Tag: Fantasy

REVIEW: Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)

This Friday, March 5th, Disney released Raya and the Last Dragon to both theaters and Disney+ for a premium fee. The latest Disney animated feature takes place in a fictional, Southeast Asia-inspired land known as Kumandra. The titular heroine is voiced by Kelly Marie Tran and must find and recruit ...

Avatar: The Last Airbender Creators to Head Avatar Studios

Deadline reports that Nickelodeon is launching Avatar Studios, named after the popular animated epic fantasy series. The studio will be headed by Avatar: The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Koneitzko. Avatar Studios will produce movies and TV series for ...

Mortal Kombat Trailer Gets Over Here

Fatalities flew online today as Warner Bros. released the first trailer for their upcoming Mortal Kombat. Based on the popular fighting game franchise, Mortal Kombat will center on Cole Young, an original character who finds himself drawn into the mystical tournament that decides the fate of the wor...

REVIEW: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

When I watched and reviewed Earwig and the Witch last week, it got me thinking about Studio Ghibli as a whole. This was their first film in six years (seven for us here in the United States), and it was disappointing to most fans, to say the least. However, it’s worthy of note that a …

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Nintendo Direct – February 2021 Skyward Sword Remaster

Few video game series reach the same lauded status and notoriety that has become concomitant with Nintendo’s in-house IPs. Fewer still are as renowned as the Legend of Zelda franchise. 2021 is the 35th Anniversary year for the storied epic, and longtime Hyrule Historians have been speculating ...

REVIEW: Earwig and the Witch (2020)

Friday, February the 5th, HBO Max released Studio Ghibli’s newest film, Earwig and the Witch. This is the studio’s first CGI animated movie and second Diana Wynne Jones adaptation after 2004’s Howl’s Moving Castle. Earwig and the Witch is directed by Gorô Miyazaki, son of animation giant Ha...