Sam Raimi directed the forgotten Disney movie. 'Oz the Great and Powerful's star-studded cast failed to bring audiences to theaters. "You stay out of this, Glinda! Or I'll fix you as well!" How did ...

In the film from director Sam Raimi, a young man played by James Franco is caught in a tornado that takes him from Kansas to Oz. That's where we get the back-story of how a circus magician named Oscar ...

This line, sung by Glinda in the song “No One Mourns the Wicked,” is one of the most nuanced lyrics, in my opinion, of the whole “Wicked” musical. It applies for every type of villain, even though the ...

It’s a bad omen when, early on in Oz the Great and Powerful, we learn that the full given name of its wizard is Oscar, also the ceremony that star James Franco once presided over as calamitously as he ...

It’s a bad omen when, early on in Oz the Great and Powerful, we learn that the full given name of its wizard is Oscar. That, of course, is also the name of the awards ceremony that star James Franco ...

The concept of ‘imagining’ a story beyond what the original author has written has always fascinated me. Whether it’s a prequel or a sequel, when put in the right hands, an imagining can result in ...

A new full-length trailer for Sam Raimi's upcoming Wizard of Oz prequel Oz: The Great and Powerful has been released and peee-uuuu does this thing look not good. Sorry to poop on the parade, but this ...

This Friday Disney is hoping you'll shirk over some money to take another journey to the Land of Oz with James Franco and three movie-star witches and go see Oz the Great and Powerful. The new film ...

So, it turns out in Oz the Great & Powerful that the man behind the curtain is even smaller and less mighty than Dorothy had discovered in the Emerald City. It turns out that the tale of how the man ...