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Spellbinder (computer Game)
Spellbinder may refer to: Film and television * ''The Spellbinder'', a 1939 American drama film * ''Spellbinder'' (film), a 1988 American supernatural thriller film * ''Spellbinder'' (TV series), a 1995 Australian-Polish science fiction series * Spellbinder, a sorcerer or sorceress in the animated series ''Tara Duncan'' * Spellbinder, a character in ''The Adventures of Letterman'', a segment from the television series ''The Electric Company'' Games * ''Spellbinder'' (board game), a 1980 game published by Task Force Games * ''Spellbinder'' (paper-and-pencil game), a 1977 simultaneous game by Richard Bartle * ''Spellbinder'' (video game), a 1987 computer game for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron Literature * Spellbinder (Bowkett novel), a 1985 novel by Stephen Bowkett * ''Spellbinder'', a 2006 novel by Melanie Rawn * Spellbinder (DC Comics), four supervillains * ''Spellbinders'', a Marvel Comics limited series Music * The Spellbinders, a 1960s American soul group * ''Spell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spellbinder
''The Spellbinder'' is a 1939 American drama film directed by Jack Hively, written by Thomas Lennon (screenwriter, born 1896), Thomas Lennon and Joseph Fields, and starring Lee Tracy, Barbara Read, Patric Knowles, Allan Lane and Linda Hayes (actress), Linda Hayes. It was released on July 28, 1939, by RKO Pictures. Plot Jed Marlowe is a lawyer that specialises in defending guilty criminals using loopholes and briberies. His daughter believes that the criminals saved by her father are actually innocent and marries a killer that should have gone to the electric chair if not for Jed. Cast References External links * 1939 films American black-and-white films RKO Pictures films 1939 drama films American drama films Films produced by Cliff Reid Films directed by Jack Hively 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spellbinder (film)
''Spellbinder'' is a 1988 American witchcraft-themed horror film directed by Janet Greek, starring Timothy Daly and Kelly Preston. The screenplay was written by Tracy Tormé. The original music score was written by Basil Poledouris. The film was marketed with the tagline "A nightmare of illusion and betrayal". Plot Miranda Reed (Kelly Preston) is saved from an abusive boyfriend by Los Angeles attorney Jeff Mills (Tim Daly) and his lawyer friend and coworker Derek Clayton. The boyfriend makes threats at Jeff, but eventually leaves. As Miranda has no home, Jeff offers to let her stay at his. Jeff becomes romantically involved with Miranda, despite the ominous things that keep happening since he has met her. Jeff invites his coworkers to his home for a party and for them to meet Miranda. All of them like Miranda, except for Grace, Jeff's secretary, who notices Miranda's strange behaviors, e.g., referring to the winter solstice as a "holy night," and taking a turkey out with her ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spellbinder (TV Series)
''Spellbinder'' () is a 1995 English-language fantasy adventure science fiction children's television series, co-produced between Australia and Poland, and filmed in both countries. The series follows the adventures of Sydney high-schooler Paul Reynolds ( Zbych Trofimiuk) as he is accidentally stranded in a parallel world where the industrial revolution never happened. Only a small number of people there have technology – the "Spellbinders" – and they pretend it is magic and use it to rule over everyone else, manipulating people's fear and ignorance. Paul, with the help of a local girl called Riana (Gosia Piotrowska), uses his wits and his own knowledge of science to survive, whilst his high-school friends try to rescue him. The series has 26 episodes of 30 minutes each, and was produced by Film Australia and Telewizja Polska Telewizja Polska S.A. (; TVP), also known in English as Polish Television, is a Public broadcasting, public service broadcaster in Poland, founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tara Duncan (TV Series)
