action sequences and a cute and cuddly protagonist, ensured there's something for everyone in this fantastic kung fu animation. The film explores the sensitive subject of adoption and delves...
Educational Cinema – Our top 10 school films
This week, TFR takes a look at the films taking place in the classroom. Academia is always going to be an important aspect of who we are and what we want to do for a living. Some of us might even become teachers ourselves. But what films best sum up the classroom environment? Larry Crowne is a romance set around teacher and pupil, but what...
Trailer for Bad Teacher, starring Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake.
The trailer has been released for Bad Teacher, starring Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake. That’s right, this ex-couple have teamed up to make a film – playing to their acting strengths with a quirky comedy. Diaz, who we last saw fighting crime in Seth Rogen’s The Green Hornet, plays a money-grabbing , marijuana-smoking,...
Ricky Gervais and Emily Blunt join The Muppets
The star-studded line up of the latest Muppet movie, The Muppets, just keeps growing, as Ricky Gervais and Emily Blunt are added to the bill. It might not be due to reach cinemas until Christmas 2011, but with the cast confirmations continuing to roll it, how could we not start to get excited about the new Muppet film? Back in March it...
Gulliver's Travels trailer now online
If you're after a visual example of what Jack Black's new role as a man finding himself in a variety of odd, threatening and, to some extent, humorous circumstances in the new Gulliver's Travels, then you're in luck. We have the trailer embedded below for you, and as you can see, it's not quite the original novel. Jack Black plays a low-ranking...
Ben Stiller monkeys around on-set of Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian.
Having worked with everyone from Jack Black to Ricky Gervais, Ben Stiller is no stranger to a bit of monkeying around on-set. However, it's unlikely that he ever expected to be on the receiving end of a joke between real primates while filming Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian.The funny-man was shooting a fight sequence with the...
Ten movie cameos worth hitting the pause button for
They say that actors are movieland's biggest narcissists, but directors love nothing better than plonking themselves in front the camera - Alfred Hitchcock had an appearance in no less than 37 of his productions and Sam Raimi isn't too far behind. The best cameos, however, are the ones that come as a surprise - you might blink and miss them, but...
