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Jack Black, a Wrestling Priest? Donnie Darko Director Directs The Rock?

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Jeffrey Overstreet

21 Apr 2005
Filed under: On Movies & Media • Jack Black • Nacho Libre • Richard Kelly • Southland Tales

Jack Black will play a wrestling preacher. That's funny enough without a punchline.

Donnie Darko director Richard Kelley's carefully guarded new project Southland Tales is beginning to emerge from the fog. And yes, the surprises have already begun.

Train Dreams (2025)

Train Dreams (2025)

Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar (Sing Sing) collaborate on another enthralling film about men seeking meaning in hard times.
22 Nov 2025 11 min read
Breaking this week’s (apparent) silence...

Breaking this week’s (apparent) silence...

Technical difficulties interrupted my posting this week.
22 Nov 2025 1 min read
Meet Me at the Edge of the World: the 2025 Nowhere Else Festival keynote address

Meet Me at the Edge of the World: the 2025 Nowhere Else Festival keynote address

Here is a revised, expanded version of the keynote address I delivered at the 2025 Nowhere Else Festival in Martinsville, Ohio on Labor Day Weekend.
08 Nov 2025 31 min read
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