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Oz The Great and Powerful

Palo Alto movie review (Edinburgh International Film Festival)

Tue, Jul 08, 2014
9 comments

A meditative contemplation of the boredom of overprivileged, under-aspiring, shallow, spoiled kids. As you’ve been dying to see.

| 9 Comments

Maleficent movie review: fatal enchantment… you know, for kids!

Wed, May 28, 2014
140 comments

Please leave your desire for a well-rounded story in the lockers provided, and keep your arms and legs inside the ride while it is in motion.

| 140 Comments

the Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2013 EDA Award winners

Fri, Dec 20, 2013
3 comments

12 Years a Slave and Gravity win big…

| 3 Comments

can you spot the bullshit in this description of Timur Bekmambetov’s Warriors of Oz?

Wed, Jul 24, 2013
14 comments

The female protagonist has been scrubbed from this “classic story.” Why, Bekmambetov? You got a problem with women?

| 14 Comments

Hollywood doesn’t play nice… (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed, Mar 13, 2013
1 comment

Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

| 1 Comment

London photo of the day: not unveiled by HRH the Prince of Wales

Fri, Mar 08, 2013
2 comments

At least I presume no one hauled a member of the royal family down to the Empire Cinemas in Leicester Square to unveil this promo sign for Oz the Great and Powerful…

| 2 Comments

Oz the Great and Powerful (review)

Thu, Mar 07, 2013
30 comments

Exactly what you expect it to be. Unless you were expecting some Sam Raimi nutso. (new DVD/VOD US/Can)

| 30 Comments

The Lone Ranger, Oz the Great and Powerful, Iron Man 3 Super Bowl ads

Mon, Feb 04, 2013
7 comments

In lieu of a trailer today, here are the gathered Super Bowl ads that ran during the game yesterday for Disney’s upcoming flicks

| 7 Comments

question of the day: What 2013 movie are you most looking forward to?

Thu, Jan 10, 2013
24 comments

Let’s get our geek on for the coming year!

| 24 Comments

Oz: The Great and Powerful (trailer)

Mon, Nov 19, 2012
1 comment

Uh-oh. This is looking a little too much like Tim Burton’s hideous Alice in Wonderland…

| 1 Comment
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