Fantasy

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

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  • Title: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
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Disney’s live-action version of Pinocchio from earlier this year felt redundant and unnecessary. A shadow of the original animated film based on the classic story, the new version failed to capture much magic at all. Released only two months later, Guillermo del Toro‘s stop-motion version of Pinocchio breathes new life into the story you already know setting the Italian tale during the 20th Century when a grieving father’s wooden recreation of his son is brought to life. 

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Dragons: The Nine Realms – Empty Fireworm Nest

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  • Title: Dragons: The Nine Realms – Empty Fireworm Nest
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After returning from the Fire Realm, Alex (Aimee Garcia) discovers a small Fireworm dragon has stowed away in her pack and is discovered by her mothers. With the rest of the swam looking for its missing number, the team split up with Alex and Jun (Ashley Liao) looking to free the dragon before anyone else on ICARIS sees it and uncovers the truth about dragons, and Tom (Jeremy Shada) and D’Angelo (Marcus Scribner) stay behind in an attempt to corral the rest of the swarm. Jin also has to deal with Eugene (Vincent Tong) whose suspicions about dragons have been aroused and Buzzsaw (Haley Joel Osment) continuing to snoop around the facility, thankful both continue to be largely inept in their attempts to prove dragons exist.

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Vampirella vs. Red Sonja #1

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Despite what the title suggests, both Red Sonja and Vampirella play only minor supporting roles in the first issue of the new mini-series. Instead, the focus is on the Project (a collection of Dynamite Entertainment heroes outside time and space brought together to save all known universes against threats). While both Red Sonja and Vampirella were recruited by the group, Sonja continues to serve but Vampirella has been locked up by the heroes.

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Dragons: The Nine Realms – Ride or Die

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  • Title: Dragons: The Nine Realms – Ride or Die
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After a fight with her mother about wanting her daughter to put away myths and fantasy, Jun (Ashley Liao) joins Tom (Jeremy Shada) in testing out the fire suits and exploring the Fire Realm where they rescue a small dragon from a pack of Flame Thrower Dragons. With two of the riders out adventuring, Olivia (Julia Stiles) shares her discovery of the gem with Wilma (Carrie Keranen) which leads to the scientist begin digging dangerously close to the dragon realm leading to Alex (Aimee Garcia) and D’Angelo (Marcus Scribner) scrambling to come up with ideas on how to keep the miners out.

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Blade of the 47 Ronin

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  • Title: Blade of the 47 Ronin
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A sequel of sorts to the 2013 film which offered a fantastical take on the true events of the Akō incident, Blade of the 47 Ronin takes place hundreds of years later with an evil wizard (Dan Southworth) coming to power and looking to kill off the last descendant of the original 47 Ronin who alone is destined to destroy him and prevent his rise to power. 

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