Tag: fantasy
European Film Awards 2026 Interview: ARCO Director Ugo Bienvenu on Imagining the Future, Trusting Children, Avoiding Dystopia
French filmmaker and graphic novelist Ugo Bienvenu reflects on authorship in animation, the responsibilities of speculative storytelling, and the challenges of sustaining handcrafted cinema within a rapidly shifting global industry.
DEATHSTALKER: Pre-Sales For Special Edition Blu-ray And Soundtracks Start Now!
The fine folks at Raven Banner Releasing have announced that pre-sales for the physical release of Deathstalker are underway. The big one, of course, will be the Limited Edition Blu-ray + Soundtrack CD combo, but music fans, specifically G&R...
Sundance 2026 Review: FING!, Roald Dahl-Inspired Fantasy for the Whole Family
Mia Wasikowska, Blake Harrison, and Taika Waititi star in director Jeffrey Walker's film.
ARCO Review: The Boy Who Fell to Earth
Ugo Bienvenu directs an Academy Award-nominated animated film, featuring the voices of Natalie Portman, America Ferrara, Mark Ruffalo, Will Ferrell, Flea, and Andy Samberg.
Opening This Week: Sam Raimi's SEND HELP, Ann Hui's JULY RHAPSODY, Much More
Plus: 'The Love That Remains,' 'Islands,' 'Shelter,' 'Bitter Rice,' 'The Moment,' 'Arco,' 'Back to the Past,' 'A Poet.'
Echoes: Why Do Pakistani Films Fail to Attract Audiences, Compared To Series?
Over the past decade, the Pakistani audience's taste has changed dramatically, and by dramatically, I mean the audience's attention steadily shifted to television "dramas." Pakistan's entertainment landscape has undergone a noticeable transformation as viewers now prefer television series that have...
Abbott and Costello Meet the Universal Monsters with New 4K UHDs
Four comedy/horror classics come to 4K from Kino Lorber, plus new 4K horror releases of 'Dead of Night,' 'Scars of Night,' and 'The Cat and the Canary' (!!!!)
SHAW-SHOCK: HORROR COLLECTION VOLUME 2 Brings More Shaw Brothers Chillers Home
Ethereal terrors haunt Imprint's new collection of Shaw Brothers horror films
100 NIGHTS OF HERO Review: Storytelling as a Spell of Resistance
Emma Corrin, Nicholas Galitzine, and Maika Monroe star in Julia Jackman's romantic, queer fantasy film.
THE COPENHAGEN TEST Review: Under Surveillance
Simu Liu, Melissa Barrera, Sinclair Daniel, Brian d'Arcy James, Mark O'Brien, and Kathleen Chalfant star in the espionage thriller, debuting on Peacock TV.
Now Streaming Weekly Roundup: FALLOUT Returns, CASTLE ROCK Chills, THE GREAT FLOOD Rushes In, BREAKDOWN: 1975 Recalls
Plus, movies making their streaming debut: 'One Battle After Another,' Megadoc,' 'Queens of the Dead,' 'Him,' 'Ne Zha 2.'
Now Playing: THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB Protests, THE HOUSEMAID Cleans Up, IS THIS THING ON? Tests Marriage
Plus: 'Avatar: Fire and Ash.'
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH Review: Another Visual Marvel Undercut by Sloppy Storytelling, Underdeveloped Characters, and Cliched Dialogue
Despite their supposed lack of pop cultural impact or influence, the James Cameron-directed Avatar films (2009, 2022) have collectively grossed more than five billion dollars, suggesting that, whatever the series’s inability to break through to the terminally online, Avatar and...
Opening This Week: LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS, ROSEMEAD, JUJUTSU KAISEN: EXECUTION
Plus: 'Under Current (Noi Mok),' '100 Nights of Hero,' 'Frontier Crucible.'
Now Playing: ETERNITY Romance, HAMNET Grief, WAKE UP DEAD MAN Mystery
Plus: 'Zootopia 2' from Disney, and 'The Thing With Feathers,' coming Friday.
ETERNITY Review: Shockingly Charming Afterlife Love Story That Shouldn't Work, But Does
Miles Teller, Elizabeth Olsen, Callum Turner, John Early and Da'Vine Joy Randolph star in director David Freyne's film.
Screen Anarchists On Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN
While Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of Frankenstein passed me by during its limited theatrical run, it sure arrived on Netflix pretty fast. I checked it out, discussed it with colleagues, and noticed there were many different opinions on it,...
WICKED: FOR GOOD Review: Follow-Up To Last Year's Smash Hit Fails To Justify Its Running Time
When studio executives, driven by commercial and not artistic concerns, decide to expand an adaptation of a beloved, long-running Broadway musical, the results will inevitably look and, more importantly, sound like Jon M. Chu’s (Crazy Rich Asians, Now You See...
ANGEL'S EGG Review: What's in There?
Mamoru Oshii ('Ghost in the Shell') tells a mysterious story in a mesmerizing fashion.
Opening This Week: SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE, ANGEL'S EGG, Plus 2 FYC Contenders and a Drama
Our guide to what's opening this week in movie theaters.
