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Retrospective: Willow and the fantasy images it seared into memory
With a new live-action series coming, and a key sequence by Mad God’s Phil Tippett, it’s the perfect time to revisit Willow.


Animated fantasy voyage Pil’s Adventure is now screening in Australia
Made in France, this sweet saga sees Pil save a prince turned into a “chickat”—half chicken, half cat.


Wish granted: Australian trailer and release date for Three Thousand Years of Longing
Mad Max director George Miller is making all of our dreams come true with this wild romantic fantasy.


Australian trailer and release date for stop motion nightmare Phil Tippett’s Mad God
A special effects god has gone mad, in this dark feature from the mastermind behind Jurassic Park and Robocop.


Visually incredible Viking epic The Northman feels almost entirely uncompromising
The film’s attraction to the gory and grotty is downright shocking to see in a major motion picture.


Reality-fantasy hybrid series The Quest is now streaming on Disney+
Part richly scripted voyage, part unscripted reality series…all immersive teen competition fantasy.


The new Doctor Strange is a fun Sam Raimi movie but a weak MCU film
This is the worst example yet of an MCU film requiring you to have a lot of prior knowledge to understand what’s going on in it.


Retrospective: Conan The Barbarian is still fantastically barbaric at age 40
Opening with a Nietzsche quote, this patchy 1982 fantasy had its tongue nowhere near its cheek.


12 mad things to know about Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness
Nothing can prepare you for Doc Steve’s psychedelic descent into madness—but this list is at least going to try.


Where can I watch the Harry Potter movies in Australia?
There’s a few different ways to revisit The Boy Who Lived from your home screens. Accio TV remote!


When will House of the Dragon be released in Australia?
A new Thrones dynasty is rising, 193 years before the events of HBO’s original George R.R. Martin adaptation.


Everything Everywhere All At Once is a speeding bullet train of laughs, punches and parallel realities
You’ll want to hang on tight to grasp the multiple realities of this bold, imaginative A24 sci-fi odyssey.


12 things you need to know about The Northman before it pillages cinemas
Coming from the land of the ice and snow, we can’t wait for Robert Eggers’ historically accurate bloodbath.


I still don’t know what the Secrets of Dumbledore are, after watching the pointless Fantastic Beasts 3
Wish Mads could magically speed up this overlong franchise, especially since nothing happens in the latest film.


Australian release date confirmed for House Of The Dragon, the epic GoT spin-off
Targaryen domination begins, unfolding its wings on BINGE at the same time as the US.


First look at Disney’s Pinocchio…the first of 3 Pinocchio movies this year (!!!)
It’s a big year for the little wooden liar boy, with Zemeckis, del Toro and more adapting the fairytale.


When will Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness be released in Australia?
Strange days have found Benedict Cumberbatch’s Marvel hero—and a crowd of super-guests, too.


The Notorious GDT: we ranked every gloriously dark Guillermo del Toro film
From Hellboy and Pacific Rim to his Best Picture winner The Shape of Water: we can’t get enough del Toro.


Trailer and release date for Robert Eggers’ bloody viking epic The Northman
“I will avenge you, father. I will save you, mother. I will kill you, Fjölnir.” Wouldn’t wanna be Fjolnir rn…


When will The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power rule over Australian screens?
We’ve got a confirmed title for Prime Video’s pricey Tolkien series! Here’s when you can check out the first season.


Wizarding World good guys unite in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore trailer
Jude Law is a hot young bb Dumbledore in the third entry of the Harry Potter world’s prequel series.


The bloody great, bloody fun Firebite reimagines vampire lore through an Indigenous lens
Rob Collins and Shantae Barnes-Cowan rule the desert as slayers of colonising Eurotrash vamps.
