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Cruella (a fantasy film review by Mark Kermode).
Our man of many movies, Mark Kermode, unwisely decides that it’s time to watch the fantasy film Cruella. This is the origin story…
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May 2021
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Roger Zelazny: one of the great genre writers (audio documentary).
Here’s an hour-long video where F. Brett Cox pops in to chat with David Barr Kirtley about the life and works of Roger…
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Guy Gavriel Kay gives the 2021 Tolkien Lecture (video).
Our old chum fantasy author Guy Gavriel Kay gives the eighth annual J.R.R Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature. When Christopher Tolkien needed an…
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Game of Thrones: saving the TV series with a new ending? (video).
In this short 15-minute-long video piece, the most critical of thinkers – I mean, drinkers – examines the shoddy ending of the Game…
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Mortal Kombat (a fantasy film review by Mark Kermode).
Mark Kermode, our man of many movies is doing you a solid one this week, by sitting down in front of the new Mortal…
April 2021
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Harry Potter’s Narcissa Malfoy, actress Helen McCrory & wife of Damian Lewis, passes of cancer aged 52 (news).
Sad news just in, Harry Potter‘s Narcissa, actress Helen McCrory & wife of fellow actor Damian Lewis, has passed away of cancer aged…
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Shadow and Bone: constructing a Russian-themed steampunk world for Netflix (video).
Shadow and Bone – a new fantasy/steampunk TV series – is coming on April 23rd 2021 to Netflix, and this little mini-documentary explores…
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Big Trouble In Little China: a fantasy film retrospective with added sass (video).
Time for a fantasy film retrospective with added sass supplied by the Critical Drinker, this time examining Big Trouble in Little China, the…
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The Witcher: Netflix season two feature (video).
The Witcher has wrapped production on Season 2, so here’s a look behind-the-scenes with the cast and crew and showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich,…
March 2021
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The Watch: the new Discworld TV series reviewed (video).
The Watch is the new BBC Discworld TV series, much maligned in advance as being rather loose in adhering to the lore of…
February 2021
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Conan the Barbarian comic-book first issue retrospective (video).
Here’s the Ed and Jim Conan the Barbarian comic-book first issue retrospective, featuring the sword-and-sorcery character created by Robert E. Howard. The first…
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Whither the HBO Game of Thrones franchise, post-pandemic? (video)
Has the pandemic put an end to the once-planned HBO series of Game of Thrones franchise prequel/sequel extensions. And what about the final…