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A Minecraft Movie' director Jared Hess unpacks 'Napoleon Dynamite,' working with Jack Black on 'Nacho Libre,' and more on ...
A Minecraft Movie” is a perfectly calibrated light entertainment. At certain points, it reminded me of that mid’-80s run of summer blockbusters that included the original B ...
When asked if Hollywood is finally facing its video game renaissance, Jared Hess abruptly switched topics ... Many cinephiles forget that Hess and his wife, Jerusha, wrote “Napoleon Dynamite” together ...
It was just such a fun time. Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess Q: Were there any ideas that you had, that you really loved that didn't make it into the final cut? A: Oh yeah. I mean, we could have made ...
Jared Hess, the American film-maker behind ... He and his wife and frequent collaborator, Jerusha Hess, became an overnight sensation after making Napoleon Dynamite, a cult classic that took ...
After years as a working actor, comedian, and musician (as one half of righteous comedy-metal duo Tenacious D), Jack Black broke out huge at the top of this century, landing roles in big-time ...
When filmmaker Jared Hess got interested in making a movie based ... Five Senses,” the animated short Hess and his wife, Jerusha, directed — which earned the Hesses an Academy Award nomination.
After living a mostly low key career after he and wife Jerusha launched with the Sundance sensation Napoleon Dynamite in 2004, director Jared Hess has come roaring back with A Minecraft Movie, a true ...
Now that The White Lotus has finished, here are some other shows and films written by or starring its creator Mike White.
Jared and Jerusha Hess' follow-up to 2004's sleeper hit Napoleon Dynamite was a fun fable featuring Jack Black as a Catholic friar who secretly moonlights as a luchador to earn money for a ...