Fantasy
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CIRQUE DU SOLEIL WORLDS AWAY 3D – The Review
Jim Batts | December 20, 2012Well, it looks like Hollywood’s marketers are pulling a bit of a fast one this holiday season (not quite...
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THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY – The Review
Jim Batts | December 13, 2012They say you can’t go home again. But what if the home in question is that fabled land called...
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RISE OF THE GUARDIANS – The Review
Jim Batts | November 25, 2012It’s such a great idea you wonder why someone didn’t think of it sooner! Well children’s’ book creator did...
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Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum: Here’s Comes The New JACK THE GIANT SLAYER Trailer And Poster
Michelle McCue | November 21, 2012Giants! Beanstalks! Magic Beans! Ready for a epic adventure? Watch the Ian McKellen narrated, fantasy-filled trailer for director Bryan Singer’s JACK THE...
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THE RABBI’S CAT – SLIFF Review
Jim Batts | November 16, 2012Like the previously reviewed WRINKLES, this hand drawn French animated feature film is based on a celebrated graphic novel....
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Advance Tickets On Sale For THE HOBBIT MOVIE Wednesday, Nov 7th; LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy Back In Theaters Dec 8-9
Michelle McCue | November 5, 2012Moviegoers who are eagerly anticipating the December 14 release of the epic fantasy adventure THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY,...
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BRANDED ( 2012 ) – The Review
Jim Batts | September 15, 2012BRANDED slithered ( like the flick’s CGI beasties ) last Friday with very, very little fanfare. Kind of appropriate since it’s...
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PARANORMAN – The Review
Jim Batts | August 17, 2012For many years most of the movie going public has associated animation with the hand drawn features of Walt...
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THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN – The Review
Jim Batts | August 15, 2012In creating his entertainment empire, Walt Disney knew that his company needed to branch out beyond animation. Those hand-drawn...
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RUBY SPARKS – The Review
Jim Batts | August 2, 2012Many men spend their whole lives seeking the perfect woman. In the movies it doesn’t take nearly that long....
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BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD – The Review
Jim Batts | July 19, 2012I recently watched last year’s HUGO and in it George Melies ( as played by Ben Kingsley ) at a retrospective of...
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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN – The Review
Jim Batts | July 2, 2012Here’s a big Summer release that’s generated a surprising amount of controversy. Usually the hot button films are released...
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TED ( 2012 ) – The Review
Jim Batts | June 28, 2012A trend amongst feature film directors seems to be a lot more common today. I should specify live-action feature...
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SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD – The Review
Jim Batts | June 21, 2012” It’s the end of the world as we know it”…shortly. Or maybe it’s ” Apocalypse Very Soon “. I’m...
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SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN – The Review
Jim Batts | May 31, 2012So, here we go again, the classic Grimm’s fairy tale take two. Earlier this year we saw the release...
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DARK SHADOWS – The Review
Jim Batts | May 11, 2012The history of cinema has had many long-running actor/director partnerships. What first springs to my mind is the long...
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WRATH OF THE TITANS – The Review
Travis Keune | March 29, 2012*** Fair warning, this review may contain some very, very MINOR spoilers. *** It’s a rare thing that a...
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MIRROR, MIRROR (2012) – The Review
Jim Batts | March 29, 2012Last year it seemed that Hollywood was taking a short break from adaptations of toys, video games, comic books,...