Sentences with phrase «magic in fantasy»

Soft science fiction where the scientific advances and futuristic setting essentially serve the same purpose as magic in fantasy.

Another form of magic in fantasy occurs when authors, specifically Christian authors, reject what in this approach appears to be a Manichaean dualism with good and evil in conflict and with its resolution left in human hands.

Not exact matches

Let's see... believe in our God or you will be tortured for eternity... Believe in our God even if science and the fossil record refute our conclusions... Believe in our God who can do anything, it doesn't matter what you come up with, he can do it and don't you dare call it magic or fantasy... but don't test him either, he's not a performing monkey who does tricks to convince us he's real, we just have to have faith, but he could do anything if chose to...

You have created a fantasy worls where magic... sorry... god exists and cares about, you, created in your mind a supernatural realm... delusion and dreams.

Unfortunately, in the magical fantasy world of «belief» that they live in, their posts quite naturally wander off into magic and fantasy and mysticism because they believe it.

Theism deals with «wishful thinking», «make - believe», fantasy, magic — hopes of despairing men famously hallucinating in the desert who then «see» exactly what they want to see.

In Modern Fantasy: Five Studies (Cambridge University Press, 1975), C. N. Manlove has argued that the use of the supernatural — and I would include magic — is not simply a possibility in the fantasy tale; it is a driving force in the story and takes a central role in the development and shaping of characters as well as ploIn Modern Fantasy: Five Studies (Cambridge University Press, 1975), C. N. Manlove has argued that the use of the supernatural — and I would include magic — is not simply a possibility in the fantasy tale; it is a driving force in the story and takes a central role in the development and shaping of characters as well as ploin the fantasy tale; it is a driving force in the story and takes a central role in the development and shaping of characters as well as ploin the story and takes a central role in the development and shaping of characters as well as ploin the development and shaping of characters as well as plot.

Ficino, with his «natural magic Paracelsus for all his bombast, Giordano Bruno in spite of his «Egyptian» fantasies, did more to advance the concept of the investigation of a regular «Nature» than many a rational, sensible, Aristotelian scholar who laughed at their absurdities or shrank from their shocking conclusions.

In «Harry Potter makes you smarter: How magic unleashes kids» creative thought,» I discuss an experiment suggesting that fantasy makes children more inventive.

17 — 19 The magic stays with us long after we have outgrown the fantasy novels and stopped believing in Santa Claus.

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Veteran screenwriter Goldsman (an Oscar winner for A Beautiful Mind, and definitely not one for Batman & Robin) has given himself quite a challenge for his directorial debut, taking on Mark Helprin's epic fantasy novel set in an alternative, magic - filled New York City (and spanning the entire 20th century) with a relatively low sub - $ 50 million budget.

Harry is offered a place at prestigious Hogwarts, a boarding school for wizards that exists in a realm of magic and fantasy outside the dreary existence of normal humans or «Muggles.»

Discover the origins of special featurs later developed in the subsequent FINAL FANTASY series, including summoning magic, mini quests, the Active Time Battle system and much more Numerous weapons, items, magic spells and special skills allow for incredible gameplay depth and strategy

MaryAnn Johanson: My pick is A Little Chaos, a wonderful historical fantasy not about magic or dragons but a competent professional woman garden designer in 17th - century Paris.

Ok, so playing a sexy former stripper seems like a no - brainer in casting, but surprisingly Magic Mike turned out to be more than just a fluffy female fantasy.

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PETER PANThe magic, the excitement, the wonder of the true Peter Pan comes to life for the first time in this spellbinding fantasy that critics proclaim «a fun and fantastic tale!»

Half wish - fulfillment fantasy, half after - school special, Magic Mike is in many ways an unserious movie — but like many of Soderbergh's slicker entertainments, it's not without its moments of substance.

Magic Mike is not above pandering to straight women and gay men, but neither does it avoid trafficking in male - fantasy fulfillment; it provides a little something something for nearly everyone, as long as you're cool with partial nudity and physical objectification.

River City: Knights of Justice, released in 2014 as Nekketsu Mahou Monogatari in Japan, transplants the standard formula into a fantasy world of knights and magic.

It plays more like myth or metaphor than literal flashback, a beguiling, beautiful, terrible fantasy of sex and magic and flesh and fur in what could be the most magnificent cinematic snow globe ever shaken on screen.

The overview trailer showcases some of the things fans can look forward to seeing in FINAL FANTASY TYPE - 0 HD, including; the history and environments of the war - torn Kingdom of Orience, the fourteen brave young warriors of Class Zero; as well as the action packed battle system, with customisable magic spells, and the ability to summon fearsome monsters known as Eidolons!

Although rendered with predictable polish by the digital artists at Lucasfilm Animation Singapore and Industrial Light & Magic, the picture seems to unfold not in a coherently realized fantasy world, but rather at some sort of grotesque interspecies convention where Lucas and his collaborators have taken every conceivable character type that came to mind — goblins, imps, talking mushrooms, etc. — and plopped them down in front of the same meticulously detailed forest backdrop.

