Category Archives: Fantasy
The Secret Garden
Release 2020
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Director: Marc Munden
Writers: Frances Hodgson Burnett, Jack Thorne
Stars: Dixie Egerickx, Colin Firth, Julie Walters, Edan Hayhurst, Amir Wilson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2702920/
An orphaned girl discovers a magical garden hidden at her strict uncle's estate.
Upside-Down Magic
Release 2020
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Director: Joe Nussbaum
Writers: Nick Pustay
Stars: Izabela Rose, Siena Agudong, Kyle Howard, Elie Samouhi, Alison Fernandez
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10833270/
In "Upside-Down Magic, a Disney Channel Original Movie, 13-year-old Nory Boxwood Horace discovers she can flux into animals, and her best friend Reina Carvajal can manipulate flames. Together, they enter the Sage Academy for Magical Studies. Reina's expert ability to harness the power of fire lands her at the top of her class of "Flares," but Nory's wonky magic and proclivity for turning into a "Dritten"-a half-kitten, half-dragon-lands her in a class for those with Upside-Down Magic, otherwise known as UDM. While Headmaster Knightslinger believes the UDM's unconventional powers leave them vulnerable to dangerous and evil "shadow magic," Nory and her fellow UDM classmates set out to prove that Upside-Down Magic beats right side up.
Mortal
Release 2020
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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Director: André Øvredal
Writers: Geoff Bussetil, Norman Lesperance, André Øvredal
Stars: Nat Wolff, Iben Akerlie, Priyanka Bose, Arthur Hakalahti, Ravdeep Singh Bajwa
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5715066/
Fantasy adventure origin story about a young man discovering he has God-like powers based on ancient Norwegian mythology.
Koma
Release 2019
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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Director: Nikita Argunov
Writers: Nikita Argunov, Timofei Dekin, Aleksey Gravitskiy
Stars: Rinal Mukhametov, Lyubov Aksyonova, Anton Pampushnyy, Milos Bikovic, Konstantin Lavronenko
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6087226/
After a mysterious accident a young architect comes back to his senses in a very odd world. He must find out the exact laws and regulations of it as he fights for his life and keeps on looking for the exit to the real world.
The Old Guard
Release 2020
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Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Writers: Greg Rucka, Greg Rucka, Leandro Fernandez
Stars: Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7556122/
A covert team of immortal mercenaries are suddenly exposed and must now fight to keep their identity a secret just as an unexpected new member is discovered.
Broil
Release 2020
Genre Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
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Director: Edward Drake
Writers: Edward Drake, Piper Mars
Stars: Lochlyn Munro, Jonathan Lipnicki, Timothy V. Murphy, Alyson Bath, Catherine Lough Haggquist
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8997712/
Broil follows a dysfunctional family of demons vying to control the future of their wealth.
The Magic Kids Three Unlikely Heroes
Release 2020
Genre Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Tim Trageser
Writers: Marc Hillefeld, Wolfgang Hohlbein
Stars: Christian Berkel, Arsseni Bultmann, Butz Ulrich Buse, Shirley Feuring, Arved Friese
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9208214/
Vlad has just moved and joined one of the most famous magical schools in the world, where he meets fairies, witches, trolls and dwarfs. Him and his father are the first vampires in town, but he soon meets other special kids.
Artemis Fowl
Release 2020
Genre Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Kenneth Branagh
Writers: Conor McPherson, Hamish McColl, Eoin Colfer
Stars: Michael Rouse, Racheal Ofori, Josh Gad, Ferdia Shaw, Simone Kirby
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3089630/
Artemis Fowl, a young criminal prodigy, hunts down a secret society of fairies to find his missing father.
Wendy
Release 2020
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Director: Benh Zeitlin
Writers: Benh Zeitlin, Eliza Zeitlin
Stars: Yashua Mack, Devin France, Gage Naquin, Gavin Naquin, Ahmad Cage
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2420124/
Lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued, Wendy must fight to save her family, her freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth from the deadly peril of growing up.
Fantasy Island
Release 2020
Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
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Director: Jeff Wadlow
Writers: Jillian Jacobs, Christopher Roach, Jeff Wadlow
Stars: Michael Peña, Maggie Q, Lucy Hale, Austin Stowell, Jimmy O. Yang
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0983946/
A horror adaptation of the popular '70s TV show about a magical island resort.