Pure, unalloyed joy is harder to find in movies than you’d think. Heck, look at our big list of the best feelgood films ever_, which is re-released this week to celebrate its 20th birthday.
After weeks of increasingly elaborate deceptions and the kind of security operation the Stasi would be proud of, Jack Black’s Dewey Finn – the artist formerly known as Ned Schneebly (and even more formerly Schneeeebly) – has secretly used his fraudulent stint as a supply teacher to turn a gang of precocious-but-square kids into a crack team of rock ‘n’ roll delinquents. They’re discovered and Dewey goes back to being burnout loser Dewey – but the kids he’s fired up with a healthy disrespect for anyone over the age of 30 won’t let him drop out like that. They bundle him onto their bus, dash to the gig, and just about make their slot.
It helps that,...
After weeks of increasingly elaborate deceptions and the kind of security operation the Stasi would be proud of, Jack Black’s Dewey Finn – the artist formerly known as Ned Schneebly (and even more formerly Schneeeebly) – has secretly used his fraudulent stint as a supply teacher to turn a gang of precocious-but-square kids into a crack team of rock ‘n’ roll delinquents. They’re discovered and Dewey goes back to being burnout loser Dewey – but the kids he’s fired up with a healthy disrespect for anyone over the age of 30 won’t let him drop out like that. They bundle him onto their bus, dash to the gig, and just about make their slot.
It helps that,...
- 9/8/2023
- by Tom Nicholson
- Empire - Movies
Beach Fossils have announced their fourth album, Bunny, which will hop onto shelves on June 2nd. The dream-pop quartet also ushered in their first studio LP in six years with the project’s first single, “Don’t Fade Away.”
Bunny was produced by frontman Dustin Payseur and self-recorded and released by the group. Payseur reflected on the indie mainstay’s sonic progression with the band’s sole founding member sharing in a statement that “When I wrote the first record, there were no choruses; it was instrumental guitar parts in between verses. This is the first record where I’ve consciously thought about writing a chorus.”
The initial offering from the album, “Don’t Fade Away” does indeed include an earworm of a chorus that won’t soon be forgotten, along with more familiar features from Beach Fossils like the warm, jangly guitars over an urgent yet even-keeled beat. Payseur...
Bunny was produced by frontman Dustin Payseur and self-recorded and released by the group. Payseur reflected on the indie mainstay’s sonic progression with the band’s sole founding member sharing in a statement that “When I wrote the first record, there were no choruses; it was instrumental guitar parts in between verses. This is the first record where I’ve consciously thought about writing a chorus.”
The initial offering from the album, “Don’t Fade Away” does indeed include an earworm of a chorus that won’t soon be forgotten, along with more familiar features from Beach Fossils like the warm, jangly guitars over an urgent yet even-keeled beat. Payseur...
- 3/7/2023
- by Bryan Kress
- Consequence - Music
Kevin Clark, a Chicago musician who at age 13 won the role of the drummer Freddy “Spazzy McGee” Jones in the 2003 movie School of Rock, died today after he was struck by a car while biking in the city’s Avondale neighborhood. He was 32.
His death was reported by the Chicago Sun-Times. Police said Clark was struck by a Hyundai Sonata around 1:20 a.m. and was pronounced dead less than an hour later after being transported by paramedics to the Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
The driver of the car, a 20-year-old woman, was cited in the accident.
School of Rock, which starred Jack Black as a substitute teacher who turns his private school students on to the joys of rock music, was Clark’s only film credit. His mother, Allison Clark, told the Sun-Times he started playing the drums when he was just 2, “hitting pots and pans in the basement.
His death was reported by the Chicago Sun-Times. Police said Clark was struck by a Hyundai Sonata around 1:20 a.m. and was pronounced dead less than an hour later after being transported by paramedics to the Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
The driver of the car, a 20-year-old woman, was cited in the accident.
School of Rock, which starred Jack Black as a substitute teacher who turns his private school students on to the joys of rock music, was Clark’s only film credit. His mother, Allison Clark, told the Sun-Times he started playing the drums when he was just 2, “hitting pots and pans in the basement.
- 5/26/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The cast of School of Rock have reunited ten years after the film's release.
Jack Black posed for photographs with his young co-stars from the 2003 comedy hit at a reunion event in Austin, Texas on Thursday (August 29).
Miranda Cosgrove - who found fame after appearing in the film - also appeared at the event, which saw the cast meet fans before attending a screening and Q&A session.
Cosgrove posted a picture with Black, 44, with the caption: "10 year School of Rock reunion! Sooo good to see everyone :) #greatmemories."
17 stars, including Jordan-Claire Green, Joey Gaydos Jr, Robert Tsai, Kevin Alexander Clark, Aleisha Allen, Maryam Hassan, Caitlin Hale and Rebecca Brown, also attended.
They were joined by writer and star Mike White and director Richard Linklater.
According to Us Weekly, the cast reunited on stage for a performance at the after party.
Earlier this year, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber revealed that...
Jack Black posed for photographs with his young co-stars from the 2003 comedy hit at a reunion event in Austin, Texas on Thursday (August 29).
Miranda Cosgrove - who found fame after appearing in the film - also appeared at the event, which saw the cast meet fans before attending a screening and Q&A session.
