The age of clunky, amped up, zoned out, overly literal movies adapted from video games lasted a long time ­— from the very first one, “Super Mario Bros.,” in 1993, stretching on through such duds as ...

Jared Hess, the director of "Napoleon Dynamite," brings his indie-camp absurdist cred to this adaptation of the blockbuster sandbox video game. At first, we register how hard the actors are working to ...

Jared Hess, the director of "Napoleon Dynamite," brings his indie-camp absurdist cred to this adaptation of the blockbuster sandbox video game. Over the years, though, lessons have been learned.