Category Archives: Movies

Alice in Underland?

The 2010 blockbuster movie season is officially underway with Tim Burton’s take on Alice breaking records and celebrating all things mad and fantastical. Alice is only tangentially related to Labyrinth, but this movie has long been on the radar of … Continue reading

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New Alice in Wonderland Trailer

There’s a new trailer out for Alice in Wonderland that finally hints at the direction the story is taking (previous trailers have shown characters from AiW and Through the Looking Glass as seen through Burton’s lens, but mostly out of … Continue reading

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Fiery Freetalk: 2009 in Review — The Movies!

We’re well into December, so you know what that means — it’s time for bloggers to rank things and make lists! I used to be a big fan of lists, but this year, I’m having a hard time mustering the … Continue reading

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Nine Things about 9

1) The plot is threadbare. By no means does a movie need a complex plot to succeed. Just last week I saw and enjoyed immensely the Japanese film Still Walking, the plot of which involved a family hanging out on … Continue reading

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Fullmetal Reboot

Fullmetal Alchemist is one of my all time favorite manga series (and I’m not just saying that because I work on the English version!), but for some reason, the first anime adapation never clicked for me. The new series, Fullmetal … Continue reading

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Please to Watch: Where the Wild Things Are Trailer!

Spike Jonze’s long-in-development and hush-hush cinematic adaptation Where the Wild Things is finally teasing itself to the world, and WOW, it looks amazing. What do you guys think it’ll be — heady cult film, kids-only, new fantasy movie classic or … Continue reading

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Five Secrets to Better Fantasy Films

Hollywood loves fantasy — movies about beautiful princesses, ghoulish monsters and super-powered heroes are never in short supply. So why is it that fantasy, a genre that should stir our imagination, give us nightmares or make us think, are so … Continue reading

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Dragonlance Week: Scions of Peter Jackson

The year is 1988. The place –Santa Maragarita, California. The time—recess. Paperback in hand, I set forth on a quest of discovery. My destination—Krynn! In the village of Solace, beneath the branches of a Vallenwood tree, I met my companions: … Continue reading

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More Tales of Rodentia

Tinkering has kept me from applying my brain to using words, but that’s no reason why you shouldn’t enjoy something whimsical while you wait! [youtube ACYp33KMTe4]

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Animation Twofer — Coraline & Batman

Wired presents a great behind-the-scenes look at how Coraline is being adapted from Gaiman’s original story. To be honest,  Coraline the book didn’t make much of an impression on me, despite being a big fan of most anything Gaiman, but … Continue reading

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