But if it's as clever and inventive as much of its young player base, A Minecraft Movie could mark a new evolution for video game cinema—and finally put the genre's shoddy reputation to the pickaxe.

It's almost easier to defy gravity than it is to get a movie made under these circumstances, but all those elements are true of Hoot, the film based on Miami Herald columnist Carl Hiaasen's ...

Companion review: this comedy horror on the perils of AI might be blunt, but it’s a bloody hoot - 4/5 Sophie Thatcher makes her claim for the scream queen crown in Drew Hancock’s punchy take ...

“Hoot,” Rated PG, 90 minutes. This witty family film has enough mystery and edge to keep attentive kids age 8 and older entertained. Directed with a sense of fun by Wil Shriner, “Hoot ...

Hoot "Hoot" is that rare breed: a good family film. Quality family-oriented movies are few and far between. "Hoot," based on Carl Hiaasen's bestselling novel of the same name, is an entertaining ...

The movie may not be much of a hoot, but it still has more smarts, heart and conscience than those dumb family flicks put together. Related. Amy Sussman / Getty Images.

Edmund Richard "Hoot" Gibson appears in his Army uniform in 1917 or 1918. (U.S. Army) He worked for Universal Pictures throughout the silent era and successfully made the jump into talkies.