When it comes to cinematic sight gags, there are few images this summer that can rival Jack Black in Mexican wrestler’s gear. Already fashion-challenged because his character is poor, pudgy and an ...

The conflict between science and religion gets a surprisingly mild workout in the new Jack Black/Mike White comedy, “Nacho Libre.” On God’s side is Nacho (Black), a Mexican monastery cook who becomes ...

The tubby luchador of "Nacho Libre" could be the long-lost cousin south of the border that Napoleon Dynamite never knew he had. As a monastery cook who raises money for the orphans he feeds by ...

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.

Jack Black (under a curly mop and a mustache that looks ready to crawl off his lip) is Nacho, a frustrated junior monk serving sinfully inedible meals in an impoverished Mexican monastery and ...

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 ...

Napoleon Dynamite was a refreshing comedy because it came from nowhere, made by nobodies sticking to their cockeyed principles from first frame to last. Nacho Libre is what happens after unknown ...

Jack Black isn’t everybody’s cup of dada, but for a select fringe of the movie-going public – and you know who you are – the rotund “School of Rock” comedian is the second coming of Buster Keaton. The ...

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 ...

Caveats: (1) I'm not sure how many Lounge threads have already been posted about this movie; my only excuse is that mine might be unique. (2) I've been drinking all night, so I will lack coherence.

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 ...