The age of clunky, amped up, zoned out, overly literal movies adapted from video games lasted a long time ­— from the very first one, “Super Mario Bros.,” in 1993, stretching on through such duds as ...

Although A Minecraft Movie might have broken The Super Mario Bros. Movie’s box office record, there are two big Jack Black video game adaptation movie records that the new hit can’t touch. A Minecraft ...

Nintendo and Universal Studios; Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty; Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures From L: Jack Black's character Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023); Black in Las Vegas on April ...

In addition to his acting career, Jack Black also has serious vocal chops. Forming the comedy-rock duo Tenacious D in 1994 with Kyle Glass, Black has toured with the likes of Pearl Jam, Weezer, and ...

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.