Although its marketing campaign stresses Jack Black in tights, "Nacho Libre" strikes a delicate balance of whimsy and absurdity that may surprise auds primed to expect wall-to-wall slapstick. This ...

Jack Black made his move from supporting to leading roles by shamelessly letting his inner child run amok: He plays incorrigible goofballs. Combined with his infectious charm, Black’s characters are ...

I have a good friend who doesn't like Jack Black. In fact, when I asked him how? (I believe my exact words were, "But he's a national treasure!") my friend responded that he just didn't find Black ...

Mexican wrestling fans can spot a fake a kilometer away. And when they disapprove of a ring performance in the sport they call lucha libre, they can be merciless. But the American movie star Jack ...

HURTLING across the screen in sky-blue stretchy pants worn under apple-red underwear, Jack Black makes a lasting impression. He’s bouncy. He’s kinetic. He flies into solid objects with great force.

Jared Hess and Jack Black make Mexican magic with this terrific underdog tale, now available in a Special Collector's Edition DVD. Much like Jared Hess' first film Napoleon Dynamite, the comedy on ...

Every few years, a movie about professional wrestling comes along. Usually, this movie is bad. And not just bad, but call-the-neighborhood-watch, warn-the-neighbors bad. I suppose this isn't a big ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Much like Napolean Dynamite, Nacho Libre was off-beat and still (in the sense that the camera and ...

SAN ANTONIO — Lucha libre royalty was in San Antonio for a parking lot wrestling match on the city's South Side. Cesar Gonzalez, who has been wrestling professionally since 1985 and gained notoriety ...

Although its marketing campaign stresses Jack Black in tights, "Nacho Libre" strikes a delicate balance of whimsy and absurdity that may surprise auds primed to expect wall-to-wall slapstick. This ...

Much like Jared Hess' first film Napoleon Dynamite, the comedy on display in the new movie Nacho Libre is something of an acquired taste: gentle but not inconsequential, idiosyncratic but not bizarre, ...