Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five (2008 Direct-to-Video Short Film)

• What's it about?: Po is tasked with teaching a class of bunny children and tells them the individual stories of how each Furious Five member got their start. Mantis learns patience after getting captured by crocodile bandits. Viper uses her ribbon dancing techniques to defeat a gorilla bandit who bests her father in battle. Crane tries out at the academy where he works as a janitor. Tigress is taught by Shifu to control her strength. Finally, the prankster Monkey is humbled by Master Oogway.
• Thoughts: It's fine enough. 
• Rating: 6/10
• Recommendation: Maybe
• Tier: C

Main Characters

Po
Jack Black
Po is tasked with teaching a beginners Kung Fu class and tells the individual stories of the Furious Five.

Other notable cast: Dustin Hoffman, David Cross, Tara Strong, Randall Duk Kim

Side Story to: Kung Fu Panda (2008)

Kung Fu Panda (2008)

• What's it about?: A fat panda named Po is chosen as the Dragon Warrior and must train in the ways of Kung Fu in order to defeat a powerful Snow Leopard named Tai Lung.
• Thoughts: Really good movie. Po is funny and the fight scenes are legitimately awesome.
• Rating: 8/10
• Recommendation: Highly Recommended
• Tier: A

Main Characters

Po
Jack Black
A fat panda chosen to become the Dragon Warrior and defeat Tai Lung.

Other notable actors: Dustin Hoffman, Ian McShane, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, James Hong, Randall Duk Kim

Side Story: Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five (2008)

The Mighty Boosh (Series 3)

Note: The series now takes place in Naboo's second hand shop, the Nabootique.

Eels

Howard and Vince are left in charge of the Nabootique and the Hitcher threatens them into a protection racket.

Rating: 6.5/10

Journey to the Centre of the Punk

Warning: This episodes contains something that could be perceived as blackface.

Vince is infected with the blood of the Spirit of Jazz and Howard must fantastic voyage him.

Rating: 6.5/10

The (Power of the) Crimp

Howard annd Vince come into conflict with two guys who keep copying their look and style.

Rating: 6/10

The Strange Tale of the Crack Fox

Vince encounters a junkie fox in a pile of garbage who steals Naboo's shaman juice which gets him sentenced to death by the Board of Shaman.

Rating: 6.5/10

Party

Howard throws a birthday party. That's it, that's the whole episode.

Rating: 6/10

The Chokes

Vince tries to make his legs thinner in order to join a band with a strict thin legs policy while Howard tries to get over his paralyzing stage fright.

Rating: 6/10

Overall Rating: 6.5/10

Recommended

The Mighty Boosh (Series 2)

Note: The series no longer takes place in a zoo.

Call of the Yeti

Howard, Vince, Naboo and Bollo go on holiday in a cabin in the woods. The yokel who owns the cabin tells him about a yeti and he goes to photograph it. Vince fends off the yokel's sexual advances while Howard is captured by a group of yeti cultists who brainwash him into a hippie.

First Appearances: The Moon (Noel Fielding)

Rating: 6.5/10

The Priest and the Beast

Warning: This episode contains blackface.

Naboo tells Howard and Vince the story of the band Rudi & Spider who wandered the desert looking for a new sound and come upon a town where they have to fight a bandit made of Betamax tape.

Rating: 3/10

Nanageddon

Trying to impress some goth chicks, Howard and Vince accidentally summon an evil Grandma demon.

First Appearances: The Board of Shaman, including Dennis (Juliann Barratt), Saboo (Richard Ayoade), Tony Harrison (Noel Fielding) and Kirk

Rating: 7/10

Fountain of Youth

Howard and Vince take an amulet from Naboo that transports them to a desert planet where they look for the fountain of youth and Vince gets named the Chosen One.

Rating: 7/10

The Legend of Old Gregg

Howard and Vince go fishing and Howard gets abducted by a strange fish man.

Rating: 6.5/10

The Nightmare of Milky Joe

Howard and Vince get stranded on a desert island and start making coconut people.

Rating: 6/10

Overall Rating: 6.5/10

Recommended

Be Kind Rewind (2008)

• What's it about?: When an employee at a failing VHS rental store (Mos Def) and his conspiracy theorist friend (Jack Black) accidentally wipe all the tapes, they try to replace them by making their own bootlegs.
• Thoughts: It's decent enough, a little heartwarming in the end.
• Rating: 7/10
• Recommendation: Recommended
• Tier: B

Main Characters

Jerry McLean
Jack Black
Mos Def's conspiracy theorist friend who becomes magnetized and kills all the vhs tapes.

Other notable actors: Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow

Director: Michel Gondry

The Mighty Boosh (2004 British TV Series)

Pilot

Howard Moon and Vince Noir work at a zoo owned by Dixon Bainbridge. After Bainbridge describes a sapphire he encountered in the arctic, they go to find it before he does.

Note: The pilot has a laugh track while the series does not.

First Appearances: Howard Moon (Juliann Barratt), Vince Noir (Noel Fielding), Naboo the Shaman, Bob Fossil, Dixon Bainbride (Richard Ayoade, recast with Matt Berry in the series)

Rating: 7/10 Note: As a pilot this rating will not be applied towards the overall series ranking.

