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MULAN

September 3, 2020 By Leave a Comment

MULAN

There are several volumes of sophisticated feminist theory at work in the live-action version of MULAN, but, trust me, they are wholly in the service of a first-rate action-adventure film that puts characters ahead of spectacle. Director Niki Caro has created a film that is intense, compelling, and entirely entertaining, while Liu Yifei as the… Read More »

Tagged With: chi, China, martial arts, witch

BLAIR WITCH

September 14, 2016 By Leave a Comment

BLAIR WITCH

Once again college kids with video cameras march into the dark piney woods in search of something better left undisturbed.  Unlike previous attempts to capture the lightning in a bottle that was the original BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, attempts that went down in flames, writer Simon Barrett and director Adam Wingard have taken the found-footage format… Read More »

Tagged With: campfire, found-footage genre, hot dogs, lost in the woods, sequel, stick figure, supernatural, witch

Chris Butler & Sam Fell Bring PARANORMAN to Life

October 31, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Chris Butler & Sam Fell Bring PARANORMAN to Life

When I spoke with Chris Butler and Sam Fell on July 27, 2012, the conversation was a wonderful mix of whimsy and erudition as they explained the finer points of bringing a stop-motion film to life. The two shared the directing duties on PARANORMAN, working from a script by Butler.  What I was most interested in,… Read More »

Tagged With: animation, curses, Laika, stop-motion, witch, zombies

THE LAST WITCH HUNTER

October 21, 2015 By Leave a Comment

THE LAST WITCH HUNTER

THE LAST WITCH HUNTER is a long slog. There are few genuine scares. There are few remarkable special effects. There is, instead, a pervasive and persistent lassitude to this tale of an immortal witch hunter, Kaulder (Vin Diesel), and the complicated relationship he has tracking down the eponymous practitioners of magic. Kaulder is very good… Read More »

Tagged With: curse, dark magic, magic, maraschino cherry, occult, priest, secret society, spell, witch, witch queen, witches

CHAC: THE RAIN GOD

October 21, 2014 By 1 Comment

CHAC: THE RAIN GOD

Long unavailable to its legion of fans, CHAC THE RAIN GOD, made by Rolando Klein  and released 1975, has been issued in a superb DVD edition by Milestone. It’s about time. This tale of pilgrimage, ritual and sacrifice in a Maya village in the Mexican wilderness has a magic and a wonder that few films achieve. The story… Read More »

Tagged With: Maya, Milestone, mythology, Popol Vuh, spirituality, underworld, witch

PARANORMAN

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Laika Studio’s latest animated film, PARANORMAN, is a story with heart, soul, and a killer funny bone. The humor ranges from the broad to the subtle, and even ventures into that most dangerous of territories, the poignant, and it does so with a sure hand, backed up with an astounding feat of animation. Norman (Kodi… Read More »

Tagged With: animation, curses, Laika, stop-motion, witch, zombies

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