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Stormbound is the sixth movie in the Mythica series. The previous story kind of ended with the previous one – Godslayer. Therefore this is a new beginning of sorts. There are new characters and a new storyline, even though it connects a bit to the old one. I think it’s more out of necessity than something that adds to the story. It feels cheap and an excuse to build on a story that no longer...
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is the fourth newer movie about how humanity lost its grip on the world and how the apes rose to domination of the planet. I have seen all the other of course, but I’ll be damned if I can remember every detail about them. I can’t. What I do know is that they follow a logical path. First Ceasar, the ape who finally said NO, is subdued. Later...
Jinn is a fantasy/horror flick from 2014. I would say it’s mostly horror though. I use the term fantasy more for films like Willow. Happy little tales that takes the form of fairytales. This is much darker. With that, I’m not saying that a fairytale or a fantasy movie can’t be dark. I just wanted to elaborate a little bit on that so you won’t get the wrong impression of this demonic film. Domenic Rains...
The Secret Kingdom is a fantasy tale from 2023. It’s quite classic if you think in terms of Narnia, Bridge to Teranithia, or even Where the Wild Things Are. At least as I remember them. We have children or youths discovering a land that is not exactly like ours. Many things happen there that cannot be explained by ordinary means. It’s a story, a tale a legend. In the case of the Secret Kingdom, a...
Gods of the Deep is an Alien clone of sorts in a specially constructed submarine for extreme depths. I don’t know why I didn’t notice it right away on the covert art, but Gods of the Deep is clearly a Lovecraftian tale. The whole thing just screams about ancient Gods and from what you’ll see it’s almost impossible not to think of Cthulhu. But that’s not all it is. I think it’s actually a blend...
In Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park, Kiss is the largest music attraction in the world and they’ve come to play in this theme park. Meanwhile, Abner Devereaux, the park’s developer, gets even stranger ideas than usual and is ultimately fired by his old friend who happens to also be the owner of the park. He plans his gruesome revenge! His plan to replace the famous rock group with his own creatures and use...
I will refer to this movie as Metalstorm although its full title is Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn. Pretty long title that seems unnecessary to wear my keyboard down with. I should have realized that it was a movie for acquired taste when I saw that Charles Band was involved in it. Not that every movie he has touched over the years is awful but they’re kinda like “special”. With that said, I like to...
I really tried to like Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage but I just couldn’t. I’m a huge fan of Fantasy movies and Sinbad regardless of form or shape usually cannot fail. But this modern tale, which does have sequences in it to homage to the great Ray Harryhausens stop-motion effects and feel for composition just doesn’t work for me. The acting is totally uninspired, the effects are sometimes pretty good and sometimes like an homage as...
The main plot in Guardians of Time is about four cousins together at a mansion. There, they discover a hidden door which in turn leads to another hidden door and soon they are in an enchanted forest. Sound familiar? It should if you even grew up in a cave. This seems to be as much theft of the Chronicles of Narnia as it could be. Rest assured, that is not the only story, or movie...
As the title of this movie, Rebel Moon Part One – A Child of Fire is somewhat long and clumsy. I will refer to it as only Rebel Moon Part One in the text. I think this makes sense because if there is a part one, there should be a part two later, right? That ought to be enough to distinguish them from each other anyway. Star Wars I know I’m not the only one...
When I first saw the cover art for The Phantom Empire I was totally blown away. This got to be a highly entertaining film! It just seems so all over the place that it has to be funny. Maybe not deliberately so, but it’s still funny. Well, there are a few scenes in the early parts of the movie, in fact even before the movie really begins the humor is evident. There’s no chance in...
7 Adventures of Sinbad is what I call a typical hangover movie. It’s actually quite lousy in every aspect; some digitized montages are downright dreadful, but it still has a certain charm that appeals. It doesn’t matter if you doze off or look away for a moment, and the Blu-ray edition undeniably offers entertaining picture quality! The best of both worlds for a hangover. Entertaining enough but still not interesting enough to keep 100% focus...
