Nacho Libre

...early years in the theater and his rise to leadership in the Mexican War of Independence in the early 1800s. Ana de la Reguera ("Nacho Libre") co-stars. The Sanchez project, which carries a working title of "Lady Scarface," is being...

In this article: Miguel Hidalgo, Mexican War of Independence, Che, Moliere, Ana de la Reguera, Antonio Serrano, and Fidel Castro

...on Hidalgo's early years in the theater and his rise to leading the Mexican War of Independence in the early 1800s. Ana de la Reguera ("Nacho Libre") co-stars. Luis Urquiza Modragon is producing for Astillero Films. The film begins...

In this article: Hidalgo, Mexican War of Independence, Demian Bichir, Che, and Ana de la Reguera

...is a small segment of the population that is going to truly love the new film from Jared Hess, the writer-director of NAPOLEON DYNAMITE and NACHO LIBRE. Now, I'm not talking about the random sampling of every bad movie's audience that has no...

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...fellow who came up with the indie sensation "Napoleon Dynamite" in 2004. Since then he has worked his amateurish non-magic on the terrible "Nacho Libre" and now this. The idea seems to be that you use mostly awful actors, put them in...

In this article: Jared Hess, Sam Rockwell, Michael Angarano, Napoleon Dynamite, Waste, and Anxiety

In this article: Napoleon Dynamite, Michael Angarano, Jemaine Clement, Sam Rockwell, Jennifer Coolidge, Utah, Giraffe, and Jack Black

...team of director Jared Hess and cowriter Jerusha Hess went on to make basically the same movie in a bigger way with Jack Black's "Nacho Libre." While "Gentlemen Broncos" is not exactly another "Napoleon" replica, the Hesses strain...

In this article: Napoleon Dynamite, Jemaine Clement, Michael Angarano, Jared Hess, Vomiting, and Jack Black

...it empowered writer/director Jared Hess to keep making movies where eccentricity outweighs humor. First, there was the disappointing "Nacho Libre," starring Jack Black as a Mexican monk who moonlights as a masked wrestler. Now there's...

In this article: Moon, Michael Angarano, Napoleon Dynamite, Jemaine Clement, Sam Rockwell, Jennifer Coolidge, Jared Hess, and Utah

...exactly another "Napoleon" replica, the husband-and-wife team of director Jared Hess and co-writer Jerusha Hess (who were also behind "Nacho Libre") strain to mine another misfit story in the same vein. Once more, we get a downtrodden male...

In this article: Jemaine Clement, Jared Hess, Napoleon Dynamite, Michael Angarano, Hector Jimenez, and Vomiting

...by Fox, and took in more than $44 million on a roughly $400,000 budget. Hess, 30, tackled the strange world of Mexican wrestling in "Nacho Libre'' (2006). Now he's exploring the many oddities of science fiction in "Gentlemen Broncos,''...

In this article: Jared Hess, Jemaine Clement, Sam Rockwell, Napoleon Dynamite, Boston, Sundance Film Festival, and Michael Angarano

...Jared Hess yields diminishing returns in his third feature. While "Napoleon Dynamite" was carried by Jon Heder's offbeat charm and "Nacho Libre" by Jack Black's manic energy, "Gentlemen Broncos" has little to offer besides unrelenting...

In this article: Jemaine Clement, Jennifer Coolidge, Geodesic, Hector Jimenez, Fox Searchlight, and Jack Black