Will 2013 be the (movie) year of the witch?
In 2012, vampires were clearly the featured movie monster of choice. There was a little bit of everything for fans of the bloodsuckers from straight-up action films like “Underworld Awakening”...
View ArticleWant Oz The Great and Powerful to make a balloon stop in your town?
I love when studios get creative in hyping their films and this Disney effort makes perfect sense and goes beyond the standard flood the TV and movie theaters reminded people their next movie is out....
View Article“The Wizard of Oz”– done in “The Sims” style
In doing some research for my review of “Oz the Great and Powerful,” I stumbled onto this on YouTube. It’s pretty amazing. For playing The Sims for all of about two days, I’m blown away by having just...
View ArticleReview: Oz the Great and Powerful
The true wizard in “Oz the Great and Powerful” is Director Sam Raimi for proving to be more than up to the task of crafting a prequel to “The Wizard of Oz” with a dazzling, magical effort that proves a...
View ArticleBox office roundup – March 10, 2013 –“Oz” has great and powerful opening weekend
1. Oz the Great and Powerful - $80.3 million [debut week] Disney had high hopes in making this prequel to “The Wizard of Oz” and they were rewarded with a magical best of 2013-opening with the Sam...
View ArticleBox office roundup – March 17, 2013 –“Oz” stays on yellow brick road, “The...
1. Oz the Great and Powerful - $42.4 million [2nd week; $145 million] The family fantasy film had no trouble retaining its top spot for a second week and seems on track to hold it through the rest of...
View ArticleBox office roundup – March 24 – Audiences dig prehistoric “Croods,” fall for...
1. The Croods – $44 million [debut week] The year’s first heavily promoted animated film did gangbusters as families flocked to DreamWorks Animation’s latest effort, but it was hardly the only newcomer...
View ArticleNew on Blu-Ray/DVD for June 12, 2013 – Grab the “Oz” and see “Snitch”
A pretty good week for new releases with 2 out of 3 worth seeing/addition to your collection. Oz the Great and Powerful – Joined by a flying monkey and a porcelain doll, con-man Oz (James Franco) sets...
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