Subgenre Sampler
Fantasy: 813 Films to Buy & Rent
Dororo (2007)
- Dir. Akihiko Shiota
Feat. Ko Shibasaki, Satoshi Tsumabuki
- Electrifying action fantasy based on a manga comic by the grandfather of Anime – Osamu Tezuka (ASTRO BOY), in which an abandoned samurai's son…
Enchanted (2007)
- Dir. Kevin Lima
Feat. Patrick Dempsey, Amy Adams, James Marsden…
- Top–rating, truly charming family fantasy uses a clever mix of live action and animation to quite literally 'bring to life' a perfect, cartoon…
Ghost Rider (2007)
- Dir. Mark Steven Johnson
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Wes Bentley…
- The latest Marvel superhero to 'ignite' the screen, a rather unlikely Nicolas Cage stars as Johnny Blaze, a stunt motorcyclist who strikes a deal…
Golden Compass, The (2007)
- Dir. Chris Weitz
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Ben Walker…
- Visually magnificent fantasy epic adapted from the first installment in Philip Pullman's controversial "His Dark Materials" trilogy traverses similar…
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- Dir. David Yates
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Robbie Coltrane, Helena Bonham Carter…
- The fifth movie of the Harry Potter franchise finds the Wiz–kid struggling with adolescent hormones, a blind bureaucracy and most memorably,…
John From Cincinnati (TV Series) (2007)
- Feat. Rebecca De Mornay, Greyson Fletcher, Bruce Greenwood
- Short–lived oddity from the creator of DEADWOOD set amongst a surfing community in California, where a stranger with mysterious powers shakes…
Masters Of Science Fiction (TV Series) (A Clean Escape, Jerry Was A Man, The Awakening, Little Brother, Watchbird, The Discarded.) (2007)
- Dir. Mark Rydell, Michael Petroni, Darnell Martin
Feat. Judy Davis, Sam Waterston, Anne Heche…
- Collection of six stories from the world's top sci–fi writers brought to life by a top–notch cast and hosted by Professor Stephen…
Mother of Tears (La Terza Madre) (2007)
- Dir. Dario Argento
Feat. Asia Argento, Christian Solimeno, Udo Kier
- This missing piece in Argento’s ‘Three Mothers’ trilogy turns to an unassuming art student (daughter Asia, getting her kit off as usual), who,…
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)
- Dir. Zach Helm
Feat. Natalie Portman, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Bateman…
- Elves–in–the–toyshop fantasy with Dustin Hoffman as Mr. Magorium, the kindly, Wonka–esque, owner of a magical toy…
Secret of the Magic Gourd, The (Bao hu lu de mi mi) (2007)
- Dir. John Chu, Frankie Chung
- One of the first children's fantasies from mainland China to be formally released in the West tells the story of an imaginative under–achiever…