Reel Fantasy

Our final Christmas episode’s up! I know, it’s late. Give it a listen anyway, though…there’s lots of great stuff in it! We watched 1992’s The Muppet Christmas Carol! This episode also features our traditional Reel Fantasy Christmas reading. This year, we hear Yes Marek, There Is A Gojun Pye, delivered by a few friends.

Boo! I mean…ho ho ho! Christmas is getting closer and we watched 2000’s The Life & Adventures Of Santa Claus, directed by Glen Hill and written by Hank Saroyan, based on the novella by Oz creator, L. Frank Baum. It was fine. The Life & Adventures Of Santa Claus stars the voices of Robby Benson … Continue reading Episode 75 – The Life & Adventures Of Santa Claus →

It’s coming on Christmas. They’re cutting down trees. They’re putting up reindeer. And singing songs of joy and peace. Oh, I wish I had a river I could throw crappy fantasy-centric Christmas specials into. We watched three! He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special; Dragons: Gift Of The Night Fury; and Shrek The Halls. This is … Continue reading Episode 74 – Fantasy Christmas Specials →

We went to go see The Nutcracker & The Four Realms. We then spent an hour complaining about the lack of depth and breakdown in internal logic occurring in a kids’ Christmas movie. We’re curmudgeons, damn it!

1962’s Jack The Giant Killer, directed by Nathan Juran and written by Juran and Orville H. Hampton, is a rip-off! No joke! The producer, Edward Small, almost got sued! And sadly, that’s the most interesting thing about the film. Jack The Giant Killer is based on the traditional Jack tales of Great Britain and stars … Continue reading Episode 73 – Jack The Giant Killer →

Boo! 2009’s Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans, directed by Patrick Tatopolous and written by Danny McBride, Dirk Blackman, and Howard McCain, is the third entry in the Underworld franchise, but chronologically the first. Its only connection to Halloween is that it features vampires and werewolves. Good enough! The film is a prequel to 2003’s Underworld … Continue reading Episode 72 – Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans →

You knew it was coming. Or at least, you should have known. Robin Hood, Arrows, Beans & Karate, directed by Tonino Ricci is exactly as exciting and inoffensive as our previous excursion with the director, Thor The Conqueror. By which we mean it was boring. And offensive. But, offensive in completely new and exciting ways! … Continue reading Episode 71 – Robin Hood, Arrows, Beans & Karate →

1983’s Thor The Conqueror, directed by Tonino Ricci and written by Tito Carpi, is terrible. Just terrible. Unequivocally and indisputably terrible. That is all. No, really…that’s all. I’m sick of talkin’ about this movie. Agree with our thoughts on Thor The Conqueror? Disagree? Let us know in this episode’s comments, or you can find us … Continue reading Episode 70 – Thor The Conqueror →

1984’s The Warrior & The Sorceress, directed by John C. Broderick and written by Broderick and William Stout, is a welcome return to good ol’ fashioned 1980s sword-and-sorcery. Despite some quibbles, Matt and Drew ended up enjoying it quite a bit! That’s a sensation that will not last! The Warrior & The Sorceress was “heavily … Continue reading Episode 69 – The Warrior & The Sorceress →

Why? Why? WHY?! 2015’s Strange Magic, directed by Gary Rydstrom and written by Rydstrom, David Berenbaum, and Irene Mecchi – from an idea and story by George Lucas – is a “computer-animated jukebox musical fantasy romantic comedy.” And yes, that is every bit as big of a flustercluck as it sounds. It may have been … Continue reading Episode 68 – Strange Magic →