WASHINGTON – The shrill, metallic banging noises of a jack hammer echoed around the White House on Monday as crews started removing the large, yellow Black Lives Matter mural down the street from the president's home.

But one major area of departure was marked by its focus on upending the dark gritty themes of DCEU that characterized the rollout slate for the comics for many years. Under James Gunn’s leadership, the DCU has found a new creative direction and learned to cash in on coherence and connectivity.

A Minecraft Movie” offers a great surprise in Jason Momoa’s Garrett Garrison, the aging gamer for whom time has stood still. More than a hair-metal Gen X boomer stereotype, Momoa’s “1989 gamer of the year” delights as a soft reboot of Uncle Rico,

Hess brings something likable to "A Minecraft Movie." He's a genial camp satirist who knows how to invest not taking anything seriously with a flaked-out conviction. "A Minecraft Movie" never stops goofing on itself,

The oddball spirit and sensibilities of Jared Hess shine through in "A Minecraft Movie" and help carry it through its rough patches, particularly those where it is required to be a "Minecraft" movie.

There’s an instructive scene in the new Apple TV+ series The Studio in which the new creative chief of the fictional Continental Pictures, played by Seth Rogen, is ordered by his unhinged CEO (Bryan Cranston) to produce a blockbuster adaptation of Kool-Aid,

With 300-million copies sold, "Minecraft" is among the biggest video games of all time - and now, it's coming to the big screen in the form of a wacky action comedy starring Jason Momoa, Jack Black and Danielle Brooks.

Jack Black leads the merry way in “A Minecraft Movie,” the first film adapted from the world’s bestselling video game which opens globally Friday.