Director Kenneth Branagh is best known for tackling Shakespeare with adaptations of "Hamlet" and "Much Ado About Nothing," just to name a couple. Even his first foray into blockbuster territory with Marvel's "Thor" came with a touch of The Bard's presence, and that opened the door to the...
On one hand, there’s no mystery— we know the culprit from the outset; neither is there much atmosphere— it’s microscopes instead of dark streets and shadowy men; while the story itself is pretty shopworn— best friends on different sides of the law angling for the same girl. On the...
The story follows Chris Pine as a Bard called Edgin as he puts together a team of heroes to recover a lost relic. However, in true Dungeons and Dragons fashion, Edgin and the gang run into a snag when they come across the nefarious Red Wizards of Thay. Fans of the setting will be ...
The Bard’s Tale This iOS port of a classic and much-beloved PS2-era RPG is memorable not so much for its sparkling graphics or revolutionary gameplay (though both are perfectly serviceable, and even sort of charming) as for its absolutely fantastic writing. Imagine a mix between The Princess...
Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley’s followup to “Game Night” isn’t the immediate classic that that film was, but it’s a balm in a sea of dour superhero flicks, letting its talented ensemble (Chris Pine as a perfectly bumbling bard, Michelle Rodriguez as a memorably gruff ...
Susan Cooper’sOVER SEA, UNDER STONE.This is the first installment in The Dark is Rising: the best YA fantasy series ever, not to mention one of the best “Matter of Britain” (i.e., medieval Arthurian legend) adventure series. This particular installment is not particularly fantastical: It...
Dark and elusive, reality wants to be governed by elegant shapes and laws like e = mc squared. Your mother’s face before you had words. And behind her, in the shadows, your father: voice without face, body or shape. I’ve been writing steadily since Any Old Wolf, and hopefully ...
Dark Souls: Remastered 2018-05-24 Free exploration, progression, and limited narrative choices QLOC Diablo 2 Battle.net 2000-06-29 Free exploration, a lot of build choices within archetypes Blizzard North Arx Fatalis Release date: 2002-11-12 Developer: Arkane Studios Arx Fatalis was the first ...
The Dark Knightis frequently hailed asone of the best movies of all time. The second film goes darker than the first with the introduction of the Joker and the unrelenting tension in the third act. This film was also not fantasy-driven and instead took a real-life approach to the character...
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