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Let’s face it—if a new movie is based on a video game, there’s a 99.9% chance it’s going to suck. That’s just the reality. Historically, movies based on video games have an absolutely terrible track record. In fact, they might have the worst track record of any movie subgenre. So, in “honor” of the release of the Minecraft  movie—yes, a Minecraft  movie starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa , which (spoiler alert) is not good—I decided to take on the nearly impossible task of

My Film Critic pants are on, pressed, and ironed, and I'm ready to review five new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, April 4th, 2025. 1) A MINECRAFT MOVIE Movies based on video games have a long and storied history… of being terrible. I've said it before and I'll say it again: any movie that begins with "based on the popular video game" should come with a warning label — "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." And A Minecraft Movie , based on the