Posts Tagged ‘magic’

Legend (1985)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Tom Cruise | Mia Sara | Tim Curry | David Bennent | Alice Playten | Billy Barty | Cork Hubbert | Peter O'Farrell | Kiran Shah | Annabelle Lanyon | Robert Picardo | Tina Martin | Ian Longmur | Mike Crane | Liz Gilbert
Directors: Ridley Scott
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A magical adventure which features elves, demons and other mythical creatures. Darkness, the personification of evil, plans to disperse eternal night in the land where this story takes place, by killing every unicorn in the world. Although he looks unbeatable, Jack and his friends are disposed to do everything to save the world and princess Lili (who Darkness intends to make his wife) from the hands of this evil monster.

Doogal (2006)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Daniel Tay | Jimmy Fallon | Jon Stewart | Whoopi Goldberg | William H. Macy | Chevy Chase | Judi Dench | Kylie Minogue | Ian McKellen | Kevin Smith | Bill Hader | Cory Edwards | John Krasinski | Heidi Brook Myers
Directors: Dave Borthwick
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Legend tells of three magic diamonds that, if in the wrong hands, can be united to create a force powerful enough to freeze the sun. When the evil sorcerer Zeebad escapes from his ancient prison, he vows to exact revenge by deep-freezing the earth forever. Determined to save the world, a fellowship of four unlikely heroes band together to foil Zeebad’s villainous plot. Led by the candy-loving mutt Doogal, friends Dylan, Brian, and Ermintrude all embark on an epic adventure to save the world. In order to find the diamonds before Zeebad, they must climb icy mountains, navigate fiery pits of molten lava, sail across vast oceans and pass through a booby-trapped temple guarded by an army of ninja skeleton warriors. Along the way they learn that the most powerful weapon is their friendship - which even Zeebad’s evil magic cannot destroy.

The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Will Smith | Matt Damon | Charlize Theron | Bruce McGill | Joel Gretsch | J. Michael Moncrief | Lane Smith | Peter Gerety | Michael O'Neill | Thomas Jay Ryan | Trip Hamilton | Dermot Crowley | Harve Presnell | Danny Nelson | Bob Penny
Directors: Robert Redford
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Rannulph Junnah is the best golfer in Savannah. He’s living well and has a girl, Adele Invergordon, who’s the daughter of a wealthy landowner. The First World War starts, though, and Junnah goes to Europe to fight. The only survivor of a dangerous mission, Junnah doesn’t return to Savannah for 15 years. In 1930, he returns, and Adele’s father has already committed suicide during the Depression. Pressured by tax collectors to sell the golf course her father built to pay off debts, Adele, now older, vows to bring to Savannah the greatest match ever played on the greatest golf course, her late father’s. She’s able to round up the 2 greatest golfers of their time, Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen to play for $10,000. The townspeople insist on having “one of their own” compete also, and Rannulph Junnah is rounded up. Junnah now hangs out with bums and is an alcoholic, as he has lost his authentic swing from 15 years ago. At first he turns down the offer. He gets his old clubs and balls and starts practicing. He has lost his ability. Suddenly, Bagger Vance shows up. He offers to be Junnahs’s caddy and help him regain his “authentic swing”. He does, and Junnah agrees to play in the big match.

Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Fantasy | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Sigourney Weaver | Sam Neill | Monica Keena | Viola Davis | Gil Bellows | Brian Glover | David Conrad | Anthony Brophy | Frances Cuka | Chris Bauer | John Edward Allen | Miroslav Táborský | Andrew Tiernan | Bryan Pringle | Dale Wyatt
Directors: Michael Cohn
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Based somewhat more authentically on the Grimm Brothers’ story of a young woman who is unliked by her stepmother, the film includes the talking mirror, a poisoned apple, and some ruffian gold (not diamond) miners (and they aren’t dwarfs or cute). It takes place at the time of the Crusades, and depicts the attitudes of the wealthy and the peasant classes toward one another.

