Oz the Great and Powerful
Rating: In describing Franco’s wizard, “Great and Powerful” does not come to mind.
Category Archive: Fantasy
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Jack the Giant Slayer
Director Singer’s film has already been unfairly dismissed as a lost cause. It’s actually a fun ride, particularly if you can coax a teenager to see it with you.
Beautiful Creatures (2013)
How can you possibly resist a film that dismisses witches with the same energy that it dismisses homosexuals, liberals and Democrats? It’s almost like crashing a Tea Party gathering.
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
If Hansel and Gretel would have realized who their mother was, Hansel would never have said, “The only good witch is a dead witch.” Rating: Really should be seen in a movie theater… Continue reading
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
There is magic with any journey that begins in The Shire, particularly if Gollum lurks. Rating: Needs to be seen at the IMAX if possible, but at least in 3D.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
If you really want to see a good vampire movie, then go watch Tim Burton’s comic understated joy, Dark Shadows, which starred Johnny Depp. Rating: This is a film better seen at home… Continue reading
ParaNorman
While the statue in ParaNorman of the feared witch closely resembles Margaret Hamilton from The Wizard of Oz, what if she really was a 12-year-old girl wrongly executed 300 years earlier who now… Continue reading
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Didn’t deserve the Sundance Film Award, but who cares.
Ruby Sparks
This is an embracing tale of love found, love lost, and love rediscovered.
