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From Hated to Loved: Did These Movies Deserve Reappraisal?

May 16, 2025 by Tom Jolliffe

We look at ten once-hated films that have been shown more affection in recent years and ask, do they deserve the newfound love? It’s a story as old as cinema. A film comes out greeted with a vitriolic response from critics and audiences. In time we’ve seen the likes of Citizen Kane, The Shining and […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Batman and Robin, Constantine, freddy got fingered, Jennifer's Body, Johnny Mnemonic, Last Action Hero, Showgirls, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Super Mario Bros., The Chronicles of Riddick

Mario Kart comes to LEGO’s Super Mario theme with official set reveals

August 22, 2024 by Amie Cranswick

Mario Kart is coming to LEGO’s Super Mario theme, and today at Gamescom The LEGO Group has officially unveiled the first six Super Mario: Mario Kart sets, which includes some of  the iconic Nintendo video game franchise’s favourite characters – Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Toad, and Baby Peach, along with customisable carts. […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, LEGO, News, Toys, Video Games Tagged With: LEGO, LEGO Super Mario, Mario Kart, super mario, Super Mario Bros.

LEGO Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi display set revealed

July 27, 2024 by Amie Cranswick

As part of its San Diego Comic-Con reveals, The LEGO Group has unveiled a new addition to the LEGO Super Mario line with the Mario & Yoshi display model which is available to pre-order now, priced at $129.99; check out the promotional images and details here…   Build nostalgia for the delightful visuals from an […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, LEGO, News, Video Games Tagged With: LEGO, LEGO Super Mario, San Diego Comic-Con International, Super Mario Bros., super mario world

Nintendo and Illumination announce new Super Mario Bros. Movie

March 11, 2024 by Matt Rodgers

Nintendo and Illumination have teamed up to deliver the rather unsurprising news that they are officially starting work on a brand new animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros. Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto and Illumination’s Chris Meledandri made the announcement in a video (which you can check out below) to celebrate Mario Day, […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News, Video Games Tagged With: Illumination Entertainment, Nintendo, Super Mario Bros., The Super Mario Bros. Movie

‘Peaches’ from The Super Mario Bros. Movie fails to make Oscars shortlist

December 22, 2023 by EJ Moreno

With its viral success and nominations at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards, you’d expect Peaches to easily land a spot at the Oscars, especially for the chance to see Jack Black perform the number. Yet, that’s not going to happen, as the film was not part of the Academy Awards shortlists that dropped […]

Filed Under: Awards Season, EJ Moreno, Movies, News, Video Games Tagged With: Jack Black, peaches, super mario, Super Mario Bros., the Oscars, The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Latest Nintendo Direct presentation reveals huge line-up of upcoming games

June 22, 2023 by Andrew Newton

The latest Nintendo Direct presentation has built up great excitement in the gaming community as they revealed a huge variety of games arriving on the Switch this year and next.  As well as a number of third party titles, Nintendo announced lots of new titles including their most popular characters – Mario, Wario and Pikachu. […]

Filed Under: Andrew Newton, News, Video Games Tagged With: Batman, Batman: Arkham Trilogy, DC, Detective PIkachu Returns, Nintendo, Nintendo Direct, Pikmin 4, pokemon, super mario, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Super Mario RPG, WarioWare: Move It!

The Super Mario Bros. Movie – The Power Up Edition sets Home Entertainment release

June 7, 2023 by Amie Cranswick

Having overtaken Disney’s Frozen at the box office to become the second-biggest animated feature film of all time, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that The Super Mario Bros. Movie – The Power Up Edition will arrives on digital, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD on June 13th; check out the cover artwork and details […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Physical Media, Video Games Tagged With: super mario, Super Mario Bros., The Super Mario Bros. Movie

The Super Mario Bros. Movie becomes first video game adaptation to make a billion dollars

May 2, 2023 by EJ Moreno

The Year of Nintendo is upon us. As the studio awaits the release of its hotly-anticipated game The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo’s newest movie continues its box office domination. The Super Mario Bros. Movie is officially in the Billion Dollar Club, as the film jumped past $1 billion at the global […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News, Video Games Tagged With: super mario, Super Mario Bros., The Super Mario Bros. Movie

What does the historic Super Mario Bros. Movie box office opening weekend mean for animation?

April 11, 2023 by EJ Moreno

When The Super Mario Bros. Movie began picking up steam during its preview screenings, no one could predict the force the animation film would become by opening weekend. Little did we know that the film would open to an impressive $146.4 million during the traditional three-day weekend and $204.6 million over the five-day frame, given […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: super mario, Super Mario Bros., The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Super Mario Bros: The Best Characters in the Marioverse

April 9, 2023 by Olly Dyche

Olly Dyche ranks the best character in the Marioverse… Super Mario Bros. is without question the biggest and most popular video game franchise on the planet. Almost everyone has either played a video game starring the famous plumber, or have at the very least have heard of the franchise, its protagonist Mario, and iconic characters […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Olly Dyche, Video Games Tagged With: Super Mario Bros., The Super Mario Bros. Movie

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