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Let's talk about Michael Jackson for a moment, may he rest in peace. His death Thursday reminded me of the movie "High Fidelity." There's a scene where Jack Black's character asks John Cusack's character about Stevie Wonder's subpar latter-day music.

Production designer Jefferson Sage talks about creating 10,000 years worth of history for 100 minutes of silly summer comedy Stone Age Losers: Jack Black and Michael Cera play tribal outcasts in a twiggy Paleolithic encampment in Year One Director Harold Ramis's biblical comedy Year One stood out this summer for its unusual blend of scatological ...

Michael Bay's techno-rampage continues to easily defy the critics, as well as new releases starring Jack Black and Cameron Diaz Shia tenacity a Revenge of the Fallen sits on the No 1 spot for a second week.

Posted By mattreep 11 hours, 8 minutes ago in Arts & Entertainment Do you devote yourself to memorizing your favorite albums' production credits and liner notes? Do you hold Jack Black's character in High Fidelity as one of your primary role models? Do you believe that meticulous dissection of minutia is the true path to art appreciation? If you ...

'Year One' actor Jack Black used to be ''wild'' until he had children with his wife Tanya Haden.

THE phenomenon of "the turkey" is a cinematic mystery. You can take strong acting talent, great scriptwriters and top directors and a huge budget but still the end result can be pointless.

Once upon a time, Harold Ramis embodied hip, cutting edge film comedy. As a writer and director he presided over a golden-age that spanned "Meatballs," "Caddyshack," "Animal House," "Stripes," and "Ghostbusters." Amazingly, that streak was followed by a string of titles characterized by a more mature, frequently meta, almost pre-Charlie Kaufman ...

BRINGING Jodi Picoult's challenging novel to the big screen was always going to be a tough task, but director Nick Cassavetes just about pulls it off.

Yesterday my wife and I were out at the mall and we decided to see a movie. The only thing available in our time frame was "Year One." It didn't look that great but Jack Black has done good stuff and bad stuff; at the top of the good was "School of Rock" and "King Kong." "Year One" is a comedy starring Jack Black and Michael Cera.

WHAT do you call a comedy without a single laugh? The punchline is: Harold Ramis's ramshackle road movie through the Paleolithic era headlined by Jack Black and Michael Cera, two daftly gifted comic actors.

Did you hear the one about the schizophrenic Buddhist filmmaker who thought he was at two with himself? Buddha-bing, Buddha-bang. But seriously.

When you go to the Fandango page for Jack Black and Michael Cera's Year One there's a small box where they list "Similar Movies You Might Like." Now, this box assumes that you like the movie whose page you're on.

Directed by Ben Stiller Written by Ben Stiller, Justin Theroux Starring Ben Stiller Robert Downey Jr Jack Black Review by Philter Tropic Thunder is one of those brilliant pieces of work that you are unable to pinpoint exactly what it is.

Whether it's providing the laughs in School Of Rock and High Fidelity , creating the riffs with his comedy musical double act Tenacious D, or voicing creatures in Kung Fu Panda and Shark Tale , Jack Black has a pretty good record at scoring hits with large audiences.

Caption: Jack Black The world premiere of Year One at AMC Lincoln square New York City, USA .... JACK BLACK is set to upset a number of religious groups after making jokes about the Bible - insisting the sacred text was written by "an idiot." The School of Rock actor plays a caveman who embarks on an epic trek to find the end of the Earth in ...

Judd Apatow didn't coin the term "bromance," but he might as well have. Nor did he write or direct "Year One," the new comedy starring Jack Black and Michael Cera, but the comedy auteur's "brotherly" template definitely laid the groundwork.

If only life were so simple as to allow enjoyable Jack Black be noticeably different than awful Jack Black.

When the first trailer for Year One dropped, I remember thinking, "Well, this could either be stupid-hilarious or it could be stupid-stupid." Even up to the point of going into the theater, my faith in Jack Black and Michael Cera abounded, and I couldn't believe the early bad press it was getting.

Jack Black has revealed his band Tenacious D are planning a comeback album. The Hollywood actor's comedy rock duo - comprised of Jack and Kyle Gass - have been working on three new songs which will be part of their follow up to 2001's Tenacious D and 2006's The Pick Of Destiny.

Rating: PG-13 Genre: Comedy Release Date: June 19, 2009 Running Time: 100 minutes Child-friendly? Though younger children may recognize Jack Black from School of Rock or Kung-Fu Panda, Year One may not be appropriate because of jokes about sex, passing gas and excrement.