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Category Archives: Fantasy

May 24th, 2012: Brigadoon (1954)

Leave a comment Posted in Romance, Fantasy, The Original, Movie of the Day, Musical Tagged MGM, alcoholic, New York City, warnings from townsfolk, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Scotland, cursed town, curse, Best Sound Recording Nominee, Gene Kelly, Arthur Freed, miracle, village, love at first sight, "love breaks the spell", Vincente Minnelli, Cyd Charisse, Van Johnson, Elaine Stewart, deus ex machina

April 27th, 2012: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Apr27 by Mister Invisible

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Computer Animation, Epic, Event Film, Fantasy, Ghost, Last Stand, Monster, Movie of the Day, Remake, Road Trip, Sequel, Sword and Sorcery, War Movies Tagged Andy Serkis, Annie Lenox, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup, Best Original Song, Best Picture, Best Score, Best Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effects, Billy Boyd, Bob Weinstein, Brad Dourif, Bruce Spence, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, curse, cursed objects, Dominic Monaghan, dwarves, Elijah Wood, elves, Fran Walsh, Harvey Weinstein, Hobbits, Howard Shore, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, insanity, John Rhys-Davies, JRR Tolkien, Karl Urban, Liv Tyler, Lord of the Rings, mastermind, Miranda Otto, New Line Cinema, New Zealand, orcs, Orlando Bloom, Peter Jackson, prophecy, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, self immolation, sorcerer, under siege, Viggo Mortensen, Wing-Nut Productions, wizards

April 19th, 2012: The Holy Mountain (1973)

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4 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black Comedy, Fantasy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Satire Tagged Alejandro Jodorowsky, allegory, art, artists, enlightenment, gore, guru, head film, Mexico, mountain climbing, mountains, mystics, reinvention, spirtual journey, surreal

April 2nd, 2012: Ponyo (2008)

Apr2 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Animation, Anime, Arthouse, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on a Short Story(ies), Based on Myths, Fairy Tale, Family, Fantasy, Movie of the Day Tagged Betty White, Cate Blanchett, Cloris Leachman, Disney, dubbed, fairy tale, Hans Christian Andersen, Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin, Matt Damon, Studio Ghibli, Tina Fey, Toho

March 25th, 2012: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Mar25 by professormortis

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March 18th, 2012: The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

Mar18 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Comedy, Demons, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Thriller, Witches Tagged Best Score Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Carel Struycken, Cher, deal with the devil, George Miller, it's not over, Jack Nicholson, John Williams, Michelle Pfeiffer, Richard Jenkins, single mother, Susan Sarandon, Veronica Cartwright, Vilmos Zsigmond, Warner Brothers

The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

Mar9 by professormortis

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3 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Comedy, Event Film, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Silent, Sword and Sorcery, The Original Tagged Anna Mae Wong, Arabian Nights, Bagdad, caliph, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Pictures, magic, Noble Johnson, princess, Raoul Walsh, thief, United Artists

February 22nd, 2012: What’s Opera Doc?

Feb22 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animation, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on an Opera, Comedy, Epic, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Romance, Screwball, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged Arthur Q. Bryan, Bugs Bunny, Chuck Jones, Elmer Fudd, lightning, Mel Blanc, Merrie Melodies, National Film Registry, opera, Richard Wagner, Warner Brothers

February 20th, 2012: Coraline

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Leave a comment Posted in 3D, Adaptation, Animation, Based on a Book, Coming of Age, Fairy Tale, Family, Fantasy, Indy, Movie of the Day, Stop Motion Animation Tagged apartment, Best Animated Film Nominee, buttons, Dakota Fanning, daughter, Dawn French, don't eat anything, door to another realm, father, Focus Features, Henry Selick, Ian MacShane, Interscope Communications, Jennifer Saunders, John Hodgman, Keith David, mother, mother-daugther relationship, Neil Gaiman, Teri Hatcher, They Might Be Giants, wicked stepmother

February 14th, 2012: Picnic at Hanging Rock

Feb14 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film Tagged ambigious ending, Australia, Australian Film Commission, disappearance, girls' school, homoerotic subtext, low-budget, Peter Weir, teens, Victorian era

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