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Awards Radar Podcast #132: Joey and Myles Take Questions While Also Discussing ‘Beau is Afraid’ Alongside ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’
Welcome back to the Awards Radar Podcast. In each episode, Editor Joey Magidson (that’s me!) will be joined by some of the staff of Awards Radar to talk about the latest in film, television, and entertainment in general. The show will obviously have an awards season slant to it, but we won’t forget about other […] More
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“Peaches” from ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Will Be Eligible for Best Original Song at the Oscars
No matter how much someone liked or didn’t like The Super Mario Bros. Movie this past weekend, it seems nearly everyone is united in enjoying the song “Peaches” that Jack Black‘s Bowser sings. Well, not only is it capturing the attention of audiences, Universal is hoping that it will eventually catch on with Oscar voters […] More
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Box Office Report for the Week of April 9
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is the official superstar of the weekend, breaking all kinds of records for an animated film. More
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Awards Radar Community: We Want Your ‘Air’ and ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Reactions!
This week/weekend is one of the highlights, not just of April, but of the year so far. Not only is the best film of 2023 to date out in Air, another terrific movie in How to Blow Up a Pipeline has begun its theatrical life. Throw in the financial juggernaut that is The Super Mario […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #131: Joey Talks ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ with Myles and Steve, While the Gang Discusses Best Picture Trends
Welcome back to the Awards Radar Podcast. In each episode, Editor Joey Magidson (that’s me!) will be joined by some of the staff of Awards Radar to talk about the latest in film, television, and entertainment in general. The show will obviously have an awards season slant to it, but we won’t forget about other […] More
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Film Review: ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ is Mostly Just a Kid-Friendly Commercial for the Video Games
There probably is not a more well-known, let alone successful, video game character in the world than Mario. There also likely isn’t a more notorious failed adaptation of a game than Super Mario Bros. back in 1993. So, there was an opportunity to do something special and unique with the property when Nintendo decided to […] More
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On the Radar… (Spring Edition)
Remember when a movie that won the Academy Award for Best Picture included a scene from one of its Oscar-nominated actresses where she bludgeons a man to death with two comically oversized dildos? And then later featured a scene where two henchmen shove phallic-shaped trophies up their asses to obtain martial arts abilities against its […] More
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First Trailer Released for Illumination’s ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’
Illumination Entertainment has released the first trailer for their animated adaptation of the successful video game franchise, The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Nintendo worked directly with the film studio to bring the game to life, with Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic on the directors chairs. The project was first officially announced back in 2018. With […] More
