AdventureThe film adapts Roald Dahl's 1961 children's novel about an orphan who escapes his abusive aunts by climbing inside a magically enormous peach and floating across the Atlantic with a crew of human-sized talking insects. The film made approximately twenty-eight…
AdventureDennis Quaid plays Bowen, a former knight of the old code who hunts dragons for a living after his pupil grew up to be a tyrant. The film made approximately one hundred and fifteen million dollars worldwide on a fifty-seven…
ActionHonor Among Thieves is the rare studio fantasy film that knows what it is and commits to it without apology. Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley.
AdventureMerlin is the NBC miniseries that retold the Arthurian legend from the wizard's perspective. Miranda Richardson plays Mab, the old goddess fighting against Christianity's spread through Britain.
AdventureThe NeverEnding Story is the rare children's film that takes children seriously as readers. The script is based on Michael.
ActionJohn Milius directed and co-wrote with Oliver Stone. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Conan in his first significant English-language role.
AdventureLabyrinth is the strangest mainstream studio film of 1986 and the last great Jim Henson production. Terry Jones, of Monty Python.
AdventureMartin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels. Sean Bean as Ned Stark in the first season.
ActionHighlander is one of the strangest mainstream studio films of the 1980s and one of the most influential fantasy films of the decade. Clancy Brown plays the Kurgan, the giant Mongol-Russian immortal who killed Ramirez and has spent four hundred…
AdventureFrank Herbert's Dune is the most faithful screen adaptation of Herbert's novel ever produced. Seen it three times across decades.
AdventureToy Story is the foundational achievement in feature-length computer animation. Seen all three more than five times across decades.
AdventureThe Wreck-It Ralph duology demonstrates one of the more visible quality declines between original Disney animated production and direct sequel extension. The 2012 original delivered substantial creative achievement within video game source framework.
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