LOS ANGELES, CALIF --(February 15, 2011)- Return to the magic and wonder of C.S. Lewis» epic world in this third installment of the beloved The Chronicles of Narnia fantasy - adventure series when THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER sails into Blu - ray and DVD from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment on April 8th.

Coppola recently explained to Interview Magazine that «for me, magic means a sense of delight, and a sense of play in fantasy.

Chris Weitz's current entry in the holiday movie sweepstakes pretty much does what it sets out to do — steal some of that J.K. Rowling magic and sprinkle it over Philip Pullman's series of fantasy novels.

Set in a fantasy world, you play as a deceased king that is recently brought back to life by a magic fairy.

Strange Magic, a musical fantasy filled with magic, elves, goblins and fairies — and based loosely on William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, will be in theaters on January Magic, a musical fantasy filled with magic, elves, goblins and fairies — and based loosely on William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, will be in theaters on January magic, elves, goblins and fairies — and based loosely on William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, will be in theaters on January 23rd.

The magic, the excitement, the wonder of the true Peter Pan comes to life for the first time in this spellbinding fantasy that critics proclaim «a fun and fantastic tale!»

The various characters enter the player's room via a magic portal, walk around, compliment the player on their manga and video game collections in true fantasy form, and then leave in a few short minutes.

You play as the great Van Helsing's son, Van Helsing, in a world overflowing with the occult surrounded by the marriage of science and magic that could be considered fantasy steam punk.

Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain may be the ballsiest of all of the Hong Kong director's epic feats, an attempt to wed the action flicks of his home with the kind of big budget fantasy pieces beloved by Western audiences in the»80s, and later made ubiquitous by directors like Jim Henson and Wolfgang Peterson.

Combining elements of cold war espionage, creatures of fantasy, a love story, murder and betrayal, this is a fantasy for adults that still yearn for a bit of magic in their lives.

The fantasy convention of magic swords with hoity - toity names comes in for ridicule, too, when brutal asshole King Joffrey (Jack Gleeson) demands a title for his new enchanted blade and some wags in the audience yell back «Stormbringer!»

Magic, in this adaptation of contemporary fantasy's most successful novel series, is bogged down in human muck and mire.

Blurring the line between period piece and pre-war fantasy, Magic in the Moonlight tugs at the heartstrings ever so gently.

Kitchen Princess is a sweet and satisfying shojo manga story filled with fantasy, romance, drama and tasty recipes that even beginners can try to create culinary magic in their kitchen.

There is something about being caught up in a world that has been created from the ground up with an epic journey, magic, dangerous creatures, and all of the other amazing things that often come up in the world of fantasy that keeps Justin always coming back for more.

«I wanted to write a fantasy that would say something about the nature of my childhood and what it was like growing up in a small town, and about how magic exists for children,» he explains.

Ruthless Magic by Megan Crewe is the first full length book in the Conspiracy of Magic young adult urban fantasy series.

We also have: Lisa Silverthorne's Isabel's Tears, a novel about a magical inn; Dayle A. Dermatis» Waking the Witch, a gothic mystery novel with some paranormal elements and a light romance; Kelly Washington's The Pale Waters, the first novella in a four - part epic journey; Erica Lyon's Hot Waters, a steamy sea adventure novel; and New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch's The War and After, five historical fantasy stories of magic and revenge.

Taking place in a miscellaneous fantasy setting, Maria the Virgin Witch follows a woman named Maria who uses her magic abilities to defend her village.

As a bonus, we have Rebecca Senese's ten - story science fiction collection Tales of Possibilities; Thomas K. Carpenter's Revolutionary Magic, a historical fantasy and the first in the Dashkova Memoirs; Annie Reed's A Death in Cumberland, a moody police procedural; Nebula Award finalist Cat Rambo's Neither Here Nor There, a double collection of alt - world and real world fantasy stories; and last but not least, USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith's The Slots of Saturn, the origin story for his fan - favorite superhero Poker Boy.

Sterlin transports listeners to a fantasy - world Regency England in which the young Sorcerer Royal seeks to restore the country's stores of magic.

I haven't seen this particular mechanism used as a magic system in other fantasy works before, so I wouldn't say I drew magical inspiration from any fantasy worlds.

A bold, original fantasy that conjures up a land of magic and menace as Merle and Serafin begin a journey to unimagined realms in the extraordinary world of Dark Reflections.

Set in an alternate Victorian London, this fantasy is about Dr. Maya Witherspoon, daughter of a Brahmin lady and an English physician, who practices both standard Western medicine and the magic of India.

Fascinated with the byplay of magic and technology, Nathan is drawn to science fantasy in both his reading and writing.

My debut novel is a historical fantasy set in Regency London, featuring magic, romance and lots of hijinks.