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Dungeons & Dragons: the animated series that rolled a natural 20 on our hearts (retrospective).
Once upon a time in the fantastical world of the 80s, a magical roller coaster transported a group of friends into the thrilling…
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April 2023
January 2023
NewsFantasy
Hollywood and big media’s love affair with fantasy films/TV and their untimely decline (video).
Author Chris Fix slips in to give us his take on Hollywood and big media’s love affair with fantasy films/TV, and the genre’s…
December 2022
ReviewFantasy
Willow fantasy TV series (review).
Move over, Game of Thrones? There’s a new fantasy adventure series in town, and it’s called Willow. Yes, that’s right. The 1988 film…
NewsFantasy
‘Wendell & Wild’: a Netflix film review by Mark R. Leeper.
‘Wendell & Wild’ is the second of three stop-motion films from Netflix this year. The other two being ‘The House’ (reviewed in the…
TrailerFantasy
The Witcher: Blood Origin, new fantasy TV series from Netflix (first trailer).
The tale of The Witcher: Blood Origin takes place in the elven Golden Era, 1200 years before the time of Geralt, Yennefer, and…
ReviewFantasy
Willow, the Disney+ fantasy TV series: what we’ve been waiting for? (review)
Damien Walter knows a thing or two about media and fantasy, so we should all be interested to hear what he has to…
November 2022
NewsFantasy
Rings of Power: Amazon Prime’s Tolkien, how good, how bad? Brandon Sanderson’s take (video).
Fantasy author Brandon Sanderson knows a thing or two about sorcery, orcs, and proto-halflings. Well, perhaps not the Traveller Hobbits, but for everything…
NewsFantasy
Willow, fantasy TV series – meet the Bone Reavers (clip).
In a scene from the upcoming Disney+ fantasy TV series Willow premiere, Willow Ufgood and a band of unexpected teenage heroes are pursued…
TrailerFantasy
The Witcher: Blood Origin, fantasy TV series on Netflix (trailer).
A new fantasy TV series on Netflix, The Witcher: Blood Origin will tell a story that has been lost to history about the…
TrailerFantasy
His Dark Materials: 3rd season of the HBO fantasy/SF TV series (trailer).
Arriving on December 5th, 2022 is the 3rd season of the HBO fantasy/SF TV series His Dark Materials. In this last instalment of…
October 2022
ReviewFantasy
House Of The Dragon: oh, it’s a good’un (fantasy TV series: full series 1 review).
Nobody expected much from HBO’s House of the Dragon, least of all C.D., especially after the disastrous conclusion to Game of Thrones; but,…
NewsFantasy
House of the Dragon: season finale review (episode 10, season 1: The Black Queen).
Here’s the House of the Dragon season finale review (episode 10, season 1: The Black Queen). This is the one where poor old…