Disney looks to have quite the line up as their Wreck-It Ralph will hit theaters this November but next year we get an even more fantastical story with Sam Raimi’s Oz: The Great and Powerful. Raimi looks to trade web-shooters and campy horror for the Yellow Brick Road and wizards/witches. We got a stunningly gorgeous teaser poster last week and now, from Hall H of Comic-Con, comes this first look at the return to the mystical land of Oz in L. Frank Baum’s beloved story…enjoy! Oh, and make sure you take note of the sly transition from 4:3 to wide screen. From a screenplay by Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abaire Oz The Great and Powerfuldirected by Sam…
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G-S-T Review…Ice Age: Continental Drift
Over the past couple of decades studios besides Disney have started taking an interest in animated films. While Disney undoubtedly paved the way for this medium, thankfully other large studios began generating high quality animated entertainment as well. Pixar forever changed the landscape of animated films and cemented their legacy in the history books. While other studios may never achieve Disney/Pixar success, they are certainly doing their part to entertain us as well. With that being said, 20th Century Fox delivers Ice Age: Continental Drift, which is the fourth feature length film in this series. After a successful string of previous box office hits, some may wonder if this movie…
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G-S-T Review…To Rome With Love
To Rome With Love is a light, heartwarming film made for dreamers and lovers that moves between several story lines with witty dialogue and lots of laughs. The film reintroduces us to many of the devices seen in the most traditional of Woody Allen films, including an appearance by Allen himself. The film is constructed of four diverging stories about love, fame and longing. In the first sequence the audience is introduced to Italian newlyweds who’ve come to Rome to meet with the husband’s high-society family. Next we encounter an average, middle-class Roman (Roberto Benigni) and his wife and family whose lives are turned upside down by the media. In another story, Jesse Eisenberg plays a young architect…