Posts Tagged ‘magic’

Doctor Strange (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Animation | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Bryce Johnson | Jonathan Adams | Chris Edgerly | Josh Keaton | Phil LaMarr | Paul Nakauchi | Kevin Michael Richardson | Fred Tatasciore | Michael Yama | Masasa Moyo | Susan Spano | Tara Strong
Directors: Jay Oliva
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Dr. Stephen Strange embarks on a wondrous journey to the heights of a Tibetan mountain, where he seeks healing at the feet of the mysterious Ancient One. But before his wounds can mend, Strange must first let go of his painful past and awaken a gift granted to very few. The gift of magic. Empowered as the new Sorcerer Supreme, Dr. Strange now tests his limits, rising up against monsters that push at the gates, facing the most terrifying entity humankind has ever known.

Dynamite Warrior (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy
Countries: Thailand
Actors: Dan Chupong | Leo Putt | Panna Rittikrai | Samart Payakarun | Kanyapak Suworakood | Somdet Kaew-ler | Ampon Rattanawong | Wichai Prommajan | Jaran Ngamdee
Directors: Chalerm Wongpim
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The story is set in 1890s Siam. Jone Bang Fai (the Fireball Bandit) is a young Muay Thai warrior and rocketry expert who steals back water buffalo taken from poor Isan farmers by unscrupulous cattle raiders. He is also searching for a man with a tattoo who killed his parents.

Meanwhile, a local nobleman, Lord Waeng, wants to create a market for the steam tractors he’s selling. So he hires a hulking convict, “The Thief”, to kill all the cattle traders and round up all the water buffalo for slaughter, depriving farmers of the draft animals they need to cultivate rice. Lord Waeng’s men are eventually pitted against Nai Hoi Sing, a cattle trader with supernatural martial arts powers and a tattoo on his chest. The tattoo gets Jone Bang Fai’s attention, and while the Thief is trying to steal Sing’s cattle herd, Jone Bang Fai tries to attack Sing, but is repelled.

Lord Waeng then enlists Jone Bang Fai in a scheme to defeat Sing. To do so, they also need the help of the Black Wizard, who was once cursed by Sing so that he cannot withstand sunlight. The Black Wizard says the only way to defeat Sing and reverse his spells is to use the menstrual blood of a virgin – the Black Wizard’s daughter, E’Sao.

Stardust (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Fantasy
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Charlie Cox | Claire Danes | Robert De Niro | Sienna Miller | Michelle Pfeiffer | Jason Flemyng | Ben Barnes | Mark Burns | Adam Buxton | Henry Cavill | Jake Curran | Elwin 'Chopper' David | Frank Ellis | Rupert Everett | Dexter Fletcher
Directors: Matthew Vaughn
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“Stardust,” based on the best-selling novel by Neil Gaiman illustrated by Charles Vess, takes audiences on an adventure that begins in a village in England and ends up in a magical world. A young man named Tristan (Charlie Cox) tries to win the heart of village beauty Victoria (Sienna Miller) by promising to bring her a falling star. His journey takes him beyond the walls of his village to a mysterious and forbidden land.

When Tristan finds the star, he is stunned to discover that it is, not a lump of meteoric rock, but an angry, injured girl named Yvaine (Claire Danes) – who has no desire to be dragged across the world and presented to anyone’s girlfriend. But Tristan is not the only one seeking the star. A dying king’s (Peter O’Toole) four sons – not to mention the ghosts of their three dead brothers – all need the star as they vie for the throne. Three evil witches, led by the murderous Lamia (Michelle Pfeiffer) seek the star’s heart to make them young again.
Tristan and Yvaine are forced to flee together, encountering the captain of a flying pirate ship (Robert De Niro) and a shady trader named Ferdy the Fence (Ricky Gervais) along the way. As they travel Tristan discovers the meaning of true love, but does not realise he’s leading Yvaine into even more danger…

Eragon (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Edward Speleers | Jeremy Irons | Sienna Guillory | Robert Carlyle | John Malkovich | Garrett Hedlund | Alun Armstrong | Christopher Egan | Gary Lewis | Djimon Hounsou | Rachel Weisz | Richard Rifkin | Steve Speirs | Joss Stone | Michael Mehlmann
Directors: Stefen Fangmeier
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The Kingdom of Alagaesia is ruled by the evil King Galbatorix, a former dragon rider that betrayed his mates and his people in his quest for power. When the orphan farm boy Eragon finds a blue stone sent by Princess Arya, he sooner realizes that it is a dragon egg. When the dragon Saphira is born, Eragon meets his mentor Brom, and becomes the dragon rider foreseen in an ancient prophecy that would set his people free from the tyrant Galbatorix. Eragon meets the rebels Varden and together they fight against the evil sorcerer Durza and the army of Galbatorix in a journey for freedom.

