Get ready to blast off into a cosmic adventure filled with gravity-defying platforms, adorable Lumas, and pure Nintendo magic in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026)! So hop on your starship, grab a power up, and join along with Morgan and guest host Rachel Wagner for this The Super Mario Galaxy Movie podcast in episode 364 of the Animation Addicts Podcast.
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Podcast
Highlights
- Guest host: film and theater critic Rachel Wagner!
- Main discussion: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026)
- How Rachel and Morgan felt about the first movie, The Super Mario Bros. Movie
- Sometimes it’s a feather that tips the scale from rotten or fresh
- Do you want fallible critics reviewing films or AI?
- The grounded voice actors have grown on Morgan
- Wart’s casino world was overwhelming and the straw the broke the camels back for the Easter eggs and cameos
- Bowser and Bowser Jr. had the most character development
- The music was great, but it would have been fun to have another iconic song
- Is Jack Black the biggest movie star working today? Or is it Chris Pratt?
- This franchise can really do whatever they want and get away with it
- This movie has a long runway because there aren’t any major family films coming out for months
- The critic screening and embargo was very strict. Why?
- Did the Mario-Peach romance get resolved? (39:40)
- We rate it!
- Discussing the favorite animated films of 2026 thus far
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Links Mentioned
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Wikipedia
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie box office results
- Morgan’s review of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
- Elle Fanning’s hall pass for Jack Black
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- Hallmarkies: Website | YouTube Channel
- Rachel’s interview with Tom Kenny and Bill Fagerbakke (voices of SpongeBob and Patrick)
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