Could you imagine that Oz: The Great and Powerful, which is loosely based in L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was planned to be filmed by Disney since 1937? The rights for this movie was sold and resold for many times before, finally, Walt Disney Production acquired them and signed a contract with Sam Raimi to direct the film. Disney's series of decisions to reduce the filming costs had lead to unsuccessful negotiations with Robert Downey, Jr. and Johnny Depp for the leading role of Oscar Diggs/Oz, till, finally, James Franco was chosen for the role. You may remember him as Will Rodman form Rise of the Planet of the Apes. As the movie is the prequel for the core story The Wizard of Oz, there are no lovely Dorothy Gale, instead we have three witches. The Wicked Witch of the West, Theodora is portrayed by Mila Kunis which recently has had leading roles in Hell & Back and Friends with Benefits). Evanora The Wicked Witch of the East and the Ruler of the Munchkin Country is played by Rachel Weisz (The Bourne Legacy, To the Wonder); she inferiors in power of magic with Glinda the Good Witch of the South which is most powerful sorceress of Oz and is the ruler of the Quadling Country. In Disney's version of Oz: The Great and Powerful, Glinda is portrayed by Michelle Williams, which was quite smart decision, taking in consideration the amazing performance of Michelle Williams in My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe.

Straight out of the DC Comics we find that Batman is back for yet another installment of the series brought to us by Christopher Nolan, writer, producer, as well as director. This is the third and supposedly last in the series from Nolan. But Batman has been around a long long time and who can say it will ever end?his film concludes the story that began with Batman Begins followed up with The Dark Knight and finally The Dark Knight Rises. And they will tell us the villain will not be either the Riddler or Mr. Freeze. Brother to Christopher, Jonathan Nolan is involved with script writing this time around and between the two they have plenty of plot twists and turns to keep us thoroughly entertained once again.tarring Christian Bale (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Terminator Salvation) as Bruce Wayne/Batman, that billionaire socialite who deems it his priority to keep Gotham City free from crime. Also starring are Sir Michael Caine (Inception, Alfie) as Alfred Pennyworth Bruce Wayne's advisor and butler, Gary Oldman (Red Riding Hood, The Book of Eli) as Gotham City Commissioner of Police James Gordon. Included in the cast are Anne Hathaway and Morgan Freeman.

Suicide Squad is a 2016 American superhero film based on the DC Comics supervillain team of the same name. The film is directed and written by David Ayer and stars an ensemble cast including Will Smith, Margot Robbie, and Jared Leto. The plot follows a secret government agency that recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for reduced sentences.

The 2011 movie Red State may sound like a political thriller but it's far from that! You see there is this religious cult called the Five Points Church, led by a fanatical preacher Abin Cooper that protests at funerals (no not that group) and have recently been under investigation by the ATF for suspicious activity. The funerals are primarily for gay individuals who have been murdered locally, leading the local sheriff to investigate the leader of this highly controversial religious clan as a possible suspect. Preacher Cooper (played by Michael Parks from Then Came Bronson, From Dusk Till Dawn) and his wife Sarah (played ably by Melissa Leo from Homicide: Life on the Streets, Righteous Kill) seem to get their kicks from trapping, then executing young men, particularly those who appear to be gay. While Sarah Cooper lures the young men with promises of sexual favors, the couple then entraps them and ties them onto a cross with plastic wrap. The targets for their insane games are easily found on internet chat rooms and once they are murdered there will be funerals to which the preacher Cooper will delight in protesting! Business is good at the Five Points Church. Also starring are John Goodman, Stephen Root, and Kevin Pollak.

The third part of the saga about the elusive "avenger" attacked viewers from all the sides by the action could be comparable with Doug Lyman's one only. But in something The Bourne Ultimatum has overtaken him, for example, in suspense. It's not so surprising, taking into account the fact that director Paul Greengrass, this time take into account his mistakes make in the last movie. He almost brought it to perfection by the intrigues within the organization that pursues irrepressible Jason Bourne. "The film has gained an adventurous spirit, which lacked the second sequel, and the viewer itself got involved in a confrontation between Bourne and the his many rivals. Bourne is not only dangerous, he still allows himself to laugh at the most senior officials, deceiving them as blind kittens. The more Greengrass self-irony is seen, interspersed in the brief and romping Bourne fights with each another recruit. It should be noted that Bourne is increasingly opposed to the agent James Bond in the warfare usage. If the vaunted Mr. Bond uses a variety of gadgets, in order to kill the enemy, then the Born just takes the first available book and efficiently kills without taking the spirit…

Some futuristic story ideas seem to paint a rather bleak picture of how life may be later on and The Hunger Games is right up there with the premise that we could hold lotteries each year to select competitors from youngsters. Seems that North America has become a divided country and now there is only the Capitol which is broken down into 12 districts. Now called Panem, the former United States of America makes many crucial decisions by way of an annual fight to the death. There will be two from each of the 12 districts so the total of 24 participants must fight each other to the death and the citizens find this required viewing on live television!hen 16 year old Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence from Medium, The Bill Engvall Show) volunteers to take her younger sisters place, she and Peeta Mellark, who is her counterpart find they are up against far bigger and stronger competitors who have been trained for this type of battle all of their lives. Peeta is played by Josh Hutcherson (RV, The Kids Are All Right). Look for Stanley Tucci, Woody Harrelson, Lenny Kravitz, and Donald Sutherland also in The Hunger Games.