Tales of the Night – animated film review
Tales of the Night is a compilation film from director and animator Michel Ocelot. The film is done in a silhouette style, where…
Tag: fantasy
Song of the Sea – animated film review
I have been waiting to see Song of the Sea for over two years now, since I first watched The Secret of Kells.…
A Letter to Momo – animated film review
Japan has a knack for producing artistic creators who can weave an interesting story where there are no bad guys. Every now and…
Cinderella (2015) – film review
I was a little bit concerned when Disney announced they were doing a live-action adaptation of their 1950 animated Cinderella film. Adapting animation…
Home on the Range – animated film review
I have to admit: when I saw the trailers for Home on the Range, they didn’t excite me. Unfortunately, despite a couple high…
Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters by Shannon Hale – book review
I’m convinced that Shannon Hale’s books come imbued with a powerful charm spell. I see a new one on the table. I pick…
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Neverbeast – animated film review
In Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Neverbeast, the seventh release in the Disney Fairies series, Fawn—an animal fairy who sees only…
Fantasia 2000 – animated film review
Fantasia 2000 is the sequel to Fantasia, the animation and musical anthology film from 1940. As with the previous film, this one combines…
Fantasia – animated film review
Fantasia, though initially a financial flop, has become a classic example of the early work of Walt Disney Animation. It features seven vignettes…
The Crown and the Dragon: The Paladin Cycle – film review
The Crown and the Dragon: The Paladin Cycle is part of a new wave of media. It originally began as a Kickstarter project,…
The Librarian – Return to King Solomon’s Mines – television film review
The Librarian – Return to King Solomon’s Mines is the first of The Librarian films I have seen. I became interested in them…
Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees – book review
< style="float: left; padding-right: 10px; text-align: top;" />Have you ever heard of Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees? You can be excused if you haven’t.…
Cinderella – animated film review
The story of Cinderella has been told many times and in many different ways, but the animated Disney classic film is one of…
Seconds by Brian Lee O’Malley – graphic novel review
Brian O’Malley creates a modern fairytale with a bit of old world blended into the new in his latest graphic novel since his…
The Last Unicorn – animated film review
As part of the movie tour, I recently had the opportunity to see The Last Unicorn on the big screen. I went with…
Vampire Academy – film review
I caught Vampire Academy on a whim one day. It’s based on the book by Richelle Mead. The trailer for the movie seemed…
Peter Pan – animated film review
I can’t remember a time when I haven’t liked Peter Pan. I remember reading several different Golden Books based on the film, and…
The Last Unicorn – book review
Like most of the best books, The Last Unicorn is worth reading more than once and is different to me each time I…
I, Frankenstein – movie review
I, Frankenstein is a movie that looks stupid but is a lot of fun. It’s based on the graphic novel by Kevin Grevioux…
X-Men: Days of Future Past – film review
X-Men: Days of Future Past is the latest installment in Marvel’s X-men franchise. It suffered from too-many-characters-itis like the previous movies, but was…
Red Riding Hood – film review
I don’t often say this about a film, but Red Riding Hood was complete dreck. It could have been good. The plot had…