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How to Train Your Dragon: Live-action Vikings vs. Dragons, because why not? (trailer)
The dragons are back, folks, and this time they’re real. Well, as real as CGI dragons can get in a live-action remake. How…
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November 2024
ReviewFantasy
Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD (fun horror film review).
I recall purchasing this video, ‘Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark,’ more than 30 years ago, primarily because I had read about the woman…
May 2024
NewsFantasy
The Rocketeer: Cult Classic or Forgotten Flop? (movie retrospective)
Ah, the early 90s—when the internet was barely a whisper, Michael Jackson was still moonwalking, and Disney was on a mission to turn…
April 2024
ReviewFantasy
Seize Them! (Mark Kermode’s fantasy comedy movie review)
Our man-of-many-movies, Mark Kermode, hoists the flags and sounds the fanfares, for there’s a new chuckle-fest on the British silver screen that’s sure…
March 2024
ReviewFantasy
The Librarian Trilogy: The Librarian: Quest For The Spear, The Librarian: Return To Solomon’s Mines and The Librarian: Curse Of The Judas Chalice (film review).
Before you watch the TV series ‘The Librarians’, you need to watch the three earlier films. I pulled them as a boxset, and…
February 2024
NewsFantasy
Masters of the Universe movie gets it mojo back? (film news)
In the hallowed halls of SFcrowsnest, where a good fusion of sci-fi lore and all those retro feels is oft celebrated, we now…
TrailerFantasy
Damsel: Netflix fantasy film (2nd trailer).
In the cinematic realm where fairy tales are spun with a twist darker than your average bedtime story, Damsel emerges as the latest…
TrailerFantasy
Wicked: a Witch’s guide to unlikely friendships – when good girls and bad witches mix (trailer).
In a world where musicals occasionally leap from the stage to the silver screen, one such jump has been brewing longer than a…
January 2024
NewsFantasy
Poor Things: horror fantasy film reviewed by Mark Kermode (video).
In the latest cinematic escapade from director Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things twists and twirls through a labyrinth of science fantasy and black comedy…