Fantasy

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

If only every knife came with a one minute rewind button….

Reviewed May 8, 2018

A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time – gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world. Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

A different kind of Phantom menace

Reviewed Apr 24, 2018

Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki must save the Earth from its darkest hate and unleash the spirits within. Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Beetlejuice

Attention K-Mart shoppers!

Reviewed Apr 13, 2018

A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home. Genres: Comedy, Fantasy

Pacific Rim: Uprising

Maybe you shouldn’t cancel that apocalypse just yet...

Reviewed Mar 27, 2018

It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns. Genres: Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Tomb Raider

These reboots are made for walkin'

Reviewed Mar 20, 2018

Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared. Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life

Usually in video games you get three lives...Jolie only g...

Reviewed Mar 13, 2018

Off the coast of the volcanic island of Santorini, the intrepid archaeologist Lara Croft makes the unexpected discovery of a pulsating golden orb able to guide its holder to the mythical Pandora's Box. As the legendary artifact contains ancient mysteries of unfathomable power - said to contain one of the deadliest plagues on Earth, Lara is tasked by MI6 to make sure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands. With the aid of former Marine turned mercenary Terry Sheridan, she travels the world in pursuit of the precious item in a race against time; she must beat the unscrupulous Nobel Prize-winning scientist turned bioterrorist, Jonathan Reiss, to it. Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Appropriators of the Lost Ark

Reviewed Feb 27, 2018

Orphaned heiress, English aristocrat and intrepid archaeologist, Lara Croft, embarks on a dangerous quest to retrieve the two halves of an ancient artifact which controls time before it falls into the wrong hands. As an extremely rare planetary alignment is about to occur for the first time in 5,000 years, the fearless tomb raider will have to team up with rival adventurers and sworn enemies to collect the pieces, while time is running out. But, in the end, who can harness the archaic talisman's unlimited power? Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Street Fighter

Get up! It’s too early for you to be defeated!

Reviewed Feb 6, 2018

Colonel Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of dictator M. Bison and his cohorts. Genres: Action, Fantasy

Double Dragon

Today's secret ingredient is....Spinach!

Reviewed Jan 30, 2018

Two brothers have half of a powerful ancient Chinese talisman. An evil gang leader has the other half, and determines to get the brothers' half and have a complete medallion so he can gain absolute power. Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Brown Arrow

Super Mario Bros.

No leak too small!

Reviewed Jan 23, 2018

Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They're the only hope to save our universe from invasion by the dino dictator, Koopa. Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Lord of Illusions

"I've seen the future of horror... and this ain't it."

Reviewed Dec 17, 2017

During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years earlier. Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Phantasm: Ravager

The most demented Phantasm of all!

Reviewed Oct 20, 2017

Brothers Mike and Jody join family friend Reggie to battle the Tall Man and his evil minions from another dimension, for the final time. Genres: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction

The Dark Tower

Can the tower be scaled, or is it just scaled-down?

Reviewed Aug 8, 2017

A boy haunted by visions of a parallel world aids its disillusioned guardian in preventing the destruction of the nexus of universes known as the Dark Tower. Genres: Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Wonder Woman

If Dr. Poison went to Themyscira would it be the Island o...

Reviewed Jun 6, 2017

An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict. Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Depp looks like he's on 21 Jump Ship

Reviewed Jun 2, 2017

Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle. Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it, he must forge an uneasy alliance with a brilliant and beautiful astronomer and a headstrong young man in the British navy. Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The New Original Wonder Woman

Cold War justice in star-spangled shorts

Reviewed May 30, 2017

After a dogfight with a German plane, U.S. Army Air Force pilot Steve Trevor crash lands on an uncharted island in the Bermuda Triangle. Paradise Island is inhabited only by women, and their existence has been kept a secret for thousands of years. Learning of the Nazi German threat to humanity, the Amazon princess Diana is chosen to accompany Trevor back to the United States to battle the Third Reich. Garbed in a skimpy red, white, and blue costume and armed with a magic lasso that forces anyone within its grasp to tell the truth, Diana uses her powers as Wonder Woman to battle the forces of evil. Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Hook

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Reviewed May 25, 2017

The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. During his trip to see Granny Wendy in London, the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to return to Neverland. Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Brown Arrow

Wonder Woman

Welcome to Fantasy Paradise Island!

Reviewed May 23, 2017

A super-hero uses her powers to thwart an international spy ring. Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, TV Movie

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Wait...where is Guybrush Threepwood??

Reviewed May 19, 2017

When Jack crosses paths with a woman from his past, he's not sure if it's love...or if she's a ruthless con artist using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

Come on...Singapore is nowhere NEAR the Caribbean!

Reviewed May 12, 2017

After losing Captain Jack Sparrow to the locker of Davy Jones, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Captain Barbossa journey to the ends of the earth to rescue him. And as the East India Trading Company tightens its grip on the seas under Lord Cutler Beckett—now in control of Davy Jones—the fate of piracy hangs by a thread. Now, they must unite the pirate lords for one final stand. But as loyalties are tested and alliances shift, each must ultimately choose where they stand in the battle for freedom on the high seas. Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Three men podcasting on this Dead Man's Chest - Yo-ho-ho ...

Reviewed May 5, 2017

Captain Jack Sparrow’s got a blood debt to pay: he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghastly Ruler of the Ocean Depths. To escape eternal servitude aboard the Flying Dutchman, ever-crafty Jack must track down the still-beating heart of Jones. But he won’t do it alone: Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann are drawn back into another one of his perilous quests—assuming they can evade execution for aiding a pirate. Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

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Reviewed Apr 29, 2017

When wily pirate Captain Barbossa seizes Jack Sparrow’s beloved ship, the Black Pearl, and kidnaps the governor’s daughter, Elizabeth Swann, blacksmith Will Turner reluctantly teams up with the unpredictable pirate Jack to rescue her—only to uncover a terrifying curse that turns Barbossa’s crew into the undead. Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Doctor Strange

He didn't go through six years of Sorcery School to be ca...

Reviewed Nov 8, 2016

After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil. Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

House

Ding, Dong, Donate!

Reviewed Oct 7, 2016

A divorced horror novelist coming to terms with the disappearance of his young son inherits an old mansion home to malevolent supernatural residents. Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror