Fantasy
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The NeverEnding Story, Nocturnal Animals, and Literary Avatars
No, Amy Adams doesn’t ride a luckdragon. Sorry. Two films led by Amy Adams have been released in recent weeks. One is a grand, yet…
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‘Rosemary’s Baby,’ Horror Realism and the Loss of Control
Watch a video that explores the complexities of terror in Roman Polanski’s film.
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The Final Star Wars: Rogue One Trailer Delivers New Hope
It’s in the music, the visuals, and the message: the Rebellion lives.
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Starz’s American Gods Trailer and What May Carry Over from Neil Gaiman’s Novel
I’m giving 2:1 odds on the perverse Lucille Ball scene. The trailer for Starz’s upcoming American Gods, based off the acclaimed Neil Gaiman fantasy novel of…
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How a Popular 1980s Film Genre Was Replaced by Superhero Movies
Fish out of water stories and where to find them.
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The Uncertainty of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
A Harry Potter fan weighs in with some healthy skepticism. A brand spanking new trailer for this fall’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them…
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Hoping for an Extra Dose of Weird from Doctor Strange
Let this be the first Marvel movie that gets truly bizarre. Yes, even more so than that one with a city-sized alien head for a…
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You Should Give SyFy’s Dark Matter a Chance
If you need a good and geeky summer show, this is it. What would you do if you woke up in a strange place with no…
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Game of Thrones: The Winners and Losers of Season 6
From Jon Snow to George R.R. Martin, it was a wild year of winners and losers.