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You can now stream The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (but you shouldn’t)

You can now stream The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (but you shouldn’t)

Published by skeptic

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie dropped into theaters on April 1, 2026, and immediately became a smash hit. In fact, it looks like it’s going to be the first movie of 2026 to make over a billion dollars at the box office. As of May 19, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is also available to stream at home through services like Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, and YouTube. The catch is that you have to pay for it, generally around $24.99 to rent or $29.99 to buy. And right now, there’s just not enough reason to do that. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie was a step down It gets the job done, but not so well that you need to pay for it The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is a sequel to 2023’s The Super Mario Bros movie, which brought the enormously popular characters from Nintendo’s long-running Super Mario video game universe to life with vibrant CG animation. Critics were lukewarm on the movie — it has a 59% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes, …

I’m Calling It: The Elden Ring Movie Will Live Up to the Mario Movies’ Successes

I’m Calling It: The Elden Ring Movie Will Live Up to the Mario Movies’ Successes

Published by skeptic

As a gamer, I’m enjoying the current renaissance of video game adaptations. Whether it’s the new 3D-animated Super Mario Galaxy Movie or Sonic movies or award-winning TV series like The Last of Us, Fallout and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Hollywood is now filled with creators who are actually fans of the games they’re adapting, a shift from the 1990s when licenses were often purchased just to cash in on younger audiences.  On Monday, A24 revealed the cast of the live-action adaptation of the Elden Ring movie, which will be directed by Alex Garland (Civil War, Annihilation) and released on March 3, 2028. While this looks promising on paper, it’s hard to ignore the scale of the challenge to adapt a game known for its personality-less protagonist, cryptic lore and multiple endings. Still, there is reason to believe this could become one of the most successful video game adaptations. To start, A24, the studio behind the production, is known for acclaimed films such as The Brutalist, Moonlight and Everything Everywhere All at Once — all very different films following unique, …

Kristi Noem purse thief Mario Leiva gets prison sentence

Kristi Noem purse thief Mario Leiva gets prison sentence

Published by Sam Flores

Kristi Noem, secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), during a news conference at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. Valerie Plesch | Bloomberg | Getty Images A Chilean man who admitted stealing then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s Gucci handbag as part of a string of purse thefts in Washington, D.C., last year was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison, the Department of Justice said. The crook, Mario Bustamante Leiva, 50, is residing in the U.S. illegally and will be subject to deportation at the end of his sentence, the DOJ said. Bustamante Leiva was arrested in late April 2025, less than a week after he entered the D.C. restaurant Capital Burger and snatched the purse that — unbeknownst to him — belonged to Noem, who at the time was one of President Donald Trump’s most prominent Cabinet officials. Noem was at the restaurant dining with her family for Easter. At the time of the theft, she was under Secret Service …

Nintendo drops new Switch 2 ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ bundle

Nintendo drops new Switch 2 ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ bundle

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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has not been especially well received by critics, but it is serving one important purpose: introducing new people to the two excellent games it was named after. And for a limited time, you can get in on the fun with a discount. Nintendo announced a temporary promotion from April 12 to May 9: anyone who buys a Nintendo Switch 2 console alongside Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (the official name of a package containing both games) will get $20 off. This offer works with either the physical or digital version of the Galaxy games, but only if you get a Switch 2 at the same time. You also need to buy them from a participating retailer, which includes Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, Target, and GameStop. If my math is right, participating in this promotion would cost a total of $500 between the Switch 2 and the games, down from a total of $520 before taxes. It’s not a huge discount, in other words, but considering how infrequently Nintendo discounts …

Super Mario Galaxy Crosses 0 Million Globally

Super Mario Galaxy Crosses $600 Million Globally

Published by Daniella Wilson

Illumination and Universal’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is enjoying a stellar second weekend, soaring past the $300 million mark domestically and $600 million worldwide. The sequel is the first Hollywood pic of the year to accomplish either milestone. It’s expected to top the weekend chart with nearly $70 million in domestic ticket sales for an estimated North American tally of $308.1 million through Sunday. Overseas, it is on course to earn another $90 million from 81 markets for a foreign tally of $327 million. Amazon MGM Studios’ Project Hail Mary, now in its fourth outing, also remains a force of nature. The Ryan Gosling-led space adventure looks to earn another $28 million this weekend for a domestic cume in the $258 million range through Sunday. A24’s provocative film The Drama, starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, is holding in better than expected, dropping just 21 percent to $9 million for an early domestic total of $31 million for A24. That leaves Universal’s new romancer, You, Me & Tuscany, looking at a solid fourth-place finish with …