Five Children and It (2004)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Tara Fitzgerald | Freddie Highmore | Alex Jennings | Jonathan Bailey | Jessica Claridge | Poppy Rogers | Alec Muggleton | Zak Muggleton | Zoë Wanamaker | Kenneth Branagh | Alexander Pownall | Eddie Izzard | Georgio Serafini | John Sessions | Kim Fenton
Directors: John Stephenson
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‘It’ is a Psammead (voiced by Eddie Izzard), an ancient, ugly and irritable sand fairy the children find one day on a secret beach at their uncle’s mansion. It grants them one wish per day, lasting until sunset. But they soon learn it is very hard to think of really sensible wishes, and each one gets them into unexpected difficulties. Magic, the children find, can be as awkward as it is enticing.

Cinderella (1950)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Ilene Woods | Eleanor Audley | Verna Felton | Claire Du Brey | Rhoda Williams | James MacDonald | Helene Stanley | Luis Van Rooten | Don Barclay | Mike Douglas | John Fontaine | Earl Keen | Clint McCauley | William Phipps | John Woodbury
Directors: Clyde Geronimi
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In a far away, long ago kingdom, Cinderella is living happily with her mother and father until her mother dies. Cinderella’s father remarries a cold, cruel woman who has two daughters, Drizella and Anastasia. When the father dies, Cinderella’s wicked stepmother turns her into a virtual servant in her own house. Meanwhile, across town in the castle, the King determines that his son the Prince should find a suitable bride and provide him with a required number of grandchildren. So the King invites every eligible maiden in the kingdom to a fancy dress ball, where his son will be able to choose his bride. Cinderella has no suitable party dress for a ball, but her friends the mice, lead by Jaques and Gus, and the birds lend a hand in making her one, a dress the evil stepsisters immediately tear apart on the evening of the ball. At this point, enter the Fairy Godmother, the pumpkin carriage, the royal ball, the stroke of midnight, the glass slipper, and the rest, as they say, is fairy tale history.

Hocus Pocus (1993)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Bette Midler | Sarah Jessica Parker | Kathy Najimy | Omri Katz | Thora Birch | Vinessa Shaw | Amanda Shepherd | Larry Bagby | Tobias Jelinek | Stephanie Faracy | Charles Rocket | Doug Jones | Karyn Malchus | Sean Murray | Steve Voboril
Directors: Kenny Ortega
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More than 300 years ago, 3 witches were sentenced to die in Salem, Massachusetts and a boy was turned into a cat (a black cat, naturally). Now it’s Halloween, and the witches (who fly on [I kid you not] vacuum cleaners) are back. This time, they’ve got their eyes on immortal life and have turned their wrath on trick-or-treaters and it’s up to the 300-year-old cat to save the day.

The Lost Empire (2001)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Fantasy
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Thomas Gibson | Ling Bai | Russell Wong | Ric Young | Kabir Bedi | Eddie Marsan | Randall Duk Kim | Henry O | Terence Beesley | Simon Bernstein | Cecil Cheng | Anthony Chinn | James Faulkner | Turbo Kong | Burt Kwouk
Directors: Peter MacDonald
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American Businessman and China Scholar, Nick Orton is enlisted by the Buddhist goddess of mercy to save his world from de-evolving to the time of the Demon Master Shu and the 5 Traditional Masters who wish for no progress to ever happen. Nick is given help in the form of The Handsome Monkey king, Pigsy and Friar Sand who must do battle with dragons, demons and a heavenly legal system to assure that Earth remains as it should be.

The Sword in the Stone (1963)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Sebastian Cabot | Rickie Sorensen | Karl Swenson | Junius Matthews | Ginny Tyler | Martha Wentworth | Norman Alden | Alan Napier | Richard Reitherman | Robert Reitherman | Thurl Ravenscroft | Barbara Jo Allen
Directors: Wolfgang Reitherman
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This animated feature is set in medieval times. After the English king dies leaving no heir, in the churchyard of a cathedral in London, a sword appears imbedded in a stone inscribed, “Who so pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of England.” Although many try, no one can budge the sword from the stone. Deep in the dark woods, kind, but absent-minded Merlin the Magician begins to teach 11-year-old Arthur, who is called Wart, and lives in the castle of Sir Ector where he’s an apprentice squire to burly, oafish Sir Kay — when he’s not washing stacks of pots and pans in the scullery. By being changed by Merlin into various animals, Wart learns the basic truths of life, but he also runs into the evil Madam Mim, who tries to destroy him. Merlin and Mim have a Wizards’ Duel, during which each changes into various creatures, with Merlin using his wits to win. On New Year’s Day, a great tournament is held in London to pick a new king. Wart, attending as Kay’s squire, forgets Kay’s sword, and runs back to the inn to get it, but the inn is locked. Wart, seeing the sword in the stone, innocently, and easily, pulls it out. When the knights marvel at the wondrous sword and question where he got it, Wart has to prove himself all over again, and again he pulls the sword from the stone. Wart is proclaimed king by the marveling warriors. Wart as King Arthur is apprehensive of his ability to govern, but Merlin returns to reassure him.

Brother Bear 2 (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Patrick Dempsey | Mandy Moore | Jeremy Suarez | Rick Moranis | Dave Thomas | Andrea Martin | Catherine O'Hara | Wanda Sykes | Wendie Malick | Kathy Najimy | Michael Clarke Duncan | Jim Cummings | Jeff Bennett | Tress MacNeille | Jack Weber
Directors: Ben Gluck
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