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Oz the Great and Powerful: The Wizard of Blahs

• March 9, 2013 • 4 Comments

Posted in Film Reviews
Tags: Alice in Wonderland, Danny Elfman, feminism, feminist, Film, Glinda, James Franco, L. Frank Baum, Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis, movies, Oz, Oz The Great and Powerful, prequel, prequels, Rachel Weisz, Sam Raimi, The Wicked Witch, The Wicked Witch of the West, The Wizard of Oz, Theodora, Tim Burton, Zach Braff


Reviews: Stoker, Dead Man Down, Jack the Giant Slayer

• March 8, 2013 • 3 Comments

Posted in Film Reviews
Tags: Armand Assante, Bill Nighy, Chan Wook Park, Colin Farrell, Dead Man Down, Dominic Cooper, Eddie Marsan, Ewan MacGregor, fairy tale, Film, Ian McShane, Isabelle Huppert, Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack the Giant Slayer, Jacki Weaver, Matthew Goode, Mia Wasikowska, movie, movies, Nicholas Hoult, Nicole Kidman, Niels Arden Oplev, Noomi Rapace, Stanley Tucci, Stoker, Terrence Howard


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