Super Mario what?! The seven best obscure Mario games | Games

Super Mario what?! The seven best obscure Mario games | Games

Published by Sam Flores

It should be no surprise that the latest Super Mario movie is smashing box office records – despite the, let’s say mixed, reviews. Nintendo’s iconic plumber has been a pop culture staple for 45 years, starring in some of the bestselling video games ever made, from the original Donkey Kong through to the joyous Super Mario Bros Wonder and the chaotic Mario Kart World. But as with any storied showbiz career, there have been some lesser works. Who can forget – or actually remember – Hotel Mario, a door-shutting puzzle game for the doomed Philips CD-i console? Or what about Mario Teaches Typing, a 1992 educational game for the PC in which players navigate the Mushroom Kingdom by … correctly inputting words. Yet there have also been genuine treasures lost along the way. Here, then, are seven of our favourite much-overlooked Mario odysseys. Wrecking Crew (1984) Photograph: MobyGames/Nintendo Originally released in arcades and later on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), this early title, produced by GameBoy creator Gunpei Yokoi, had Mario and Luigi briefly abandoning …

Super Mario Galaxy Crosses 0 Million Globally

Box Office :’Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Eyes Massive $370M Opening

Published by Daniella Wilson

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is bringing a much-needed spring bloom to the box office, where the family pic is now on course to collect a record $370.7 million in its global debut from 80 markets, the biggest showing since James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash opened over Christmas 2025. And it is by far the top opening of 2026 among Hollyood titles. Universal’s Saturday estimates shows the sequel on course to open to a mammoth $188.6 domestically, including a three-day weekend gross of $129.4 million, one of the best showings of all time for the Easter corridor, not adjusted for inflation. Overseas, it is headed for estimated foreign opening of $182 million, including previews, for a mammoth global launch not that far behind the first film. Opening over the same Easter corridor in 2023, the first Mario Bros. Movie posted a five-day domestic debut of $204 million, including a three-day gross of $147 million, one of the best showings of all time for the holiday, not adjusted for inflation. Galaxy also joins the upper reaches …

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie on course to become highest-grossing US film of the year

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie on course to become highest-grossing US film of the year

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has recorded the biggest opening day of the year at the U.S. box office and is set to become the highest-grossing Hollywood film of 2026 so far. The animated sequel banked $48.3 million in the U.S. on Friday, and is on course to top $129 million domestically over its opening weekend. The previous record for the year was held by the Ryan Gosling-led sci fi movie Project Hail Mary, which recorded a domestic opening weekend of $80.5 million. Deadline reports that globally The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is expected to make a little over $370 million this weekend, which would make it the biggest Hollywood release of the year and second only to the Chinese racing comedy Pegasus 3, which currently leads the standings after banking $392M during its opening weekend. The success of the second …

‘I am trapped in a sweet-smelling cycle of video game-branded toiletries’: Lush’s Mario Galaxy range, reviewed | Super Mario

‘I am trapped in a sweet-smelling cycle of video game-branded toiletries’: Lush’s Mario Galaxy range, reviewed | Super Mario

Published by Sam Flores

When The Super Mario Bros Movie came out in 2023, it came with a rather unlikely tie-in: a range of skincare and bathing products from cosmetics chain Lush. The store, known for its devotion to natural ingredients and support for social justice causes, didn’t seem like the obvious partner for a major video game franchise. Because of this, I thought I should try them out, assuming that my dalliance with beauty journalism would be short-lived. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. I was wrong. The collection was so successful, Lush later released a Minecraft range, which I also reviewed, and now there’s a Super Mario Galaxy range to tie in with the new movie. Somehow, I have become the Guardian’s Lush correspondent and it seems I am now trapped in a sweet-smelling cycle of video game-branded toiletries. There are definitely worse fates, so I’m just going with it. As a dedicated professional, I tried most of the tie-in products, including body sprays, …

'Rubbish' Super Mario Galaxy Movie Leaves Critics Divided

'Rubbish' Super Mario Galaxy Movie Leaves Critics Divided

Published by Sam Flores

Princess Peach, voiced by Anya Taylor-Joy, left, and Mario, voiced by Chris Pratt, in a scene from “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie The reviews for the new Super Mario Bros. Movie have been published and… it sounds like the film is anything but a level-up. While we weren’t exactly expecting the follow-up to the animated video game adaptation to be the next Citizen Kane, it’s worth pointing out that the response to the first film was, at least, somewhat mixed, and it went on to gross more than a billion dollars at the global box office, making it the 20th biggest box office earner of all time at the time of writing. Ahead of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’s release at the end of this week, critics have been having their say, and they’ve certainly not been holding back, with a smattering of two- and one-star reviews (not to mention a zero-star take from one particularly unimpressed reviewer). Here’s a selection of what’s been said so far about The Super Mario Galaxy Movie… The Guardian (1/5)  …