Nervous anticipation usually accompanies the English-language debut film of a prominent international director – the big business of American movie production has too often resulted in a compromised vision and desaturation of t...

This past weekend saw the release of Oz the Great and Powerful, which if you’ve read my review you know that I really liked, and to my delight, it had the biggest opening weekend of the year so far. Meanwhile, this week&#...

If there was to be any film to slay the mediocre Jack the Giant Slayer, it would be Oz the Great and Powerful, and the Sam Raimi-directed prequel did not disappoint; while it still has a long ways to go to make up its $215 mill...