Nanny McPhee (2005)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Emma Thompson | Colin Firth | Kelly Macdonald | Celia Imrie | Derek Jacobi | Patrick Barlow | Imelda Staunton | Thomas Sangster | Angela Lansbury
Directors: Kirk Jones
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Mr. Cedric Brown (Colin Firth) has just lost his wife and is now left with his seven children who misbehave so much that all the nannies have run away. Now he is told by a mysterious voice that he should get Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson) who is a magical woman with special powers.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Eric Sykes | Timothy Spall | David Tennant | Daniel Radcliffe | Emma Watson | Rupert Grint | Mark Williams | James Phelps | Oliver Phelps | Bonnie Wright | Jeff Rawle | Robert Pattinson | Jason Isaacs | Tom Felton | Stanislav Ianevski
Directors: Mike Newell
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Harry’s fourth summer and the following year at Hogwarts are marked by the Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament, in which student representatives from three different wizarding schools compete in a series of increasingly challenging contests. However, Voldemort’s Death Eaters are gaining strength and even creating the Dark Mark giving evidence that the Dark Lord is ready to rise again. In the unsuspecting lives of the young wizard and witches at Hogwarts the competitors are selected by the goblet of fire, which this year makes a very surprising announcement: Hogwarts will have two representatives in the tournament, including Harry Potter! Will Harry be able to rise to the challenge for the Tri Wizard Tournament while keeping up with school or will the challenges along with Voldemort’s rebirth be too much for the young hero?

Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God (2005)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Fantasy
Countries: Germany | Lithuania | UK | USA
Actors: Bruce Payne | Mark Dymond | Clemency Burton-Hill | Ellie Chidzey | Tim Stern | Steven Elder | Lucy Gaskell | Roy Marsden | Geoffrey T. Bersey | Leonas Ciunis | Liubomiras Lauciavicius | Ervinas Peteraitis | Vytautas Rumsas | David Merheb | Aurimas Miliesius
Directors: Gerry Lively
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Based on the phenomenally successful role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons 2 takes you deeper into the dark and fantastical world of this fantasy epic. When the evil sorcerer Damodar braves a perilous whirlwind vortex to steal the elemental black orb he declares a sinister plan of vengeance against the kingdom of Ismir. Berek, a decorated warrior, and Melora, an amateur sorceress join four heroes representing Intelligence, Wisdom, Honor and Strength to battle against Damodar’s growing army of gruesome creatures, flying harpies and an ice dragon to reach a vault room holding the orb. Together, they build their own army to retrieve the orb using elemental forces to defeat Damodar before he summons the sleeping black dragon whose omnipotent evil powers could lay waste to the entire kingdom.

Brother Bear (2003)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Joaquin Phoenix | Jeremy Suarez | Jason Raize | Rick Moranis | Dave Thomas | D.B. Sweeney | Joan Copeland | Michael Clarke Duncan | Harold Gould | Paul Christie | Daniel Mastrogiorgio | Estelle Harris | Greg Proops | Pauley Perrette | Darko Cesar
Directors: Aaron Blaise | Robert Walker
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Long ago, as the Earth was emerging from the Ice Age, there were three brothers. After a bear takes the life of the oldest brother, impulsive youngest brother Kenai kills the bear in revenge, only to be transformed into a bear himself. Denahi, the middle brother, comes upon this bear and, thinking it killed Kenai, vows revenge. Now brother hunts brother and Kenai’s only hope for survival is to befriend his own worst enemy, a grizzly cub named Koda. Koda main goal is to show Kenai the real meaning of brotherhood.

The Brothers Grimm (2005)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Czech Republic | USA
Actors: Monica Bellucci | Petr Ratimec | Barbora Lukesová | Anna Rust | Jeremy Robson | Matt Damon | Heath Ledger | Radim Kalvoda | Martin Hofmann | Josef Pepa Nos | Harry Gilliam | Miroslav Táborský | Roger Ashton-Griffiths | Marika Sarah Procházková | Mackenzie Crook | Richard Ridings
Directors: Terry Gilliam
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Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. They are put to the test, however, when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.

Tribulation (2000)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: Canada
Actors: Gary Busey | Howie Mandel | Nick Mancuso | Margot Kidder | Sherry Miller | Joseph Ziegler | Lawrence Bayne | Wayne Best | Costa Kamateros | Patrick Gallagher | Leigh Lewis | Nichole Nordeman | Jack Van Impe | Rexella Van Impe | T.D. Jakes
Directors: André van Heerden
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Tom Canboro is a police detective with a Christian sister, Eileen, a brother, Calvin, a wife, Susan, and eccentric brother-in-law, Jason. One night, Jason seemingly goes insane and tries to kill Eileen, calling her a “hater”. Tom soon realises this may be a conspiracy going as far as devil worship, but as he speeds in his car to get help, he suddenly looses control and crashes. Waking up in a strange hospital, he finds years have passed and people all over the world are wearing the mark of 666 on their right hands, and all those who don’t are being killed off. Franco Macalusso, the believer in world peace Jason was fond of, now controls the world, and is trying to bring the world together as it was at the tower of Babel. Meanwhile, the “Haters” or Christians are hiding out and airing TBN tapes on the air for people to realise the Messiah is really the Antichrist, but their leader, Helen Hannah, is arrested…