Archive for the ‘Fantasy’ Category
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 |
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Based on the graphic novel "Hokuto No Ken" by Buronson & Tetsuo Hara, this live-action sci-fi action epic is an apocalyptic adventure centring on a man who must reverse the cataclysmic conditions of his world. Nietzschean hero Kenshiro wanders the wastelands of a neo-medieval future. He also attempts to liberate his imprisoned lover from the wicked despot Lord Shin. Kenshiro carries with him the spiritual philosophy of his deceased father and hones his superhuman skills in preparation for metaphysical battles as well as mortal ones. His role as "Fist of the North Star" prescribes for him an awesome and profound challenge. Search keywords
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19-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror. |
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In present-day London, twelve-year-old Quinn watches as his mother, a construction engineer, inadvertently wakes an enormous fire-breathing beast from its century-long slumber. Twenty years later, much of the world has been scarred by the beast and its offspring. As a fire chief, Quinn is responsible for warding off the beasts and keeping a community alive as they eke out a meager existence. Into their midst come a hotshot American, Van Zan, who says he has a way to kill the beasts and save mankind - a way Quinn's never seen done. Fuses a medieval past with a post-apocalyptic future in this exciting tale of adventure and survival. |
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010 |
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Director Nick Willing puts a new twist on Lewis Carroll's classic tale in this fantasy mini-series depicting Alice as a 21 year old women who ventures into Wonderland in search of a lost love. Almost immediately after presenting Alice (Catarina Scorsone) with an ornate family ring, handsome Jack Chase (Philip Winchester) is abducted by a pair of hulking brutes. Approached by a well-dressed man named White Rabbit (Alan Gray) who claims to know Jack's whereabouts, Alice follows the bearded stranger into a mirror and finds herself in a surreal new world of fantasy and wonder. When the Queen of Hearts (Kathy Bates) discovers her son bestowed a virtual stranger the ring that gives its owner power over the looking glass, it's up to Alice to determine what she should do with it. Harry Dean Stanton, Tim Curry, Matt Frewer, and Colm Meany co-star. Search keywords
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010 |
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The son of a sailor, 5-year old Sosuke lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff with his mother Lisa. One fateful day, he finds a beautiful goldfish trapped in a bottle on the beach and upon rescuing her, names her Ponyo. But she is no ordinary goldfish. The daughter of a masterful wizard and a sea goddess, Ponyo uses her father's magic to transform herself into a young girl and quickly falls in love with Sosuke, but the use of such powerful sorcery causes a dangerous imbalance in the world. As the moon steadily draws nearer to the earth and Ponyo's father sends the ocean's mighty waves to find his daughter, the two children embark on an adventure of a lifetime to save the world and fulfill Ponyo's dreams of becoming human. Search keywords
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010 |
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A freewheeling, demented, dark comedy about the modern world, in which six men and women, fed up with the abuse they suffer in their "normal" lives, seek "asylum" as inmates of a mental institution. They've all heard about a place up on the hill with an exclusive treatment program; now each of them is out to show just how mad they can be when electro-shock treatment and a comfy bed with a doting nurse has become the perfect alternative to life on the outside. But the asylum has its own unexpected agenda; for a start, due to a massive influx of patients, there is only one bed left. As the characters are made to compete against each other for this spot, it becomes clear that this is no ordinary institution. Search keywords
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The hairdresser Emily Woodrow finds a fortune in golden coins and she shares the amount with her close friends. However, the owner is the evil Leprechaun that returns from Hell to retrieve his treasure back, killing each member of the greedy group. Search keywords
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When a magic scepter accidentally transports April back through time to 17th Century Japan, the boys take-off in hot pursuit, cowabungling their way out of the sewers right into Samurai-O-Rama! Now they must battle the evil Lord Norinaga to reclaim the magic scepter that will bring them back below the subways of New York City. Search keywords
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010 |
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It's the Dark Ages, and savage men enslave all women, but except for one woman who was born in a tribe of fierce warrior women Hundra the Invincible has been raised to despise the influence of men. Her name is Hundra, the finest warrior of her people. Hundra seeks out her elder, she leads a valiant tribe of women who dares to be free. Search keywords
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Friday, February 26th, 2010 |
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A savage warrior in 16th Century England seeks redemption for a lifetime of sins by renouncing violence to live a life of purity, only to find himself compelled to pick up his sword once again to vanquish a growing evil. |
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