Posts tagged ‘fantasy’

New “Narnia” Movie - Prince Caspian

I really enjoyed “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” and I am happy to say that the next movie
“Prince Caspian” is due to be released on 27 June 2008 in the UK. If you enjoy fantasy films and
have kids (so you have an excuse to go), definitely book seats to go see this film. The Disney
film site has a widget, no idea what you get, but the widget is below. Apologies, the first time
you load it it takes a while to load up and it needs Flash(and messes up the page a little).
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Stardust

I love watching decent, well-written fantasy films. As a fan of Neil Gaiman’s work, I was very excited to see the book “Stardust” translated to silver screen. And I have just returned from watching the film Stardust at my local cinema.

The film is rated, accurately in my opinion, as PG. There is mild peril, no bad language and lots of romance. This is a really magical film; a real fairy tale with good guys, bad guys, a damsel in distress and some wicked witches. Oh, and a destiny unrealised.

There is some excellent acting: Michelle Pfeiffer plays a wizened wicked witch, Robert De Niro plays a sky captain who is on a ship harvesting lightning (and puts in a wonderful performance). I hadn’t realised what an expressive face Claire Danes, the female lead, has. The romance is realistic and never tacky - take your other half, take your kids, there really is something for everyone in this film.
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