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Animated feature from France based on the graphic novels of Jacques Tardi

Leaving soon: ‘April and the Extraordinary World’ – Steampunk animated adventure on Criterion Channel

!Featured, adventure, Animation, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, childhood, Criterion Channel, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, Kid Stuff, Science Fiction, SVOD 05/21/2023 Sean Axmaker

A teenage street urchin in an alternate reality Paris battles a mysterious organization kidnapping the greatest minds in the world in this playful fantasy fable.

Timo Vuorensola directs this German farce about space Nazis.

‘Iron Sky’ – Steampunk Nazis on Amazon Prime

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, Comedy, Cult Movies, DVD, fantasy, International Cinema, satire, Science Fiction, SVOD, war 03/07/2021 Sean Axmaker

Iron Sky (Germany, 2012) is an inspired concept—Hitler escaped Germany with a cadre of Nazi loyalists and established a colony on the dark side of the moon—executed with total conviction, at least in the physical details. This isolated outpost lives in a steampunk world forged from the legacy of Krupp machineworks, all giant gears and […]

Zooey Deschanel, Raoul Trujillo, Alan Cumming, and Neal McDonough in a revisionist Oz

‘Tin Man’ – Steampunk Oz on Netflix and Hulu

!Featured, fantasy, Hulu, Netflix, Streaming TV 12/12/2016 Sean Axmaker

The mini-series Tin Man (2007), a radical reworking of The Wizard of Oz that is equal parts revisionist remake and dark sequel, became the most watched original program in the history of the SciFi Channel (before its rebranding as SyFy) when it premiered almost a decade ago. Our Kansas farm girl is a spunky waitress […]