This changes everything: Paul Reubens to voice the White Rabbit in…

At first the thought of another 1,000-episode series set in the same realm of Once Upon A Time made us cringe, as the current series has gone to hell this season. But then we found out that Pee Wee Herman would be voicing the White Rabbit in this Wonderland-centric show. In. In. In. So in.

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How a Beautiful Woman With a Cow's Tail Will Win Your Heart in Thale

Norway makes the best monster movies. From the Nazi zombies of Dead Snow to the Christian blood sniffing beasts of Trollhunter, when it comes to big bads, Norway is the only country churning out anything new. And to that pile of supernatural bad-assery we would like to add the new movie Thale. Spoilers ahead...

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Why can't Hollywood make a decent fairy tale movie?

Fairytales contain some of the most delightful make-believe in literature, even with all their creepiness and weirdness. These stories of bargains and trials, distilled by the oral tradition, pack some of the most potent storytelling in any genre, for any audience. So why can't anybody manage to make a halfway decent…

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Congratulations Once Upon A Time, you have created the most horrifying …

Last night Once Upon A Time centered its storyline around a fully wooden grown-up Pinocchio. See, after he was done having sex and drinking in Phuket (something only rotten people do) Pinocchio's curse caught up to him, and now he is a creature that is ENTIRELY MADE OUT OF WOOD. There are no words, there is only…

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At last, Once Upon a Time uses fairytale tropes to rip out your heart

Another triumph for Once Upon a Time last night. Can we just stop spending the budget on silly fairy crap, and keep focusing on better writing? For the first time in two years, Once did something we've always wanted to see on screen: Demonstrate how broken the fairytale mindset of good vs. evil truly is. Spoilers…

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We can only hope Frozen is half as lovely as these Snow Queen

We've only gotten a few glimpses of Disney's upcoming adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen," Frozen, but there are some truly lovely visuals in the film's concept art. deviantARTist a-hour takes a very different approach to the fairy tale, but shows off the striking images it can inspire.

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This is what hate sex looks like in Disney's Fairy Tale Kingdom

Last night was an excellent representation of Once Upon A Time at its best. Don't forget this show has cash — buckets of it. And when it uses its cash to cast good actors and employ great writers, they all have a lot fun juicing out the darkness from these plump little fairy tale pixies.

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