''Tara Duncan'' (also known as ''Tara Duncan: The Evil Empress'' in the United States, which is the title of the eighth novel) is an animated television series co-produced by MoonScoop and DQ Entertainment, with the participation of M6 and Disney Channel, very loosely based on the novel series. The show premiered on 27 June 2010 in France on Disney XD, and aired through 19 June 2011 but was cancelled after 26 episodes. A computer-animated show started airing in August 2022, which follows the book series more. Characters Main * Tara Duncan is the main character of the series. She's a confident seventeen-year-old (twelve in the book series) highest spellbinder-in-training, and commander of the Alpha Team. She has blue eyes and blond hair with a pale highlight, and her familiar is a pegasus named Gallant. She is very powerful magically as, according to Sparrow in "BFF", she can cause a whole lot of damage with her exceptionally strong powers alone. She tried to ask Master Chem wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Letterman
The Adventures of Letterman is a series of animated shorts that was a regular feature on the 1970s PBS educational television series The Electric Company. A superhero spoof created by Mike Thaler, it debuted during the show's second season. Each episode was animated by John Hubley and Faith Hubley and pit the title character, voiced by Gene Wilder, against the "Spell Binder", voiced by Zero Mostel, with Joan Rivers as the narrator. Plots revolve around Spell Binder causing trouble by changing the letter of a word so it means something completely different, then Letterman restoring it. Sixty segments were produced from 1972 to 1976. Plot In each episode, Joan Rivers narrates the introduction: Then the narrator describes a simple, everyday situation. The Spell Binder expresses disgust at what is occurring and uses his magic wand to change a key letter in a word causing havoc. For example, in one episode a group of people who are enjoying custard have it suddenly become mustard, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spellbinder (board Game)
''Spellbinder'' is a fantasy microgame (board games), microgame published by Task Force Games in 1980 in which wizards compete to conquer the central castle. Description ''Spellbinder'' is a 2–4 player game in which each player controls a wizard. Yamantsar, the chief wizard of central Yof-Pintre castle, has departed to go conquering, and the four remaining wizards, who occupy lesser castles in corners of the board, each decide to take over Yof-Piintre. Gameplay Each turn, the first player is chosen at random. The sequence of play is: * Movement * Magical combat: Each wizard chooses a spell secretly, and the two spells are revealed simultaneously. Spells can cause damage to the enemy army, but can also backfire, causing damage to the owning player's army. * Regular combat Scenarios The game comes with three scenarios: # Everyone vies for control of Yof-Pintre. # One player starts in control of Yof-Pintre and must defend it. # Yamantsar, the chief wizard, returns to fight the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spellbinder (paper-and-pencil Game)
Richard Allan Bartle (born 10 January 1960) is a British writer, professor and game researcher in the massively multiplayer online game industry. He co-created ''MUD1'' (the first MUD) in 1978, and is the author of the 2003 book ''Designing Virtual Worlds''. Life and career In 1988, Bartle received a PhD in artificial intelligence from the University of Essex, where as an undergraduate, he created ''MUD1'' with Roy Trubshaw in 1978. He lectured at Essex until 1987, when he left to work full-time on ''MUD'' (known as '' MUD2'' in its present version). Several years later he returned to the university as a part-time professor and principal teaching fellow in the Department of Computing and Electronic Systems, supervising courses on computer game design as part of the department's degree course on computer game development. He retired from teaching at the end of April 2025 and is now Emeritus Professor. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 2003, he wrote ''Designing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spellbinder (video Game)
Spellbinder may refer to: Film and television * ''The Spellbinder'', a 1939 American drama film * ''Spellbinder'' (film), a 1988 American supernatural thriller film * ''Spellbinder'' (TV series), a 1995 Australian-Polish science fiction series * Spellbinder, a sorcerer or sorceress in the animated series '' Tara Duncan'' * Spellbinder, a character in ''The Adventures of Letterman'', a segment from the television series ''The Electric Company'' Games * ''Spellbinder'' (board game), a 1980 game published by Task Force Games * ''Spellbinder'' (paper-and-pencil game), a 1977 simultaneous game by Richard Bartle * ''Spellbinder'' (video game), a 1987 computer game for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron Literature * Spellbinder (Bowkett novel), a 1985 novel by Stephen Bowkett * ''Spellbinder'', a 2006 novel by Melanie Rawn * Spellbinder (DC Comics), four supervillains * ''Spellbinders'', a Marvel Comics limited series Music * The Spellbinders, a 1960s American soul group * ''Spel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spellbinder (Bowkett Novel)
