APOLLO 10 1/2: A SPACE AGE CHILDHOOD (2022)

 

Written & Directed By: Richard Linklater  Cinematography: Shane F. Kelly Editor: Sandra Adair

Cast: Jack Black, Zachary Levi, Glenn Powell, Bill Sage, Milo Coy, Lee Eddy, Josh Wiggins, Natalie L’Amoreaux 

The story of the first moon landing in the summer of 1969 from two interwoven perspectives. It both captures the astronaut and mission control view of the triumphant moment, and the lesser-seen bottom up perspective of what it was like from an excited kid's perspective, living near NASA but mostly watching it on TV like hundreds of millions of others. It's ultimately both an exacting re-creation of this special moment in history and a kid's fantasy about being plucked from his average life in suburbia to secretly train for a covert mission to the moon.

HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY: THE REN AND STIMPY STORY (2020)

 Directed by: Kimo Eastwood & Ron Cicero Cinematography: Kimo Eastwood Editor: Ron Cicero, Kimo Eastwood, Sean Jarrett, Kevin Klquber & Christina Burchard 

Appearances by: John Kricfalusi, Jack Black, Billy West, Billy Gibbons, Jim Ballantine, David Silverman, Robyn Byrd, Bobby Lee, Ed Ball, Bob Camp 

A documentary that explores the rise and fall of The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991) and its controversial creator, John Kricfalusi.

DON'T WORRY, HE WON'T GET FAR ON FOOT (2018)

Written & Directed By: Gus Van Sant 
Based On The Book By: John Callahan 
Story By: Gus Van Sant, John Callahan, Jack Gibson & William Andrew Eatman 
Cinematography By: Christopher Blauvelt 
Editor: David Marks & Gus Van Sant 


Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Jack Black, Beth Ditto, Kim Gordon, Carrie Brownstein, Udo Kier, Mark Webber, Emilio Rivera, Angelique Rivera, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Tony Greenhand, Matt Bennett, Mireille Enos 


On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.

MARGOT AT THE WEDDING (2007)

Written & Directed By: Noah Baumbach 
Cinematography By: Harris Savides 
Editor: Carol Littleton 


Cast: Nicole Kidman, Jack Black, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Halley Feiffer, John Turturro, Cirian Hinds, Zane Pais, Seth Barrish, Flora Closs, Michael Cullen 

 A slice of family life: sisters, husbands, children, history, secrets, jealousies. Margot and her teen son, Claude, travel from Manhattan to her family's Long Island home, occupied by sister Pauline, Pauline's daughter, and Malcolm, the slacker Pauline will marry outdoors that week under a tree neighbors want removed. Backbiting marks family discussion, particularly between the sisters and in Margot's cutting remarks to Claude. Pauline tells Margot a secret that Margot promptly tells Claude. Margot dislikes Malcolm and undermines him. She also has marital problems and a lover nearby. People are cruel, inside and outside their families. Is there a refuge for Margot or for Pauline?

DEMOLITION MAN (1993)

Directed By: Marco Brambilla 
Written By: Daniel Waters, Peter M. Lenkov & Robert Reneau 
Story By: Peter M. Lenkov & Robert Reneau 
Cinematography By: Alex Thomson 
Editor: Stuart Baird 


Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne, Benjamin Bratt, Glen Shadix, Denis Leary, Bob Gunton, Bill Cobbs, Jack Black, Jesse Ventura, Andre Gregory 


Frozen in 1996, Simon Phoenix, a convicted crime lord, is revived for a parole hearing well into the 21st century. Revived into a society free from crime, Phoenix resumes his murderous rampage, and no one can stop him. John Spartan, the police officer who captured Phoenix in 1996, has also been cryogenically frozen, this time for a crime he did not commit. In 2032, the former cities of Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Barbara have merged into peaceful, utopian San Angeles. Unable to stop him with their non-violent solutions, the police release Spartan to help recapture Phoenix. Now after 36 years, Spartan has to adapt himself to the future society he has no knowledge about.

