1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 COME WITH US AS WE TUMBLE DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE, PASS THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, ENTER THE WARDROBE, AND RIDE A TORNADO TO OZ! &amp;nbsp; It’s time to cover one of my favorite subgenres: movies where people cross over into another world where they learn a lesson and meet a bunch of walking metaphors. This episode’s guest host, Betsy, calls these Portal Fantasies and notes similarities to the popular anime/manga Isekai genre, but I’m afraid that those titles will mess up my search results, so I’m calling them [Blank] in Wonderland Movies. &amp;nbsp; We’re trying to cover some of the rarer examples of the genre – specifically Tsui Hark’s Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983), Vladimir Grammatikov’s Mio, Min Mio (aka: Mio in the Land of Faraway, 1987), Hiroyuki Morita’s The Cat Returns (2002), and Gokhan Yorgancigil’s On the Count of Zero (Turkish: Sıfır Dediğimde, 2007) – but we can’t help but also talk about popular classics, like Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, Pan’s Labyrinth, Spirited Away, and others. &amp;nbsp; 00:00 – Intro and all the important, great movies we aren’t going to cover 12:29 – Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain&amp;nbsp; 34:04 – Mio, Min Mio 1:07:22 – The Cat Returns 1:29:23 – On the Count of Zero 1:47:55 – Outro and other recommendations &amp;nbsp; Genre Grinder https://www.genregrinder.com/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/34339465/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/34339465