The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a pitch straight down the middle of the plate. It’s uncomplicated, breezy, and risk-free. It’s the exact kind of Mario origin story that you’d expect to see after the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo in 1993's Super Mario Bros. (LMK/Alamy) Mario returns to cinemas today for his first animated ...

The fundamental problem with making a movie based on a game is that playing the game is an immersive experience, while watching the movie is a passive one. It’s a problem Hollywood has struggled with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 1993 movie was officially known in Japan as Super Mario: Goddess of the Demon Empire, a vastly superior title we should all ...

On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark honors fringe cinema in the streaming age with midnight movies from any moment in film history. First, the BAIT: a weird genre pick, and why we're exploring its ...

Welcome back to our queer film retrospective, “A Gay Old Time.” In this week’s column, while the animated The Super Mario Galaxy Movie dominates the box office, let’s revisit 1993’s Super Mario Bros., ...

Forget everything you know about the colorful Mushroom Kingdom and venture to "Dinohatten" in the first live-action video game film ever made. But the first thing you see while watching 1993’s “Super ...

Over the last 21 years, the Super Mario Bros. film has been described differently by many, and almost always negatively. From a "turkey" by critic Leonard Maltin, to "the worst thing I ever did" by ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. The Super Mario Bros. Movie is in theaters now, but it’s not ...

"I was so disappointed," the "Super Mario Bros. Movie" actor said of the 1993 live-action film. "I think it made me realize that movies, like, could be bad." Rogen, who voices Donkey Kong in the new ...