SAVING SILVERMAN (2001)

Directed By: Dennis Dugan 
Written By: Hank Nelken & Greg DePaul 
Cinematography By: Arthur Albert 
Editor: Debra Neil-Fisher 


Cast: Jason Biggs, Amanda Peet, Steve Zahn, Jack Black, Amanda Detmer, R. Lee Ermey, Neil Diamond, Kyle Gass 


Two dim-witted former high school buddys and Neil Diamond fanactics, Wayne and J.D., plot to keep their friend Darren from marrying the wrong woman, a domineering and spiteful psychologist named Judith by kidnapping her and trying to set Darren up with his old high school girlfriend Sandy who plans to become a nun

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0047: HIGH FIDELITY (2000)

Directed By: Stephen Frears 
Written By: John Cusack,Steve Pink, Scott Rosenberg & D.V. DeVincentis 
Based On The Book By: Nick Hornby 
Cinematography By: Seamus McGarvey 
Editor: Mick Audsley 


Cast: John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Todd Louiso, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lili Taylor, Tim Robbins, Lisa Bonet, Sara Gilbert, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Joelle Carter, Drake Bell, Chris Bauer, Alex Desert

GOOSEBUMPS (2015)

Directed By: Rob Letterman 
Written By: Darren Lemke 
Story By: Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski 
Based On The GOOSEBUMPS book Series Written By: R.L. Stine 
Cinematography By: Javier Agguiresarobe 
Editor: Jim May 



Cast: Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush, Ryan Lee, Jillian Bell, Amy Ryan, Ken Marino, Halston Sage, Amanda Lund

ORANGE COUNTY (2002)

Directed By: Jake Kasdan 
Written By: Mike White 
 Cinematography By: Greg Gardiner 
Editor: Tara Timpone 



Cast: Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Schuyler Fisk, John Lithgow, Catherin O’Hara, Leslie Mann, Carly Pope, Lily Tomlin, Chevy Chase, Dana Ivey, Brett Harrison, Natasha Melnick, Harold Ramis, Kyle Howard, Mike White, Fran Kranz, Nat Faxon, Monica Keena, Lizzy Caplan

THE CABLE GUY (1996)

Directed By: Ben Stiller 
Written By: Lou Holtz Jr. 
Uncredited Writer: Judd Apatow 
Cinematography By: Robert Brinkmann 
Editor: Steven Weisberg 


Cast: Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann, Jack Black, Ben Stiller, George Segal, Owen Wilson, Annabelle Gurwitch, Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, Janeane Garofolo, Andy Dick, Diane Baker, Eric Roberts, Kathy Griffin, Charles Napier, Kyle Gass, Amy Stiller, Joel Murray, Sulli McCullough

THE SHEIK (2014)

Edited & Directed By: Igal Hecht 
Story By: Igal Hecht, Jake Neiman & Jian Magen 
Cinematography By: Igal Hecht, Jon Corbin, Jesse Cappe & Elad Winkler 


Featuring: Bret Hart, Jim Duggan, Hulk Hogan, Dwayne Johnson, Nikolai Volkoff, Jake Roberts, Jim Ross, Jimmy Hart, Seth Green, Jack Black, Mick Foley

THE BIG YEAR (2011)

Directed By: David Frankel 
Written By: Howard Franklin 
Based on the book THE BIG YEAR: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession" By: Mark Obmascik 
Cinematography By: Lawrence Sher 
Editor: Mark Livolsi 

Cast: Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, Jack Black, Rashida Jones, John Cleese, Kevin Pollack, JoBeth Williams, Rosamund Pike, Angelica Huston, Barry Shabaka Henley, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Anderson, Joel McHale, Jim Parsons, Brian Dennehy, Tim Blake Nelson, June Sqibb

KUNG FU PANDA (2008)

Directed By: Mark Osborne & John Stevenson
Story By: Ethan Rieff & Cyrus Voris
Written By: Jonathan Abel & Glenn Berger
Cinematography By: Yong Duk Jhun
Editor: Claire Knight

Cast: (With the Voices of) Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman, Ian McShane, David Cross, James Hong, Randall Duk Kim, Dan Folger, Wayne Knight, Michael Clarke Duncan, Laura Kighlinger

BE KIND REWIND (2008)

Written & Directed By: Michel Gondry
Cinematography By: Ellen Kuras
Editor: Jeff Buchanan
Production Designer: Dan Leigh
Art Direction: James Donahue

Cast: Jack Black, Mos Def, Melonie Diaz, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, Paul Dinello, Sigourney Weaver, Arjay Smith, Marcus Carl Franklin