Female Film Critics 24/375
Packed with visual references and sprightly animation, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie will have young audiences ready to “let’s a-go,” even if adults find it a busy ride. A sequel to 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which earned $1.4 billion worldwide, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie bursts with more characters and colorful locations but has a less-cohesive plot.
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Sex, thugs and heads that roll. Ethan Coen and his wife, Tricia Cooke must have had a ton of fun…and tequila…as they wrote the witty second installment of their fierce femme fatale trilogy, Honey Don’t, a grizzly homage to the neo-noir gumshoe films that would make Quentin Tarantino proud, but audiences may just say honey, don’t.
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There’s no doubt that the new box-office champ is The Super Mario Bros. Movie, a computer-animated comedy adventure. Based on the popular video game, this family-friendly film has redeemed the Nintendo franchise’s reputation after its catastrophic 1993 live-action movie adaptation. Scripted by Matthew Fogel and directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, it’s the hectic origin story for mustached Mario and his younger brother Luigi. They’re New York plumbers who decide to start their own business, even as they’re mocked by their former boss.
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