Cosgrove posted a picture with Black, 44, with the caption: "10 year School of Rock reunion! Sooo good to see everyone :) #greatmemories."
17 stars, including Jordan-Claire Green, Joey Gaydos Jr, Robert Tsai, Kevin Alexander Clark, Aleisha Allen, Maryam Hassan, Caitlin Hale and Rebecca Brown, also attended.
They were joined by writer and star Mike White and director Richard Linklater.
According to Us Weekly, the cast reunited on stage for a performance at the after party.
Earlier this year, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber revealed that...
- 8/31/2013
- Digital Spy
It's been 10 years since Jack Black assembled a group of prep school kids into a kick-ass rock 'n roll band in "School of Rock." To celebrate, Black and several of the film's children -- now all grown up -- played a reunion concert. And there's video, albeit brief. See video: Bill Murray Destroys 'Late Show' Set on 20th Anniversary Miranda Cosgrove (Summer), Joey Gaydos Jr. (Zack), Robert Tsai (Lawrence), Kevin Alexander Clark (Freddie) and Rebecca Brown (Katie) joined their one-time fictional teacher on stage. Director Richard Linklater and writer/co-star Mike White were also in attendance. Technically, the 10th anniversary...
- 8/30/2013
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Music class is back in session! Ten years after The School of Rock hit theaters in 2003, Jack Black and the rest of his young cast reunited in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, Aug. 29. Miranda Cosgrove, 20, who first broke out in the comedy musical and later moved on to Disney's iCarly in 2007, posted a reunion photo via Instagram while the cast attended an anniversary event for the film. Black, 44, was joined by 17 co-stars, including Jordan-Claire Green, Joey Gaydos Jr., Robert Tsai, Kevin Alexander Clark, [...]...
- 8/30/2013
- Us Weekly
It's hard to believe that it's been ten years since Jack Black rounded up a group of kids from a prep school to form the School of Rock. The comedy is actually one of my favorite films from 2003, and it's certainly one of Black's best performances of the past decade, and likely his entire career. Well, Black and many of the kids from the film, including Miranda Cosgrove (Summer), Joey Gaydos Jr. (Zack), Robert Tsai (Lawrence), Kevin Alexander Clark (Freddie) and Rebecca Brown (Katie) recently had a 10-year anniversary reunion concert, and director Richard Linklater and writer/co-star Mike White were also in attendance. There's one short video and some photos of the kids from the cast all grown up below. Look! Here's a photo of nearly the entire cast of School of Rock from EW: Here's a video and photos from Instagram courtesy of Miranda Cosgrove and Gibson Texas...
- 8/30/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
“Now raise your goblet of rock. It’s a toast to those who rock!” Last night the Austin Film Society hosted a 10th anniversary screening of Richard Linklater’s hard-rocking crowd pleaser School of Rock. Mr. Schneee S.’s whole class came to party, from now heavy weight Nickelodeon star Miranda Cosgrove to Robert Tsai (“You’re a fat loser and you have body odor”) to the back-up singers (Maryam Hassan, Caitlin Hale, Aleisha Allen). Jack Black held court during the terrifically freewheeling Q&A after the screening. When a fan asked him for a song, Black broke into an...
- 8/30/2013
- by Karen Valby
- EW - Inside Movies
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been a decade since “The School of Rock” hit theaters, and last night (August 29) Miranda Cosgrove and Jack Black helped to celebrate the film’s 10-year reunion.
The “Shallow Hal” star and the “iCarly” cutie looked to be having a blast as they mingled at the Austin Film Society-hosted shindig with Kevin Clark, Rebecca Brown, Mike White and Richard Linklater.
And of course, Miranda had her mobile phone handy to snap up plenty of pictures of her evening adventures.
Miss Cosgrove tweeted, “10 year School of Rock reunion! Sooo good to see everyone :) #greatmemories.”...
The “Shallow Hal” star and the “iCarly” cutie looked to be having a blast as they mingled at the Austin Film Society-hosted shindig with Kevin Clark, Rebecca Brown, Mike White and Richard Linklater.
And of course, Miranda had her mobile phone handy to snap up plenty of pictures of her evening adventures.
Miss Cosgrove tweeted, “10 year School of Rock reunion! Sooo good to see everyone :) #greatmemories.”...
- 8/30/2013
- GossipCenter
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been a decade since “The School of Rock” hit theaters, and last night (August 29) Miranda Cosgrove and Jack Black helped to celebrate the film’s 10-year reunion.
The “Shallow Hal” star and the “iCarly” cutie looked to be having a blast as they mingled at the Austin Film Society-hosted shindig with Kevin Clark, Rebecca Brown, Mike White and Richard Linklater.
And of course, Miranda had her mobile phone handy to snap up plenty of pictures of her evening adventures.
Miss Cosgrove tweeted, “10 year School of Rock reunion! Sooo good to see everyone :) #greatmemories.”...
The “Shallow Hal” star and the “iCarly” cutie looked to be having a blast as they mingled at the Austin Film Society-hosted shindig with Kevin Clark, Rebecca Brown, Mike White and Richard Linklater.
And of course, Miranda had her mobile phone handy to snap up plenty of pictures of her evening adventures.
Miss Cosgrove tweeted, “10 year School of Rock reunion! Sooo good to see everyone :) #greatmemories.”...
- 8/30/2013
- GossipCenter
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