Category Archives: Fantasy
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.
Four Kids and It
Release 2020
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Director: Andy De Emmony
Writers: Simon Lewis, Mark Oswin, Jacqueline Wilson
Stars: Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen, Pippa Haywood, Matthew Goode, Ashley Aufderheide, Paula Patton
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5556054/
A group of kids on holiday in Cornwall meet a magical creature on the beach with the power to grant wishes.
Gretel & Hansel
Release 2020
Genre Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
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Director: Oz Perkins
Writers: Rob Hayes, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
Stars: Sophia Lillis, Samuel Leakey, Charles Babalola, Alice Krige, Jessica De Gouw
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9086228/
A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.
The Mystery Of The Dragon Seal
Release 2019
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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Director: Oleg Stepchenko
Writers: Dmitry Paltsev, Alexey A. Petrukhin, Oleg Stepchenko
Stars: Jason Flemyng, Xingtong Yao, Anna Churina, Jackie Chan, Arnold Schwarzenegger
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6218010/
Early 1700: Cartographer Jonathan Green (Jason Flemyng) from Viy (2014) is back to map the Russian Far East. He's forced on to China, where he confronts the Dragon Master et al. The iron masked Russian Czar escapes the Tower of London to a Russian ship.
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
Release 2019
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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Director: J.J. Abrams
Writers: Chris Terrio, J.J. Abrams, Derek Connolly, Colin Trevorrow, George Lucas
Stars: Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2527338/
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more in the final chapter of the Skywalker saga.
Baishe: Yuanqi
Release 2019
Genre Animation, Fantasy, Romance
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Director: Amp Wong, Ji Zhao
Writers: Damao
Stars: Vincent Rodriguez III, Matthew Moy, Stephanie Sheh
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9288776/
A love story between a snake spirit and a snake hunter.
Abigail
Release 2019
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Director: Aleksandr Boguslavskiy
Writers: Aleksandr Boguslavskiy, Dmitriy Zhigalov
Stars: Tinatin Dalakishvili, Eddie Marsan, Rinal Mukhametov
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7025388/
A young girl Abigail lives in a city whose borders were closed many years ago because of an epidemic of a mysterious disease. Abby's father was one of the sick - and he was taken when she was six years old. Going against the authorities to find her father, Abby learns that her city is actually full of magic. And she discovers in herself extraordinary magical abilities.
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Release 2019
Genre Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Joachim Rønning
Writers: Linda Woolverton, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, Charles Perrault
Stars: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Harris Dickinson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4777008/
Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.
The Lighthouse
Release 2019
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Director: Robert Eggers
Writers: Max Eggers, Robert Eggers
Stars: Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson, Valeriia Karaman
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7984734/
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Doctor Sleep
Release 2019
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Director: Mike Flanagan
Writers: Stephen King, Mike Flanagan
Stars: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5606664/
Years following the events of "The Shining," a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.