All you need to do is watch Minions & Monsters to see that Hollywood doesn't have to have franchise malaise. As a critic and filmmaker, I firmly believe that original stories are necessary for a thriving film industry. They're the lifeblood of the art form, and excessive focus on IP-mining and
Universal and Illumination launched a sneak attack recently, as Star Fox’s surprise role in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie caused everyone to do a barrel roll. Of course, with a new character on the board, the question of the hour became who in Lylat was going to be the voice for Fox McCloud’s
We’re surprisingly under a week away from The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’s opening day. Opening on Wednesday, April 1st, we’re about to jump up super high into a world of Nintendo magic once again; and it looks like it’ll be a trip worth taking. However little surprises have been stoking the
This year marks the 40th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. conquering the world of video games. So of course Universal and Illumination easily slated their blockbuster sequel, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, for a weekend not too long after this year’s Mario Day festivities. Now that we've received
With the success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie in 2023, it's really not hard to see why Illumination and Nintendo are moving forward with The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. It's basically an attempt at adapting the other adventures of Mario to the big screen. Specifically, Super Mario Galaxy and its
It was truly special to see Universal and Illumination’s work on The Super Mario Bros Movie worked its magic on Nintendo fans old and new. A new theatrical origin story for our beloved Italian plumbers, the 2023 blockbuster dominated the year; which made greenlighting a Mario sequel pretty easy.
Nintendo and Illumination have officially unveiled the first look at Yoshi in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, the highly anticipated animated follow-up to 2023’s global box office hit The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The reveal took place during a recent Nintendo Direct presentation, sending longtime
After the success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie back in 2023, it's really no wonder that Illumination would consider making a sequel. And really, there's just so much material to choose from. Nintendo has made numerous Super Mario games over the years, often with radically different plotlines for
I remember seeing the trailer for The Dog Stars and having my eyes roll back in my head. Do we really need more post-apocalyptic stories when we're living in a real life apocalypse? Do we need another movie that has an analog for COVID-19 and the aftermath that had on our own society. Well,
We're in the era of liminal spaces, folks. Movies like Skinamarink, Backrooms, and Exit 8 have all proven that audiences, especially younger audiences, can't get enough of them. it Ends brings us really two liminal spaces in one movie. The film tells the story of four friends who are getting
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia both kicks up the action and ramps up the stakes with a very poisonous plotline in Ep. 9 "Tengri". In fact, this is the most amount of bloody action we've seen in this anime in a while. However, in terms of story, it still takes second fiddle to the very sudden
