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.

The fact that appeals to the classic Disney animated film "Fantasia", The Sorcerer's Apprentice" movie was a success, making it hardly unexpected blockbuster the 2010 summer. The decisive factor is probably worth to consider the appointment of a director's chair, Jon Turteltaub. This school friend of Nicolas Cage commemorates in connection with "National Treasure", and in the new movie he has done almost all the same, minus the injections a few stupid conspiracy patriotism doses. In "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" he not only made the reliability of the tale, but also led to believe in the magical origins of Nicolas Cage, in recent years the losses, on the contrary, the tragic mediocrity. And finally, we believe, neon signs have never seemed so magical thing, like after watching this, probably the best children's film of the 2010 year.

The first 3D film directed by the dependable director Martin Scorsese, it is also his first "family" film. Hugo Cabret is about an orphan boy who lives within the walls of a train station in Paris. He has lived there secretly since the loss of his father recently and when he discovers an automaton takes it to a toy shop to find out more about it. The toy shop owner, a cold hearted sullen man, Papa Georges (played by Academy Award Winner Ben Kingsley) and a girl named Isabelle (Chloe Grace Moretz) are along for a wild ride of adventure and intrigue with Hugo. They work together trying to find out how and why Hugo's father has disappeared. There is a heart shaped key that may hold the information Hugo needs but it will take some digging to find out what he wants to know.irected by Martin Scorsese (Shutter Island, The Aviator) and based on a book written by Brian Selznick from a novel based on his children's book titled The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Hugo is produced by Scorsese and Johnny Depp. Young Hugo is played by up and coming English actor Asa Butterfield (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Merlin).

Although this is a sequel to 2007's Ghost Rider, this time around it is filmed in 3D for an even more visually exciting effect and brings back Nicholas Cage as the Ghost Rider Johnny Blaze. Now we see that Blaze has turned into a tormented soul in self imposed exile who considers his powers to be a curse. Moreau, a monk who represents the order of Michael (a warrior angel) enlists Johnny Blaze to become protector for a mother and her son who are pursued by Roarke Carrigan, a figure who has his own supernatural abilities so he can compete with Ghost Rider.s the Devil himself attempts to take on human form through Roarke by turning him into Blackout, they undergo the classic good versus evil and the 3D effects are amazing to watch! Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance finds Johnny Blaze hiding away in eastern Europe and his peaceful existence becomes disrupted because the Devil never rests. This entertaining film stars Nicholas Cage (National Treasure, Leaving Las Vegas) as Johnny Blaze, Johnny Whitworth (3:10 To Yuma, Gamer) is Blackout/Roarke Carrigan, and the Devil is portrayed by Ciarán Hinds from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.

It should come as no surprise that if something is financially successful it will be repeated. That is especially true with feature films. This is the sequel to the popular Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) and follows in the filmsteps of some pretty successful movies including the original Journey to the Center of the Earth made back in 1959 and starred James Mason and Pat Boone. As the majority of filming was done in Hawaii look for some spectacular scenery!hen his grandfather goes missing Sean Anderson sets out to find him on a mythical lost island filled with scary monstrous things. Along with him is his mother's husband and a tour guide team. Part of the fun of this film is found in watching faces when the monsters show up! Look to see who actually appears scared out of their wits and who is obviously only hamming it up for cameras.osh Hutcherson (Zathura: A Space Adventure, The Polar Express) plays Sean Anderson, Michael Caine (Hannah and Her Sisters, Cider House Rules) is the sought after grandfather Alexander Anderson, Sean's stepfather Hank Parsons is played by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, and as tour guide and a love interest for Sean Vanessa Judgens (Thunderbirds, Beastly) plays Kailani.