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Fantasy Film Review: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
What a disappointment! The Sorcerer’s Apprentice had a lot going for it: high production value, good actors, brilliant special effects, and decent dialog. How did it go so horribly wrong? Okay,...
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Upcoming Fantasy Film: Temeraire
Think Master and Commander meets How to Train Your Dragon. It’s Earth during the Napolianic Wars except the world has dragons that act as the air forces for various nations. On the face of it, this...
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Upcoming Fantasy Film: Brave
Once called The Bear and the Bow, Brave has already caused controversy, and we barely know anything about it. Being made by Pixar, Brave was to be directed by one of the women responsible for writing...
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Fantasy Film Review: Solomon Kane
Solomon Kane is a bleak, boring film. And it’s a damn shame too. I was intrigued by the controversy of it not getting a wide release. Folks saw it (or clips of it) before its release and were wowed...
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Fantasy Film Review: Mio in the Land of Faraway
Since when did Christian Bale and Christopher Lee get together and make a fantasy movie? Why, in 1987 of course! This weird little fantasy film was a co-production of Sweden and the Soviet Union. Maybe...
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Fantasy Film Review: The Box of Delights
The Box of Delights is a strange and strangely charming series. It has something of the The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe about it—not the major Hollywood productions of course, but the old BBC...
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Upcoming Fantasy Films: Dragon Age x2
I’ve not been able to get into the Dragon Age games. They exist somewhere between a turn- and team-based fantasy game and a third-person fantasy masher. I’d prefer one or the other, and even then...
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Upcoming Fantasy Film: Gathering of Heroes
They’re making a D&D movie! Well, not really. Gathering of Heroes lifts all the tropes of D&D: healing spells, characters who represent different classes, and even drow—or as they are calling...
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Magic + Science = Fail
At work I often use the phrase, “Chocolate and peanut butter.” It’s become shorthand for things that people like but that shouldn’t mix: Two great tastes that don’t go great together. If you grew up...
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Flavor Text
Flavor text? Is that like scratch and sniff? So do I lick the page or what? If you’re asking those questions, you have a well-developed sense of sarcasm, but this blog post might not be for you. (Note:...
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