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Image: Universal Pictures/Everett Collection Sign in to your Polygon.com account It’s that time of the week again. If you’re not too busy scrambling for Spider-Man: Brand New Day tickets, there’s a lot of stuff you can watch from home, whether you’re renting or catching the latest streaming release.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is now available on Peacock. Based on the beloved video game franchise, the Super Mario movies are led by an all-star cast that includes Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Jack Black, and have been an enormous box office success. Galaxy follows our team of heroes as they band together to rescue series newcomer Rosalina.
Supergirl is also streaming. Newly available on VOD, the highly anticipated movie follows in the footsteps of Superman and establishes James Gunn's burgeoning DCU. It was met with a lukewarm critical response, but it introduces a key player in this new generation of superheroes.
Image: Warner Bros. Pictures Available on VOD Genre: Sci-fi Run time: 1h 48m Director: Craig Gillispie Cast: Milly Alcock, Jason Momoa, Eva Ridley. Following her brief but memorable introduction in Superman, Kara Zor El is back for her own story. Presenting a much different world view than that of her sweet cousin and expanding the franchise's map beyond the city of Metropolis, Supergirl follows Kara, her dog Krypto, and a new group of allies on an adventure across space.
If you squint, it’s hard to tell Supergirl from a pre-Superman James Gunn movie. Director Craig Gillespie ( Cruella ) and writer Ana Nogueira (a playwright and actor with several DC projects in preproduction) go all-in on Gunn's signature style, from spinning-camera combat sequences to a Guardians-esque messy universe crammed with aliens to the snarky, subversive, but ultimately admiring and sentimental take on superheroes. The result isn’t exceptionally exciting, but it’s serviceable, good-natured, and frequently fun — particularly when the film rests in the hands of Milly Alcock as Supergirl.
Image: Nintendo/Illumination Available on Peacock Genre: Sci-fi Run time: 1h 38 minutes Director: Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic Cast: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is based on one of Mario’s most beloved games: the 2007 Super Mario Galaxy . The movie takes inspiration from its outer world setting, trailing Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and their friends as they go on a mission to save Princess Rosalina from Bowser Jr.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie also takes some welcome swings at diverse animation styles, in the form of a convincing puppet show put on by Bowser; an illustrated flashback scene involving the Star Fox team; and homages to 8-bit Super Mario games. There's more here than just the hyper-stylized Illumination animation style, and a potential peek at future Nintendo spin-offs with their own aesthetics.
To delve fully into the plot of The Drama would be to expose its wild twist, so we’ll keep it simple. The story follows Charlie and Emma, a happily engaged couple that make a disturbing discovery days ahead of their wedding. The incident changes the outlook of their relationship and prompts them to reevaluate what they truly want.
Image: 20th Century Studios Available on Hulu Genre: Comedy Run time: 1h 59m Director: D…