Tag: Fantasy
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A shameless plug
After working with a couple of agents and being told her book was very good, just not marketable (because homosexuality is normalized) my daughter decided to self publish her fantasy novel Godspeaker. So please consider getting your own copy. It’s available for the Kindle ($4.99) or as a paperback ($12.99) from Amazon, but it’s also…
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Review: Coraline
There are plenty of 3D movies now in production, and a couple now in theaters including the recently released Monsters vs. Aliens, which has been widely panned as having an empty soul. Do we really need 3D movies? I kept asking myself this question while watching the recently released movie Coraline which my wife and…
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Review: The Golden Compass
Betting that our love for science fiction and fantasy movies is not yet satiated, Hollywood has been digging deeper into its pockets to purchase related film rights. Gone are movies on the A list like The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and the Harry Potter series. While fans of The Golden Compass and the two…
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Review: Stardust
What movie would you get if you combined the best of The Princess Bride, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Village? Most likely, it would be something like Stardust, now playing in your local theater. The result is definitely odd but also engaging and a lot of fun. You get…
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Review: Pan’s Labyrinth
It is 1940 1944 and Spain is emerging from a civil war. The remaining insurgents have fled into the hills and are growing increasingly desperate. From his garrison in the woods, Captain Vidal has the mission to hunt down and kill these rebels lest Spain slip back into civil war. Into this mixture come his…
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Review: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
With The Lord of the Rings movies now only available on DVD, fantasy enthusiasts were obviously wondering what next famous fantasy series would be coming to the screen. I was not surprised then to see the first (published) book of C.S. Lewis’s Narnia books, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe…
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Review: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
This is not a review for Harry Potter devotees. Of course, I have one of them in my family (my sixteen-year-old daughter), although my wife also marginally qualifies. I have read the first two of the books, but never quite felt the need in my busy life to pick up the subsequent books. Maybe I…
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