Fantasy movie reviews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGs4o_5jyhw Curses are cool, aren't they? They're a prevalent and multi-faceted plot device both in and outside of the fantasy genre that sometimes leaks into real life. If you're a spiteful person who wants to ruin someone's life, there's plenty of different kinds of curses from all sorts of times and places that you can … Continue reading Ladyhawke (1985)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn5QmllRCn4 Reviewing Onward marks a lot of firsts for my humble little blog. It's the first movie I'm covering made by Pixar and Disney (Dragonslayer and Return to Oz were both joint produced by Disney, but this is a one hundred percent homegrown Disney product). It's easily the most recent movie I've covered on here so far, and it's also … Continue reading Onward (2020)
Die Nibelungen (“The Nibelungs”) is a series of two German silent fantasy films released in 1924 based on the epic Germanic poem Nibelungenlied (“The Song of the Nibelungen”), which was written around 1200 AD by an unknown author. It tells the story of a young hero named Siegfried (Paul Richter), son of King Siegmund of … Continue reading Die Nibelungen (1924)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if4WhCzQzyU I am a HUGE fan of Ralph Bakshi. If you’re not familiar with him, Bakshi is the innovative director and animator of various independent adult-oriented animated films such as Coonskin (1975), American Pop (1981), and Fritz the Cat, which was the first animated film to receive an X rating. While most animated films up until … Continue reading Fire and Ice (1983)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14EEGw_sdDQ The Wizard of Oz, the classic 1939 adaptation of the children’s novel by L. Frank Baum, is often cited as one of the greatest films ever made. I don’t disagree. It’s colorful, has memorable characters, terrific casting, wonderful music, fantastic makeup and sets, and immortal words of wisdom that manage to be both hokey … Continue reading Return to Oz (1985)
The Bard of the Reel 