One of his lesser known adaptations is the 1995 movie Lord of Illusions. His Hellraiser and Nightbreed rank among the best that the horror genre has to offer. 9 Lord of IllusionsĬlive Barker’s work varies from incredibly grotesque and horrific to mildly terrifying and still a little gross. While the film isn’t a masterpiece by any stretch, it uses magical elements to successfully tell a potent and enjoyable love story. There are plenty of spells and hexes to entertain the most hardened cynic. There was a time when she played a witch with a fresh-off of Speed 2: Cruise Control Sandra Bullock, in the rom-com Practical Magic.īased on a novel of the same name, Practical Magic is the story of two sisters with magical powers that come with a curse: any man who falls in love with them dies. Let’s take a minute to forget that Nicole Kidman starred in that awful Bewitched adaptation from Nora Ephron. With a score from James Horner and effects from ILM, it’s a match made in fantasy heaven. The movie was not well-received at the time, but has since developed a cult-following.
The newly confident Willow defeats Bavmorda and learns that good triumphs over evil, because this is a fantasy film after all. On his journey, Willow masters his powers of sorcery, helped by brownies, fairies, and Val Kilmer as the swordsman Madmartigan. The fantasy film stars Warwick Davis as a farmer named Willow who must babysit a child destined to defeat the evil Queen Bavmorda. Though it is unfortunately not a film based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Wiccan, Ron Howard’s Willow certainly has its merits.
We'll probably be able to say the same thing about the sequel fairly soon. Now You See Me is excellent popcorn entertainment, but signs of anything below the flashy surface are merely an illusion. While the performances are functional and the magical elements inspired, the script is inane and silly at best. The supporting cast features Mark Ruffalo as the FBI agent tracking the Robin-Hood-inspired Four Horsemen, and Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman in roles that surely made them a nice paycheck. The film features many great sleight-of-hand tricks and blink-or-you’ll-miss-it moments. Now You See Me revolves around four magicians who pull off elaborate heists as the Four Horsemen, in the hopes of getting into an order of “actual magicians” called The Eye. Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson reunited after Zombieland to star in one of the most confusing movies in recent memory. Here are the 12 Best Movies About Magic Ever Made. Apologies to every animated Disney film, ever. Note that these are not simply films that include magic, but those whose premise revolves around illusion, witchcraft, or even wizardry. Strange isn’t the first magician to appear in a Marvel film – Avengers: Age of Ultronfeatured Elizabeth Olsen as the Scarlet Witch – but this film will certainly delve deeper into the mythology of the occult, as evident in the recently released trailer.įor those who need their fix of magic before Marvel’s Doctor Strange on November 4 th, check out the following flicks. This fall, Benedict Cumberbatch will put on a red cape and take the MCU into a realm of magic and mysticism with Doctor Strange. It was one of only two Theatre Organs still in Northern Ireland, the other being in the Movieland Cinema, Newtownards, County Down, where it was installed in 1994, having originally been in the Ambassador Cinema, Hounslow, west London.
The old Compton Theatre Organ, formerly in the Tonic Cinema, was in the care of Bangor Academy School but following the demolition of the school, the organ was moved to north east England where it is in the care of an enthusiast in Hull. It was demolished in 1992 following a fire. At the time it was the largest Cinema in Ireland with 2,001 seats. The Tonic Cinema was built in 1936 in Bangor, Northern Ireland. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's general notability guideline.
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