Oz The Great and Powerful. Rated PG (mild fantasy violence and some scary scenes). 130 minutes. Directed by Sam Raimi. Screenplay by Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abaire. Based on the novels by L Frank Baum.
Verdict: What might have been a dud turns out to be a
wonderfully entertaining companion piece to one of the most loved movies of all
time.
As iconic movies go, few
compare to the magnificent The Wizard of Oz (1939), which to this day remains a remarkable
achievement in cinematic fantasy storytelling. Well-known and equally
well-loved by generations of film-goers, The Wizard of Oz introduced us to Judy Garland’s Dorothy, her
little dog Toto, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion who together,
battled the Wicked Witch of the West
for the future of The Emerald City.
