Search for Fantasy
The Greatest Hits is a time-travel movie, but not a conventional one. Instead of someone stepping inside a time machine and emerging at a date in the past, this one involves the transfer of a consciousness into a body at an earlier time. There’s...
U.S. Release Date: 2024-04-05
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Fantasy/Romance
Director: Ned Benson
Cast: Lucy Boynton, David Corenswet, Justin H. Min
At least at first, a viewer can be forgiven some consternation understanding what director Jean-Jacques Annaud is attempting to achieve with Quest for Fire. With its Neanderthal-like characters leaping around like apes, the film sometimes feels mo...
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-03-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Nudity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nameer El-Kadi, ...
This review contains oblique spoilers in the way it references other movies.Putting aside concerns about logic, since they obviously don’t apply in a fantasy-tinged movie like this, All of Us Strangers nevertheless suffers from some structural f...
U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
Director: Andrew Haigh
Cast: Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, ...
Even though it is rather obviously trading on a familiar and beloved brand, Wonka is nevertheless a fun and imaginative family film – certainly better than one might expect from a production crassly viewed by some as a “cash grab.” While the...
U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-15
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Musical/Fantasy
Director: Paul King
Cast: Timothee Chalamet, Calah Lane, Keegan-Michael Key, ...
In 2013, at the time of the release of his eleventh feature film, The Wind Rises, legendary Japanese animated filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki announced his retirement. It wasn’t the first time he had done so and, as on previous occasions, it didn’t s...
U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Animated/Fantasy
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Aimyon, ...
Is Poor Things a fantasy with comedic elements? Or perhaps, considering its Frankenstein underpinnings, a horror movie? Or maybe a drama that promotes feminist ideals and libertine philosophies? In reality, it may be all of those things…and more...
U.S. Release Date: 2023-12-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: Fantasy/Comedy
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Cast: Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, ...
With a surreal atmosphere and offbeat narrative, Norwegian writer/director Kristoffer Borgli’s Dream Scenario distantly recalls Being John Malkovich while offering commentary on both the warped and fleeting nature of fame and the corrosive impact...
U.S. Release Date: 2023-11-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
Director: Kristoffer Borgli
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Jessica Clement, Lily Bird, ...
For roughly one hour, Barbie is a delightful journey into a satirical world of pastels and fluorescents, where everything is awesome and pink rules. With its Lego Movie inspired approach to bridging the “real world” with that of dolls and toys...
U.S. Release Date: 2023-07-21
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
Director: Greta Gerwig
Cast: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Issa Rae, ...
With the arrival of Rob Marshall’s live-action The Little Mermaid, Disney has now successfully converted all four of their major late ‘80s/early ‘90s animated musicals into updated iterations. Of the quartet (which also includes Beauty and t...
U.S. Release Date: 2023-05-26
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: Rob Marshall
Cast: Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Melissa McCarthy, ...
In order to be successful, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves needed to achieve at least three objectives: remain sufficiently faithful to its source material not to alienate the core audience, offer a broad enough story to attract non-gamers...
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-05-30
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
Cast: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Rege-Jean Page, ...