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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe (1988)

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe (1988)
Rating: ★★½
May 5, 2005Epic Fantasy Adventure/Magical Otherworld
Before the films, this was an earlier BBC tv mini-series version of the C.S. Lewis book, one of a series of four adaptations. This is faithful to the story but suffers from impoverished effects
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989)

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989)
Rating: ★★½
Jun 19, 2005Epic Fantasy Adventure/Magical Otherworld
This was the third of the four BBC tv adaptations of C.S. Lewis's Narnia books. The tv versions treats the books with quite reasonable faithfulness but suffer from extremely cheap looking effects
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (1989)

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (1989)
Rating: ★★½
Jun 3, 2005Epic Fantasy Adventure/Magical Otherworld
The second of the BBC's tv adaptations of C.S. Lewis's Narnia books, the slightest of the works where the story is reduced to two half-hour episode
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair (1990)

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair (1990)
Rating: ★★½
Jul 2, 2005Epic Fantasy Adventure/Magical Otherworld
This was the fourth and final, as well as the best of the BBC's tv adaptations of C.S. Lewis's Narnia books, which works well enough despite the impoverished production values
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
Rating: ★★
May 28, 2010Videogame Adaptation/Arabian Nights Adventure
Adaptation of the popular videogame that ventures into Arabian Nights adventure, this was a box-office flop. It swashbuckles entertainingly but Jake Gyllenhaal feels badly miscast as a buffed adventure hero
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