''Spellbinder'' is a novel by Stephen Bowkett published in 1985. Plot summary ''Spellbinder'' is a novel in which the teenaged protagonist uses actual magic to perform tricks of conjuration. Reception Dave Langford reviewed ''Spellbinder'' for ''White Dwarf'' #67, and stated that "magic and fantasy do not conveniently depart from the hero's life the moment he's been taught some cheap moral lesson: here the poor sod has to learn to live with a responsibility which is his for the next sixty years. Right on." Reviews *Review by Nik Morton (1985) in Vector 126 *Review by Anne Gay (1985) in Fantasy Review ''Fantasy Newsletter'', later renamed ''Fantasy Review'', was a major fantasy fanzine founded by Paul C. Allen and later issued by Robert A. Collins. Frequent contributors included Fritz Leiber and Gene Wolfe. Publication history The first iss ..., August 1985 References {{reflist 1985 novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanie Rawn
Melanie Rawn (born 1954) is an American author of fantasy literature. She received a BA in history from Scripps College and worked as a teacher and editor before becoming a writer. She has been nominated for a Locus award on three occasions: in 1989 for ''Dragon Prince'' in the first novel category, in 1994 for ''Skybowl'' in the fantasy novel category, and again in 1995 for ''Ruins of Ambrai'' in the fantasy novel category. The third novel in the "Exiles" trilogy has now been "forthcoming" since the late 1990s due to the author suffering from clinical depression and moving on to other projects to facilitate her recovery. In 2014, Rawn stated via Kate Elliot's blog that she intended to complete the trilogy after finishing the fifth book of the ''Glass Thorns'' series. Bibliography ''Dragon Prince'' trilogy *'' Dragon Prince'', 1988 *'' The Star Scroll'', 1989 *'' Sunrunner's Fire'', 1990 ''Dragon Star'' trilogy *''Stronghold'', 1991 *'' The Dragon Token'', 1993 *'' Skybowl'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spellbinder (DC Comics)
The Spellbinder is the name of four fictional supervillains who appear in comic books published by DC Comics. Versions of the character have appeared on the animated series ''Batman Beyond'' and '' The Batman''. Fictional character biography Delbert Billings The first Spellbinder, Delbert Billings, first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #358 (December 1966), and was created by John Broome and Sheldon Moldoff. He is a painter who uses optical illusions and hypnotic weapons to commit crimes. Throughout his appearances, Spellbinder battles Batman and Superman before being killed by his girlfriend, Fay Moffit. Real name unknown A second, unidentified Spellbinder appears in ''Justice League International'' (vol. 2) #65 as a member of the government-sanctioned "League-Busters". Fay Moffit In ''Underworld Unleashed'', Delbert Billings' girlfriend Fay Moffit kills him and gains Neron's power. She becomes the third Spellbinder, also known as Lady Spellbinder, before being killed during ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spellbinders
''Spellbinders'' is a comic book published by Marvel Comics as part of the Marvel Next comic book branding. Created by writer Mike Carey and artist Mike Perkins, the six-issue limited series debuted in March 2005. It is part of the Marvel Universe but does not feature obvious links to other comic books. The series is set around John Hathorne High School, a fictional high school in Salem, Massachusetts, where magic is accepted as a fact. There are rivalries between magical students ("wicks") and non-magical students ("blanks"), and between the various covens. The story centers around Kim Vesco, a girl who has strange dreams and an interest in sculpture. Development Concept and creation At the time Mike Carey was primarily associated with DC Comics, particularly their mature readers Vertigo Comics line and the title ''Lucifer'', he hoped that the series would help him get away from being pigeonholed as a "dark" writer. He referred to the title as a "magical horror fantasy." Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
