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Violent Night (fantasy action Christmas movie: trailer).
A Christmas fantasy comedy from 87North, called Violent Night, where the slay bells are ringing loud and clear. On Christmas Eve, an evil…
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October 2022
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Slumberland (Netflix fantasy film: trailer).
On November 18th 2022, Netflix will release Slumberland, a fantasy film by Francis Lawrence, director of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and Mockingjay.…
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The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jul/Aug 2022, Volume 143 #762 (magazine review).
While a magazine is a useful sounding-board for new voices, sampling newcomers to a long established field, it is also useful to have…
September 2022
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Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock (book review).
There are some books that leave a lasting impression. Particular scenes or ideas transcend the ordinary. These books are the ones worth keeping…
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Bindle Punk Bruja by Desideria Mesa (book review).
The author Desideria Mesa helpfully provides an Epigraph that explains ‘Bin-dal Punk’. It’s an early twentieth century term for what we would probably…
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Talking Tolkien: a deep dive on the Fantasy-Father (documentary: in full).
J.R.R Tolkien is regarded by many as the father of the modern fantasy genre, and his Middle-earth universe still inspires us (perhaps a…
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+ TV series: trailer).
The popular YA Percy Jackson fantasy books comes to Disney+ as a TV series with Percy Jackson and the Olympians. One for the…
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Willow (fantasy TV series: 2nd trailer).
The Willow TV series is coming in November 2022. This is the continuation of the film that George Lucas hoped would do for…
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Into The Broken Lands by Tanya Huff (book review).
Centuries ago, six mages pushed the boundaries of reality because they could until the land could no longer contain their power. Captain Marsan…
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Embertide (A Fallow Sisters Novel book 3) by Liz Williams (book review).
Too many contemporary fantasy novels involve variations of the cityscape populated with nasty but misunderstood supernatural creatures, often vampires and werewolves. Less common…
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Lord of the Rings: The Rings Of Power, episode three, season one (review).
Each week, we analyse and discuss the latest episode of the Amazon Prime Video series The Rings of Power. There’s a lot of…
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Six Lost Worlds: The Dramatic Adaptations Of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Novel : film comments by Mark R. Leeper.
[Originally published in Argentus, Number 3, Summer 2003] Imagine a land so isolated from the world that it was beyond the reach even…