Fantasy Archives - Movie Reviews by Todd Wofford

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I f you're gonna make a movie out of a nerd-porn tabletop game, this is probably the way to do it. Honor Among Thieves never concerns itself with character classes,…

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Sep 2022

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Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)::rating::4

I'll tell you right out--I'm a man who likes talking to a man who likes to talk." Sydney Greenstreet in The Maltese Falcon T hat quote popped in my head during Three Thousand…

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Jun 2022

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The Princess Bride (1987)::rating::5

L ong ago, The Princess Bride was borne as a loving spoof of beloved fantasy tales, but somewhere along its three-plus decades, a wonderful thing happened. Viewers latched onto its gentle…

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Jun 2022

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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)::rating::4

A movie like The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent runs the considerable risk of sinking under the unbearable weight of its own pretensions. After all, the film's very premise…

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Mar 2022

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The Adam Project (2022)::rating::3

M odern filmmakers borrow so much from Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Robert Zemeckis, I'm beginning to wonder if they've worked out some kinda payment plan for the royalties. Either…

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Feb 2022

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Encanto (2021)::rating::4.5

A s a parent to a toddler, I can now assess the landscape of children's movies with a much higher degree of confidence. My verdict: From a story standpoint, most…

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Feb 2022

Podcast The Archive

City of Angels (1998)::rating::2.5

C ity of Angels is one of the strangest romantic films to emerge from the 90s. As a date movie, it's ponderous and wild-eyed to the point of being deliriously goofy.…

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Aug 2021

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Reminiscence (2021)::rating::2.5

Joy also delivers some truly remarkable visuals that pop up like small pockets of self-contained brilliance. At the same time, Reminiscence is one of those confounding movies that will only make you…

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Oct 2019

The Drink Menu The Podcast