Feb 22nd, 2010 · This week, Tell Me More's senior producer, Alicia Montgomery asks how much of the Tiger Woods take-down is a revenge fantasy for journalists. Montgomery says Woods is no longer being punished for disgracing his family, but defying media expectations.
Feb 11th, 2010 · Chris Columbus directs a young-adult fantasy about an angsty teen who learns he's the son of Poseidon — and finds himself caught up in a conflict among the gods. Special effects and a modern spin on mythology it's got, but Harry Potter it is not.
Feb 5th, 2010 · Luc Besson's latest action fantasy, From Paris With Love, stars John Travolta as an FBI agent and Jonathan Rhys Myers as a diplomat trying to stop a terrorist attack in Paris. The story moves at warp speed — and it doesn't skimp on thrills.
Feb 3rd, 2010 · The main character of Stephen Benatar's 1982 novel Wish Her Safe at Home is a middle-aged London woman who inherits a run-down house from her aunt. The book, now in paperback for the first time, blends bright fantasy with a creeping darkness.
Jan 17th, 2010 · Far-out fantasy and ripped-from-the-headlines reality are in the running at Sunday night's Golden Globes, Hollywood's first major film honors that will help sort out the Academy Awards picture.
Dec 24th, 2009 · For all its breezily affectionate tone, Nancy Meyers' comedy about a once-married twosome having a later-in-life rematch is at its core a revenge fantasy for the jilted wife. Not that there's anything wrong with that — or with Meryl Streep's entertainingly neurotic performance — but The First Wives' Club came by its bile more honestly.
Dec 23rd, 2009 · If our storytelling styles suggest the way we see the world, Terry Gilliam's view is a true blur of fantasy and reality. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus leads audiences through a cramped contemporary London and into worlds of open, crystalline fantasy, and if the narrative gets a little knotty, Gilliam's eye-teasing, mind-tickling tale is worth the wild ride.
Dec 23rd, 2009 · Many of the picks from Fresh Air's book critic look back at tough times from earlier eras, or lives upended by disaster. The best books of the year include a work of nonfiction that reveals the hidden fantasy land of a founder of American industry, and a novel that doesn't apologize for the bad behavior of its characters. Plus, a bonus mystery pick.