Fantasy Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Fantasy

Two characters from a sci-fi film, a bald man in colourful costume and a woman in a grey outfit with an elaborate hairstyle, standing and looking at each other.
Review

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

by Cheyenne Bart-Stewart

Writer/​director Ryan Coogler expands his colo­nial­ist cri­tique in this epic MCU sequel which also pays mov­ing trib­ute to the late Chad­wick Boseman.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Young woman in a blue top smiling surrounded by lush greenery and vibrant flowers.
Review

Cette Maison

by Marina Ashioti

Miryam Charles’ debut is a stun­ning dra­ma that takes direct inspi­ra­tion from her cous­in’s unex­pect­ed death.

3
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Vibrant autumn landscape with horses on a path, surrounded by colourful foliage and hills.
Review

Inu-Oh

by Daniel Schindel

A dancer and a musi­cian form a unique friend­ship in Masaa­ki Yuasa’s fan­tas­ti­cal ani­mat­ed musical.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A person in dark clothing seated at a white table in a bright pink room.
Review

Strawberry Mansion

by Charles Bramesco

A dream audi­tor becomes caught up with an age­ing eccen­tric in Ken­tuck­er Aud­ley and Albert Bir­ney’s high­ly imag­i­na­tive feature.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two individuals, a light-skinned person and a dark-skinned person, seated together in a dimly lit room.
Review

Three Thousand Years of Longing

by Catherine Bray

Mad Max direc­tor George Miller returns to the big screen with an adap­ta­tion of mod­ern-day fable The Djinn in the Nightin­gale’s Eye.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two people facing each other, silhouetted against a purple sky.
Review

Thor: Love and Thunder

by Adam Woodward

Tai­ka Wait­i­ti returns to the MCU five years after Thor: Rag­narok with a dis­ap­point­ing sequel sore­ly lack­ing in charm and imagination.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Shattered glass covering a face, with fragments in various shades of red and brown against a blurred, dark background with specks of light.
Review

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

by Hannah Strong

Direc­tor Sam Rai­mi injects some much need­ed per­son­al­i­ty into Marvel’s lat­est brand-build­ing exercise.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Illustration of a young woman with pink hair against a surreal, psychedelic background with floating shapes and lights.
Review

Belle

by Hannah Strong

A tale as old as time gets a cyber­space makeover in Mamoru Hosoda’s reimag­in­ing of Beau­ty and the Beast.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A person standing in a dark room, with a large flame visible behind them.
Review

Titane

by Sam Bodrojan

All hail the new flesh in Julia Ducournau’s dream­like fable of a frac­tured young dancer grap­pling with the fire inside her.

2
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A person in a red and black superhero costume crouching on a dark, metallic surface.
Review

Spider-Man: No Way Home

by Hannah Strong

Tom Holland’s third solo Spidey out­ing brings some famil­iar faces to the par­ty, but we’ve seen it all before.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect