Jared Hess, the director of "Napoleon Dynamite," brings his indie-camp absurdist cred to this adaptation of the blockbuster sandbox video game. Over the years, though, lessons have been learned.

A Minecraft Movie (2025) Film Review, a movie directed by Jared Hess, written by Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer and Neil Widener and starring Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Sebastian Hansen, Jennifer Coolidge, ...

The following contains spoilers for A Minecraft Movie, in theaters April 4, 2025. When Minecraft released in 2011, the game exploded into a cultural phenomenon, defining a decade and a generation. It ...

The idea of a movie based on a popular video game is hardly new. “Mortal Kombat,” “Sonic the Hedgehog,” “Tomb Raider,” and “Gran Turismo” are just a few of the titles that made the transition to the ...

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, ...

Nate Richard is a Resource Editor for Collider, a film and television critic, and a part-time amateur filmmaker. He graduated from Ball State University in December 2020 with a Bachelor's degree in ...

Jared Hess, the director of "Napoleon Dynamite," brings his indie-camp absurdist cred to this adaptation of the blockbuster sandbox video game. At first, we register how hard the actors are working to ...

I’m a 42-year-old woman who has never played Minecraft. I knew nothing about the popular children’s video game before seeing “A Minecraft Movie.” So to better understand the new fantasy adventure film ...