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Thursday | Battle Creek Enquirer

Can Jackson's epic music mend our memories?

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.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, John Cusack

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Archaeology

The (Dangerously Close to) Archaeology of Year One

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 ...

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Related Topix: Year One, Archaeology, Anthropology, Science, Pop/Rock, Sage

MediaGuardian.co.uk

Transformers sequel digs in at the UK box office

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.

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Related Topix: Year One, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, My Sister's Keeper, Comedy Movies, The Sweetest Thing, Cameron Diaz

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Netscape

Become a Music Snob in Five Easy Steps

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 ...

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

ContactMusic.com

Jack Black - Disciplined Dad Jack Black

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

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Related Topix: Year One, The Year One, Pop/Rock, Tenacious D

IcWales

A disaster of epic proportions

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.

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Related Topix: Year One, Sport Movies, Comedy Movies, Caddyshack

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Film Threat

Year One

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 ...

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Related Topix: Year One, Sport Movies, Stripes, Short, Comedy Movies, Multiplicity, War Movies, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Caddyshack, Harold Ramis

Scotsman.com Living

Film reviews: My Sister's Keeper, Year One, Sunshine Cleaning

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.

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Related Topix: Year One, My Sister's Keeper, Drama Movies, The Notebook, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Associated Content

A Review of the Movie Year One

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.

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Related Topix: Year One, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Family

Thu Jun 25, 2009

This is South Wales

Hunt for laughs fails

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.

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Related Topix: Year One, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

The Huffington Post

Perry Garfinkel: Releasing my Inner Ramis: Buddhist Subtext of Year One

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

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Related Topix: Year One, Sport Movies, Comedy Movies, Caddyshack, Harold Ramis, Bill Murray

Television Without Pity

Year One: Can I Have That Year of My Life Back, Please?

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.

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Related Topix: Year One, History of the World: Part I, Comedy Movies, History Movies, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Mel Brooks

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Smart-Popcorn.com

Movie Review: Tropic Thunder

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.

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Related Topix: Tropic Thunder, Ben Stiller, Justin Theroux

Digital Spy

Ten Things You Never Knew About Jack Black

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.

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Related Topix: Year One, Family, Animation Movies, Comedy Movies, Shark Tale, Bob Roberts, Pop/Rock, Tenacious D, Santa Monica, CA

ContactMusic.com

Jack Black - Black Risks Fury with Bible Rant

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 ...

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Related Topix: Year One

Tue Jun 23, 2009

StarTribune

Movie review: A Biblical bromance with 'Year One'

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.

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Related Topix: Year One, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Arts, Cinema, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Comedy Movies, Role Models, Movies, Entertainment

Starpulse News Blog

The Best & Worst Of Jack Black

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

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Related Topix: Tropic Thunder, Year One, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Short, Comedy Movies, Envy, Thriller

Tallahassee.com

The devolution of man

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.

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Related Topix: Year One, Tropic Thunder, Theater, Arts, Horatio Sanz, Action Movies, Comedy Movies, Ghost Busters, Science Fiction Movies

Leitrim Today

Tenacious D to work on new album

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.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Tenacious D, Year One, Kyle Gass

Mon Jun 22, 2009

GreatDad.com

Movie Review: Year One

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.

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Related Topix: Year One

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