scary monsters

The fantasy and horror/fantasy genres almost invariably feature heroes (or just protagonists) combatting some kind of personified evil. I rather arbitrarily draw a distinction between horror/fantasy and straight horror in terms of story resolution: if the protagonists win an unambiguous... [read more]

Narnia

While Peter Jackson toils on the King Kong remake, his Weta Workshop (which, oddly, has an empty website) is busy at work on The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The Flea points up a very, very cool Narnia... [read more]

Inkling heaven

Via TORn comes news that New Zealand is no longer just Middle-earth: it is now officially also Narnia. After almost a year of negotiations New Zealand has secured the multimillion-dollar Hollywood movie The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Work... [read more]