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Review: Based on the Video Game Franchise, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Is for SuperFans, but Few Others

If you like The Super Mario Galaxy Movie or its 2023 predecessor (The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the second-biggest film of that year, situated squarely between Barbie and Oppenheimer), then […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 2, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Dispatch: Two Horror Films and a Haunting Drama as Sundance Film Festival Continues

    Enjoy our latest dispatch from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival… Buddy What begins as a fairly generic but quite authentic kids television show circa 1999 (a la Barney, with a […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • January 26, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Animated Origin Story Transformers One Brings Heart and Character Depth to Robot Franchise

    I’m just the age where Transformers of any kind (the Hasbro toys, animated series, the many movies) didn’t really have much of an impact on me. As a result, familiar […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 20, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Creating a World of Imaginary Friends, IF Overstuffs Its Plot, Cast and Saccharine Message

    When you line up an army of famous friends to do character voices and even manage to get Ryan Reynolds to star as the impish ringleader of a group of […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 17, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Despite Vibrant Visuals, Animated Duck Tale Migration Isn’t Much to Quack About

    From Illumination, the animation studio that brought us the Despicable Me, Minions, and The Secret Life of Pets franchises, comes a slightly more accomplished tale of conquering your feelings and […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 22, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Wonka Is a Warm-Hearted Prequel with Plenty of Humor, Sweetness and a Charming Chalamet

    The first thing to know about Wonka, the latest film to revisit the Roald Dahl-created candyman and his antics, is that this version is the brainchild of co-writer and director […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • December 15, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Super Mario Bros. Movie Features All the Characters, Set Pieces of the Storied Game, Just None of the Actual Story

    And I thought I was a little bit lost during the recent Dungeons & Dragons movie. I don’t live under a rock, so I know a little something about the […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 5, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Animated Wendell & Wild Arrives Just In Time for a Perfect Halloween Watch

    It’s difficult to wrap my brain around the fact that one of the most talented and twisted minds in stop-motion animation, Henry Selick, hasn’t made a new feature film since […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 28, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Wooden Puppet Dreams of Coming to Life While Disney’s New Pinocchio Never Does

    It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes movies really depress me. I’m not talking about movies with depressing storylines of someone dying of a disease or breakup movies or any number […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 8, 2022
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