A Story Out of Time and Place and the Escape Hatch of Fantasy: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005) — Retro Nostalgia
With the monumental success of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (dir. Chris Columbus; 2001), Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (dir. Peter Jackson; 2001), and their immediate sequels, Hollywood perhaps hoped to capitalize on the epic fantasy feel of Tolkien’s narrative and the young adult/children’s audience that so fervently devoured the […]
Movie Review: Hot Tub Time Machine (dir. Steve Pink; 2010)(A SFF Film Odyssey)
The first time I saw Hot Tub Time Machine (dir. Steve Pink; 2010), I wasn’t sure how to take it. So much of the film made me uncomfortable because the characters seemed, for the most part, painfully unlikable. That fact became clearer as I began comparing HTTM to other films of its type, leaving me […]
Movie Review Rant: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010; dir Jon Turtletaub) — A SFF Film Odyssey Review
Though not the first live-action remake of a Disney cartoon, 2010’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is part of what might be called Disney’s 1st Phase of Live Action Remakes, sitting right between the last of the Pirates of the Caribbean (At World’s End; 2007) trilogy films and the much more interesting Maleficent (2014). If this is a phase […]
Movie Review: Monsters (2010) (A SFF Film Odyssey Selection)
I didn’t realize until pulling up the IMDB page for Monsters (2010) that its writer and director, Gareth Edwards, is also the director of the upcoming Godzilla (2014). And that makes a ton of sense. While Monsters is hardly Godzilla-ish in form, it does take what is a painfully small budget for a kaiju film (supposedly […]
A SFF Film Odyssey (2010): The Official List
The following is a list of every film I’m going to watch and discuss/review this year. These titles will eventually link to posts here or on The Skiffy and Fanty Show. Keep an eye out as I fill this whole thing up! Note: if something is missing from the list, please let me know in […]