Posts Tagged ‘ Fantasy ’
The Princess and the Frog (2009) IMDB rating: 7.90 Plot: A modern day retelling of the classic story The Frog Prince. The Princess and the Frog finds the lives of arrogant, carefree Prince Naveen and hardworking waitress Tiana crossing paths. Prince Naveen is transformed into a frog by a conniving voodoo magician and Tiana, following suit, upon [ READ MORE ]
Sound of Thunder, A (2005) IMDB rating: 4.00 Plot: “A Sound of Thunder” is about a game hunter (Burns) who goes on a time-traveling safari owned and operated by Kingsley’s character to hunt dinosaurs in the prehistoric era. When he kills a butterfly, he unknowingly sets off a chain reaction that will erase humanity from existence. A [ READ MORE ]
Dude, Where’s My Car? (2000) IMDB rating: 4.80 Plot: Jesse and Chester, two bumbling stoners, wake up one morning from a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car which prompts them on a journey to find it and along the way, they encounter a variety of people who include their angry girlfriends Wilma [ READ MORE ]
Mannequin (1987) IMDB rating: 4.90 Plot: Jonathan Switcher is a young artist. He just doesn’t seem to last in any job he does. But when he builds a mannequin, he makes it so perfect, he falls in love with it. It is the first thing he has made that makes him feel like a real artist. The [ READ MORE ]
Van Helsing (2004) IMDB rating: 5.30 Plot: During the late 19th century, famed monster hunter Dr. Gabriel Van Helsing (Jackman) heads to Eastern Europe to battle with Count Dracula (Roxburgh), the Wolf Man (Kemp), and Frankenstein’s Monster (Hensley). By his side is the ravishing Anna (Beckinsale), a member of a family committed to ridding the world of [ READ MORE ]
Phantasm (1979) IMDB rating: 6.60 Plot: Mike cannot decide what is real and what isn’t, and is plagued by vivid nightmares. He gets the shock of his life when he watches, with binoculars, the conclusion of the funeral of his older brother’s friend—the mortician (the Tall Man), by himself, lifts the casket into the back of a [ READ MORE ]
Last Mimzy, The (2007) IMDB rating: 6.50 Plot: The siblings Noah and Emma travel with their mother Jo from Seattle to the family cottage in Whidbey Island to spend a couple of days while their workaholic father David Wilder is working. They find a box of toys from the future in the water and bring it home, [ READ MORE ]
Mad Monster Party? (1967) IMDB rating: 6.40 Plot: When Dr Frankenstein decides to retire from the monster-making business, he calls an international roster of monsters to a creepy convention to elect his successor. Everyone is there including Dracula, The Werewolf, The Creature, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and many more. But Frankenstein’s title is not all that [ READ MORE ]
Shrek the Third (2007) IMDB rating: 0.00 Plot: When Fiona’s father and King of Far Far Away passes away, the clumsy Shrek becomes the immediate successor of the throne. However, Shrek decides to find the legitimate heir Artie in a distant kingdom with his friends Donkey and Puss in Boots to be able return to his beloved [ READ MORE ]
Groundhog Day (1993) IMDB rating: 8.10 Plot: A weather man is reluctantly sent to cover a story about a weather forecasting “rat” (as he calls it). This is his fourth year on the story, and he makes no effort to hide his frustration. On awaking the ‘following’ day he discovers that it’s Groundhog Day again, and again, [ READ MORE ]
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