Overall Series Rating: 6.5/10

Recommended

Series 1

1. Killeroo - 6/10
2. Mutants - 6.5/10
3. Bollo - 7/10
4. Tundra - 7/10
5. Jungle - 6/10
6. Charlie - 6.5/10
7. Electro - 6.5/10
8. Hitcher - 7/10

Overall Rating: 6.5/10

Recommended

Series 2

1. Call of the Yeti - 6.5/10
2. The Priest and the Beast - 3/10
3. Nanageddon - 7/10
4. Fountain of Youth - 7/10
5. The Legend of Old Gregg - 6.5/10
6. The Nightmare of Milky Joe - 6/10

Overall Rating: 6.5/10

Recommended

Series 3

1. Eels - 6.5/10
2. Journey to the Centre of the Punk - 6.5/10
3. The (Power of the) Crimp - 6/10
4. The Strange Tale of the Crack Fox - 6.5/10
5. Party - 6/10
6. The Chokes - 6/10

Overall Rating: 6.5/10

Recommended

Notable Cast: Juliann Barratt, Noel Fielding

Notable Recurring Cast: Matt Berry, Richard Ayoade

The Mighty Boosh (Series 1)

Killeroo
Howard is blackmailed by manager Bob Fossil into fighting a kangaroo.

Rating: 6/10

Mutants

Howard and Vince try to solve the mystery of disappearing zoo animals and discovers Dixon Bainbridge is splicing animals and people together.

First Appearances: Bollo the Gorilla, Dixon Bainbridge as portrayed by Matt Berry

Rating: 6.5/10

Bollo

When Bollo grows ill, Howard is tasked with dressing up as an ape, causing the Grim Reaper to mistake him for Bollo and take him to limbo.

Rating: 7/10

Tundra

Basically the pilot again, but this time Bainbridge is portrayed by Matt Berry and there's no laugh track.

Rating: 7/10

Jungle

Warning: This episode contains blackface.

When Bainbridge sells the Zoo, Howard tries to put a stop to it by finding the previous owner of the Zoo.

Rating: 6/10

Charlie

Howard tries to write a novel, but then a big publisher gains interest in Vince's own book about a bubblegum creature named Charlie.

Rating: 6.5/10

Electro

Warning: This episodes contains something that could be perceived as blackface.

Vince joins an electro band and Howard must overcome the Spirit of Jazz to help him.

Rating: 6.5/10

Hitcher

After a bear breaks loose at the zoo, Howard and Vince have to transport him to another zoo but get lost and pick up a strange green hitchhiker who traps them in a box full of problematic animals.

First Appearances: The Hitcher (Noel Fielding)

Rating: 7/10

Overall Rating: 6.5/10

Recommended

Tenacious D (1997 TV Miniseries)

The Search for Inspirado

Jack and Kyle try to find inspiration for a new song to play at open mic night.

Rating: 6/10

Angel in Disguise

Jack and Kyle fight over a record store girl.

Rating: 6/10

Death of a Dream

After a record store owner discourages them on the rockstar dream, Jack and Kyle go into the woods to destroy their guitars only to meet and hang out with Sasquatch (John C. Reilly).

Rating: 7/10

The Greatest Song in the World

A new neighbor becomes annoyed with all the noise Jack and Kyle are making, so when a noise complaint is made they sing Tribute to explain themselves.

Rating: 7/10

The Fan

Jack and Kyle meet Lee the seemingly obsessive fanboy, but after looking at his fansite they actually become obsessed with him.

Rating: 7/10

Road Gig

On the way to a road gig, Jack and Kyle's car breaks down in the middle of the desert and they encounter a cult which inspires the song Jesus Ranch.

Rating: 6/10

Overall Rating: 7/10

Recommended

Related Movie: Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (2006)

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)

• What's it about?: A parody of music biopics that follows the life of Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly). After accidentally killing his brother while playing with machetes, Dewey goes on to become a successful musician. Over the years he gets into various drugs, meets a lot of other famous musicians, cheats on his wife, changes up his musical style several times, goes to prison, goes to rehab, deals with his estranged father and has a lot of kids. 
• Thoughts: Pretty funny and the songs are legit bangers.
• Rating: 7/10
• Recommendation: Recommended
• Tier: B

Bit Characters

Paul McCartney
Jack Black

Other Notable Actors: John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Tim Meadows, Chris Parnell, Kristen Wiig, David Krumholtz, Margo Martindale, Harold Ramis

Director: Jake Kasdan

Writers: Jake Kasdan, Judd Apatow

Producer: Judd Apatow

Margot at the Wedding (2007)

• What's it about?: A writer with BPD takes her son to visit her sister for her wedding.
• Thoughts: It's ok. I don't have much to say on it. It's mostly just a bunch of nothingburger conversations with little bits of drama and tension. It's not bad, it just doesn't do much for me.
• Rating: 6/10
• Recommendation: Maybe
• Tier: C

Supporting Characters

Malcolm
Jack Black
The guy marrying Margot's sister.

Other Notable Actors: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ciarán Hinds, John Turturro

Director/Writer: Noah Baumbach