Jon Heder

Napoleon Dynamite: Like, the Best Special Edition Ever! (Fox, two discs, $26.98) Anyone who might still be mulling summer vacation plans should be tickled to learn that it is not too late to book tickets for the second annual Napoleon Dynamite Festival...

There's something immediately off-putting about Rob Schneider's performance in the new comedy "The Benchwarmers." He doesn't talk with a funny accent. He isn't obviously development challenged. The manic actor is abnormally normal. "Well Adam [Sandler]...

"Scary Movie 4" may have crushed "The Benchwarmers" at the box office, but one of the horror spoof's stars is taking a romantic interest in one of the baseball comedy's bumbling boobs. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Anna Faris has joined the cast...

While the TV world is concentrated in Pasadena for the Television Critics Association Press Tour, the worlds of comics, video games, toys and movies (and just a bit of TV) are mobilizing down in San Diego for the 37th Comic-Con International, running from...

The teenagers of America still love "The O.C." and "Smallville," and they're fans of Jack Black and Johnny Depp too. At least, that's what the adults who pick the nominees for the Teen Choice Awards believe. A typically inscrutable batch of Teen...

When you're 12, nothing is as scary as puberty. Except, that is, if you happen to live across the street from a crotchety old man and his spooky, ramshackle house, the lawn of which has a tendency to consume toys, pets and possibly even people. In the...

A small and limited group of viewers -- I'm thinking boys between the ages of 8 and 12 -- will really get a kick out of "Monster House," an energetic animated effort that makes little effort to branch out very far. It's probably too scary for younger...

It looks like "Mama's Boy" will have more company. "Scrubs" actress Sarah Chalke and "Freedomland" actor Dorian Missick have joined the cast of the Warner Independent comedy starring "Napoleon Dynamite" breakout star Jon Heder, report news sources. Diane...

The comedy "School for Scoundrels," about a victimized, love-struck New York meter maid (Jon Heder of "Napoleon Dynamite") who gets tutored in jerky alpha male-ness, may not be as devilishly enjoyable as its title suggests, but it's by no means like...

For something so slight, the new comedy "Napoleon Dynamite" has a surprisingly polarizing effect on audiences. Within 15 seconds of the title character's appearance, you'll either think he is the most astonishingly original creation you've ever seen or...