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‘A Minecraft Movie’ turns a best-selling game into a cinematic block party

Based on the best-selling game, A Minecraft Movie stars Jack Black and Jason Momoa in a goofy and sprawling adventure full of blocky animals and magical macguffins. Directed by Jared Hess (Nacho Libre, Napoleon Dynamite), the film also features Daniell…

See ‘A Minecraft Movie,’ ‘A Nice Indian Boy’ and ‘Freaky Tales’ in theaters this week

Jack Black and Jason Momoa star in the first attempt to adapt the blockbuster video game for the big screen. And Pedro Pascal returns in a real-life inspired Bay Area anthology with a lot going on.

Elizabeth Olsen is good at ignoring advice

Elizabeth Olsen doesn’t want validation, but she does want you to understand her taste. She shares why she’s terrified of dying, but is fascinated with death and the joy of idle people watching.

25 hours? Before Cory Booker, there was ‘Mr. Smith’

In 1939, the character of Mr. Smith — played by Jimmy Stewart — spent 25 hours on the Senate floor railing against corruption.

Paul Rudd’s ‘Death of a Unicorn’ is ‘thoughtful but gruesome’

Paul Rudd stars in the new comedy-horror film Death of a Unicorn as a meek father who hits a unicorn with his car — and soon learns that’s a very bad thing to do.

Val Kilmer, ‘Top Gun’ star with an intense approach, dies at 65

Val Kilmer died from pneumonia. He had recovered after a 2014 throat cancer diagnosis that required two tracheotomies.

A folk legend gets a reunion he didn’t sign up for in this melancholy charmer

An affable lottery winner decides to bring his favorite singer to a remote island off the coast of Wales for a private concert. Turns out, he’s invited the singer’s ex-bandmate/ex-girlfriend, too.

A young man’s homecoming sets off erotic shockwaves in this unsettling French thriller

Misericordia is one of the most surprising films our critic’s seen this year. It focuses on a man who returns to his small village for a funeral — only to become enmeshed in countless entanglements.

‘Death of a Unicorn’ is a myth-fire

In Death of a Unicorn, Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega star as dad and daughter facing off against some angry-as-hell horned beasts. Like so many creature features, it poses a direct question amid all the chaos and carnage: Who’s the real monster here? The…

The Sundance Film Festival announces its new home: Boulder, Colorado

The festival has been a Park City, Utah institution for over 40 years.

‘Việt and Nam’ is a film about love, exile and the memory of war

NPR’s Emily Kwong speaks with director Trương Minh Quý about his new film Việt and Nam. It follows the journey of two young miners as they search for intimacy and escape.

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