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The Secret Weapon Behind the VFX of ‘A Minecraft Movie'
Wētā FX goes lo-fi with a blocky aesthetic in creating Malgosha as a menacing, funny, and tragic villain, modeled after ...
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Mucking with Movies: ‘A Minecraft Movie’
A Minecraft Movie” has brought an unexpected controversy into the world. America’s youth have been pillaging movie theaters, ...
‘Andor,’ ‘You,’ ‘Havoc,’ ‘Babygirl,’ and the best to stream this weekend — plus ‘A Minecraft Movie’ surprise
Welcome to the Gold Ticket, your VIP guide to the best of award-worthy pop culture for the weekend ahead, curated by the Gold ...
Are original movies on the brink of a comeback?
“Sinners,” an original horror movie from Ryan Coogler, debuted over the weekend at $48 million — the largest debut for an original movie since 2019, according to Variety. It has now grossed $71 ...
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Filmmaker Jared Hess on knowing what ‘Minecraft’ fans were going to like
Jared Hess (“Napoleon Dynamite,” “Nacho Libre”) speaks to how his oddball sensibilities helped make “A Minecraft Movie” such ...
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Filmmaker Jared Hess on leaning into his oddball humor for ‘A Minecraft Movie’; An alarming personnel shake up at ‘60 Minutes’
Minutes executive producer Bill Owens has resigned amid mounting pressure on Paramount Global to settle a $20 billion lawsuit ...
‘I’m still licking my wounds’: Utah-based director of ‘A Minecraft Movie’ on Sundance Film Festival’s big move
Utah-based director Jared Hess is celebrating the global success of "A Minecraft Movie," but he’s also lamenting the end of a chapter closer to home: The Sundance Film Festival’s exit from Park City.