fantasy
Gretel & Hansel is conceptually a clever spin on a story we all know, but when that spin fails at generating scares or digging up much in the way of completely novel insight, it’s hard to know what to get out of the experience.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina didn’t quite deliver on all fronts, deploying more inspiration from Riverdale — a decision that ultimately backfires.
With the series now concluded, if there’s one thing that The Good Place has taught us is that we shouldn’t give up on trying to be better.
Shinkai’s Weathering With You is more than content to face the onslaught with the naive fantasies of youth. He’s unabashed about giving himself over to them totally.
Nine Days is Brazilian director Edson Oda’s feature debut, and he is off to an amazing start with this beautiful, meditative film.
As aloof and occasionally frustrating as the film may appear to be, Zombi Child is an eerie yet beautiful tale of coming-of-age and vodou.
Dolittle is what happens when you take a story with potential but fail to make it interesting or entertaining.
Star Wars traffics heavily in the tropes of “the hero’s journey,” and it has a rather neat analog in the patterns of Jewish immigrant literature.
I Lost My Body leaves plenty to be interpreted and discovered by its viewers, making it one of the most thought provoking animated films of the 2010s.
The inaugural season of The Witcher manages to outdo expectations over the course of its eight-episode run, but there’s no doubt that the show does have plenty of visible flaws.
After 8 episodes of questions, reveals, losses, victories and even more questions, we’ve finally reached the end of His Dark Materials season 1.
Things are ramping up in the world of His Dark Materials. Threads are beginning to connect, and yet, they also seem to be more muddled than ever, keeping us happily anxious in our seats.
We live in a divided society, and the only thing that can bring humanity together is watching (and laughing at) Tom Hooper’s feline romp.
In this episode, we got some of our best performances, most intense dialogue, and action sequences that keep you on the edge of your seat.
With its fifth episode, His Dark Materials became less of the title, and more of the characters we want to see succeed.