Early on in “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” when Mario is learning the fairly nonsensical ins-and-outs of the Mushroom Kingdom, he discovers that a mushroom that he imagined would grant him ...

The Blue Mini Mushroom would then go on to appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, New Super Mario Bros. 2, and New Super Mario Bros. U, but it would only appear in just a few levels each time.

What would a Mario game be without mushrooms? Probably slightly more coherent, but nobody wants that. Right from the start, ...

Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach! might be the earliest example; the 1986 anime movie sees Mario and Luigi transported to a world inside their Famicom video game system.

If you've seen the Super Mario Bros. Movie during its theatrical run, you know there's far more to Mario's power-ups than the iconic red mushroom that turns him from a little guy into a tall (sort ...

The movie also stars The Queen's Gambit's Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad and Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, among other big names. Super Mario Bros. is expected to ...

Yoshi's upcoming role in The Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel hints at a major storyline with Bowser Jr. Bowser Jr., as Bowser's trusted ally, may serve as a secondary antagonist to set up a future ...

In 1993, the Super Mario Bros. live-action movie essentially scared Nintendo away from Hollywood for decades. However, the video game giant is making a Hollywood comeback next year with The Super ...

Ever wonder how bricks and Mystery Blocks stay afloat in the Mushroom Kingdom? ... co-directors of The Super Mario Bros. Movie (now playing in theaters everywhere).

In Super Marios Bros., Mario learns to eat mushrooms because they literally make him big and strong. What subtext! At the same time, I can still respect a movie that simply accomplishes its goal ...

Before a recent screening of “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” began, a fan sitting in front of me donned his red Mario cap and beamed with excitement.

In “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” it’s deployed as a flat, mirthless inside joke — another pat reference, unfunny and predictable, charged with a yawning desperation to please.