7 h. ago Jack Black’s A Minecraft Movie song becomes shortest track to enter UK charts

The song Steve’s Lava Chicken has a running time of just 34 seconds.

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16 h. ago Ryan Gosling to lead new Star Wars film set for 2027 release

The standalone film is described as ‘a new adventure’

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61 h. ago What is the Minecraft Chicken Jockey craze? Viral meme explained as film sweeps cinemas

Wondering why your kid keeps talking about a Chicken Jockey? We're here to help you decipher the chaos surrounding The Minecraft Movie's most boisterous viral moment

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67 h. ago Minecraft TikTok trend sees rowdy group of teenagers thrown out of cinema

The showing of A Minecraft Movie had to be paused at The Stag Theatre in Sevenoaks, Kent, so staff could eject the unruly teenagers as they were disturbing the film

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3 d. ago Minecraft Movie on brink of box office history as Warner Bros bosses confirm sequel is coming 'imminently'

The Minecraft Movie, starring Jason Momoa and Jack Black, has proved a massive commercial success, and Warner Bros' bossees have now confirmed a sequel is in the works

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3 d. ago Minecraft movie set to make film history as fans send box office skyrocketing

The film, starring the likes of Jack Black and Jason Momoa, is setting the box office alight with its constant draw of audiences, and it is seemingly showing no sign of stopping

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3 d. ago Harry Potter fans say 'spot on' as major stars confirmed in cast for TV reboot

With the hit film series set to be developed into a hit TV show for American channel HBO, fans have praised bosses' casting of who will be taking on some of the series' major roles

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4 d. ago Jack Black forced to wade in as A Minecraft Movie theater mayhem continues

Some movie theaters are now banning unaccompanied children

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4 d. ago ‘Don’t you besmirch Super Mario Bros!’: how video game adaptations became prestige TV

From The Last of Us to Fallout, the days of ropey dramas stemming from consoles is over. Television insiders open up about why high-end shows and gaming now go hand-in-handTwo teenagers plan how to dispatch their latest undead enemy: a kill-shot to the head, or a knife in the side of the neck? One of them throws a glass bottle, distracting their prey. Then she goes in for the kill with all the breezy confidence of a kid playing a video game on easy.It’s a rare moment of playfulness in the second-season opener of The Last of Us, a show that generally takes its storytelling deadly seriously. While the wildly lucrative Minecraft movie strip-mines its IP for laughs, this celebrated HBO series, adapted from the PlayStation titles of the same name, is as focused on taut character drama as the thrills and spills of the zombie genre. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago A Minecraft Movie soars to $551M globally as Snow White falls out of box office top five

A Minecraft Movie has soared to nearly $551 million in the global box office while Disney's Snow White live-action remake dropped even further out of the top five spot this weekend.

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5 d. ago 'A Minecraft Movie' stomps to $80.6 million in second weekend

After just two weeks in theaters, “A Minecraft Movie” is already the highest grossing Hollywood release of 2025

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5 d. ago Cinema chaos as kids bring actual chickens into Minecraft Movie screenings

The latest Box Office hit, The Minecraft Movie, has sparked a bizarre social media trend – which one teen took to another level by bringing live animals into the cinema

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6 d. ago There’s a place for audience participation, but ‘chicken jockey’ chaos takes it too far | Kate Maltby

Barrages of popcorn and even live poultry are featuring at screenings of A Minecraft Movie‘Chicken jockey!” If you know what this phrase means, you’re either a preteen boy or have accompanied one to a recent cinema screening of A Minecraft Movie.Warner Bros’ latest money-spinner is a movie adaptation of the Swedish game Minecraft, a prerequisite in the social lives of children between the age of eight and 12. The game enables children to explore and reconfigure a creative digital environment, accumulating resources in a world built from blocks. The movie enables children to explore and reconfigure the codes of basic decency in a cinema environment, testing the limits of any hapless usher left to supervise. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Holy Cow review – unlikely French teen cheesemaker drama with a big heart

A largely nonprofessional cast shine in Louise Courvoisier’s gritty rural tale that feels satisfyingly realHere’s something to tempt the appetites of fans of French cinema and artisan cheeses alike: Holy Cow, the first feature fim from French director Louise Courvoisier, has been a breakout success domestically (it won a prize at Cannes and a couple of Césars, and went on to win over French audiences in their droves). On paper, this tale of a rural teenage delinquent who dreams of glory in the annual comté cheesemaking competition sounds like any number of generic feelgood underdog tales. But there’s a knack to making great rural cinema, which boils down to capturing the grit and spit and personality of the place rather than some sun-dappled romantic projection of a simpler life.It helps immeasurably that Courvoisier grew up in the same remote Jura farming community in eastern France where the film is set. It shows in every rough-edged, beer-drenched frame – this is earthy, sweaty, ...

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6 d. ago Minecraft Movie fans ‘robbed’ after learning who originally played Jack Black role

The 'chicken jockey' scene could have been even better

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7 d. ago ‘Disruptive’ Minecraft movie trend ‘causing distress to autistic children’

Send charities have said the trend creates ‘unnecessary anxiety’ for autistic people.

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7 d. ago Minecraft Movie causing chaos in UK cinemas as fights break out and food flung

A Minecraft Movie has seen teenagers attend screenings and engage in a bizarre social media trend, which has left some cinema workers wanting to quit due to the disruption

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7 d. ago Minecraft Movie fans ‘robbed’ after learning who was originally wanted for Jack Black role

The 'chicken jockey' scene could have been even better

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7 d. ago Primark's new 'Mamma Mia' summer homeware collection has shoppers 'obsessed'

Mamma Mia fans love Primark's new summer-ready homeware collection that looks like it's straight off a film set

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8 d. ago Pillion, Phoenician and Panahi: superb lineup set to extend Cannes’ Oscar

After a tricky few years, the world’s pre-eminent film festival has come roaring back and is set to feature new work by Kelly Reichardt, another Joachim Trier drama starring Renate Reinsve and Cannes icons the Dardenne brothersThe Cannes film festival selection has been unveiled by its director Thierry Frémaux, with all its auteur heavyweights and cineaste silverback gorillas, including new work by Kelly Reichardt, Julia Ducournau, Ari Aster, Wes Anderson, Joachim Trier and Carla Simón. Tom Cruise’s final Mission: Impossible movie is showing out of competition; Robert De Niro is getting an honorary Palme d’Or – and probably treating audiences to a characteristically tightlipped onstage interview – and Bono arrives at the red carpet for Andrew Dominik’s documentary Bono: Stories of Surrender. Actor turned director Scarlett Johansson comes to Cannes with her Eleanor the Great, a quirky New York tale starring veteran player June Squibb.There is also, of course, an appearance from the B...

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