Jared Hess' mega-budget video game adaptation works best whenever you can tell that it was made by the director of "Napoleon Dynamite." Unsurprisingly — or, as someone with a fatal allergy to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. The official summary for A Minecraft Movie reads, Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where ...

There had been whispers of A Minecraft Movie for years, but when actual actors were attached and the film began receiving frequent updates, I was genuinely shocked. Not only would Jack Black play ...

Hear me out. I too rolled my eyes when A Minecraft Movie was announced. We're all tired of seeing Jack Black in video game movies — he was fine in Super Mario Bros., but good god Borderlands was a ...

Movie critic David Ehrlich of IndieWire detailed his distaste for the blockbuster film while also noting the movie does nail some of the comedic aspects by stating, “A Minecraft Movie: a deeply ...

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Ten years ago, the idea of a movie based on Minecraft, starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa, would have sounded like a setup for a joke about the current state of video game films. In 2025, though, ...

This post was updated April 6 at 9:16 p.m. Warning: spoilers ahead. “A Minecraft Movie” is far from a diamond in the rough – it’s just rough. Director Jared Hess’ blockbuster adaptation of “Minecraft, ...

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LEGO and Minecraft fit together perfectly. The popular game is all about using your imagination to build just about anything out of digital blocks, and LEGO is the ideal medium to bring that into the ...