You Don't Need to Know Anything About Minecraft to Love the New Jack Black Movie

Let me get this out of the way: Before I watched A Minecraft Movie, I knew little about Minecraft or how popular the video game is. How could I let this information pass me by? Heck, it would be easy to blame my busy life as a dad to a highly sensitive kindergartner -- limited screen time and a Dog Man obsession take up most of our time. But I've only been a dad for six years, and Minecraft has been a global hit for over a decade, so I suppose my fatherhood excuse holds no water. At any rate, I went into A Minecraft Movie with absolutely no expectations. Now that I'm on the other end of it, I finally see what all the fuss is about. A Minecraft Movie (which is, interestingly, not called The Minecraft Movie) is from Jared Hess, the director of the indie hit Napoleon Dynamite. It stars Jack Black -- who led the charge in Hess's wrestling comedy Nacho Libre -- as OG Minecraft character Steve. Joining Black on this absurdist, big-budget, block-building adventure are Jason Momoa as Garrett ... Read full article.