Fantasy
Fantasy
Kong: Skull Island
In short, a bombastic, over-the-top, slightly stupid, franchise creature feature.
8½
Above all else, a filmmaker’s film.
The Sea Beast
The Sea Beast is a movie of two halves. The first half is superb. The second is disappointingly poor.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
A decent story carried by some of the best action in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The Last Unicorn
This visually striking animated fantasy is enough to keep your typical kid engaged but lacks the depth needed to amaze most adults.
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
The most Miyazaki of Miyazaki films.
The NeverEnding Story
This 80s classic is beloved by many, for reasons which entirely escape me.
Legend
The strange, dreamlike quality and campy tone of this fairy tale fantasy will appeal to some, but not to most.
Conan the Barbarian
Pulp fantasy nonsense.
The Final Girls
Sometimes funny, sometimes soulful, this send-up of summer camp horror films is good, but falls just shy of greatness.
Noelle
A fun but derivative-feeling Christmas movie whose one big differentiating idea is a total dud.
About Time
Airtight internal logic and a deep connection to what it means to be human aid this genre-bending time travel fantasy navigate in, and out of, the structures of a traditional romantic comedy.