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Minecraft movie audiences are going feral over a moment in the film where Jason Momoa fights a baby zombie riding a chicken. The scene, previously glimpsed in trailers, has become a viral meme - and has sparked wild responses from some cinema goers (mostly, it seems, in the US). Audiences are screaming the words "CHICKEN JOCKEY" as they are spoken by Jack Black's Steve, then standing up and thr...[Read More]

Audiences attending screenings of A Minecraft Movie are being asked by cinemas to avoid "disruptive behavior" following a social media trend where viewers vocally react to one particular sceneClips shared to TikTok and beyond show audiences around the world reciting, screaming and throwing popcorn when Jack Black's character says the phrase "chicken jockey" One viral video appeared to show police ...[Read More]

Official reviews of A Minecraft Movie were lukewarm at best and one-star at worst.Various headlines around the world declared the film starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa, "cobbled together," "bizarre," a "hyperactive hot-pink mess," a "blunt object used to beat you into submission" and "good enough — if you think that's all kids deserve."But the kids have spoken, and not only has the film adaptio...[Read More]

Universal (This post contains details about the ride queue for Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment at the Epic Universe theme park. It does not contain spoilers from the ride itself.) General audiences have forgotten about the 2017 reboot of "The Mummy" starring Tom Cruise, but many movie fans will remember it forever. Not because it's secretly g...[Read More]

While that success shouldn't be considered too much of a surprise given the massive popularity of the games, what most pundits hadn't foreseen was just how interactive the screenings would be.Just days after the release, several lines in the film – mostly ones said by Jack Black's character Steve – have been taken as an invitation for cinemagoers to join in and react in rather raucous ways, from s...[Read More]

What’s the big deal with chicken jockeys? You might be asking this question after seeing A Minecraft Movie. Or maybe you’ve seen some of the theater footage on social media where moviegoers erupt in cheers and applause as Jack Black says the line. Some take it a step further, throwing food, jumping, and running through the aisles. Some moviegoers have even noted that the theater reactions to chick...[Read More]

A Minecraft Movie has hit cinemas and is already being hailed as a box office smash, but one particular scene involving the "Chicken Jockey" is causing chaos in some theaters.Why It MattersA Minecraft Movie was released this past Friday and is the first-ever big-screen adaptation of the world's best-selling video game, which had 200 million monthly active players in December 2024, according to Dem...[Read More]

Fans of the Evil Dead franchise may wonder where the new installment stands. We have an update and news that it won’t be the final film; plenty more will come. A Rich History of Deadite Slaying Action Sam Raimi, the mastermind behind it all, kicked things off way back in ’81 with the original The Evil Dead. That movie? Pure, raw horror. And it kept going, spawning Evil Dead II in ’87 and Army of D...[Read More]

When we all think of the most disturbing films we’ve ever seen, our minds will naturally go to horror films.Whether it be A Serbian Film, Human Centipede, or Cannibal Holocaust, many of the consensus most unsettling movies ever are horrors.That doesn’t meant that non-horror films can’t disturb viewers though as, in some cases, dramas and thrillers can stay with people even longer.This led fans on ...[Read More]

These eight horror remakes tried to improve on movies that were quite good to begin with. In honor of Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu — which is thriving at the box office and does seem to meet audience demands — and the new Leigh Whannell version of The Wolf Man, which is in theaters this weekend, and for which we have high hopes — here are eight horror remakes nobody really needed. Night of the ...[Read More]