Bringing a fairy tale to life outside of an animated film is no easy task but director Christophe Gans is following in the steps of Jean Cocteau who adapted Beauty and the Beast way back in 1946, and so with today’s technology it should be much easier to accomplish… right?
Tag: Fantasy
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast vs Jean Cocteau’s La Belle et la Bête
One could say that the story of Beauty and the Beast is a “Tale as old as time” as it has been told in varying degrees many times over the years from live-action theatrical releases to television shows to animated juggernauts.
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) – Review
Horror-themed Christmas movies are certainly nothing new, but writer/director Jalmari Helander gives us a Christmas movie that is a horror-fantasy-dark comedy-boy’s adventure tale, and that, my friends, is a rare export indeed.
The Eye of the World: Robert Jordan – Book Review
The wheel weaves as the wheel wills.
Ladyhawke (1985) – Review
The 1980s certainly was a great time to be a kid going to the theatre as fantasy movies lit up the screen like never before with such great films as Dragonslayer, The Dark Crystal, Conan the Barbarian and one of my favourites and today’s pick Richard Donner’s Ladyhawke.