Originally Posted by Zalabim
Somewhere between Stardust and Labyrinth, there's Mirrormask....
Now we're talking. Mirrormask is a great little movie, and I really need to watch it again. Coraline I couldn't get into and didn't finish.

As for Stardust (thanks, comicshorse!) that's also very much in the vein of what I'm thinking of. I just watched it again a few weeks ago, and while the plot is a bit of a frothy mess, it's still tremendously fun, and the acting talent is top-notch across the board.

Originally Posted by Zalabim
[The Magicians is] like a continual, repeating, spiraling train wreck with magic.
I really, really dislike this series, for reasons I won't go into. I forced myself to finish the first season and quit for good, which I've never regretted.