Hello everyone, if you didn’t know, I was promoted and soon I will no longer be the author of this newsletter. But that is a worry for the future, so let’s enjoy this time while it lasts and get into what A&E has for you this week.

In the spotlight, Gabriel Brito wrote about his time watching “A Minecraft Movie,” it was an experience to say the least. Isabella Caswell interviewed members of the UMN Comedy Club and highlighted their show on April 17. Sommer Wagen covered the Walker Art Center’s union rally on April 10. Sophia Arndt covered Disco Death Record and their vintage market in celebration of Record Store Day.

That’s all we have this week at The Scene.

— Alexis Letang | A&E Desk Editor | [email protected] 

In the Spotlight

‘A Minecraft Movie’ sucks, I love it

by Gabriel Brito | Published April 14, 2025

“A Minecraft Movie” is a 100-minute catastrophe with an incoherent plot, an awful script and almost no character development consisting mostly of Jack Black saying things from the game in a funny voice.

The movie, released April 4, follows a forgettable cast of characters who find themselves trapped in the Minecraft world, called the “overworld,” and need to escape back to reality. Much of the story is rushed over in favor of action sequences or comedic bits, and many scenes felt so unconnected, it was almost like watching a series of random scenes rather than a continuous story.