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.

This time around Puss in boots is preparing to enter a sword fight with Shrek and some of his friends. The accented voice of Antonio Banderas is back and in fine form with plenty to say about Shrek while learning how to battle like a big cat. His best defense seems to be his personality, which he turns on at the drop of a hat or whenever he needs to get out of a stick situation. He stares with an innocent expression that is wide eyed wonderment, all designed to soften the heart of any enemy. It seldom works. He and Donkey try to persuade Shrek to help get from place to place because they need his bulk and arrogance. ing Harold hires Puss in Boots to assassinate Shrek that soon fails when Puss gags on a hair ball. As a swashbuckler Puss in Boots has much to learn and he has more romantic ideas in mind that require far less energy.ther voices include Billy Bob Thornton (Mr. Woodcock, The Astronaut Farmer), Salma Hayek (Lonely Hearts, Grown Ups), and Amy Sedaris (TV series Hot in Cleveland and The New Adventures of Old Christine).

Daniel Lugo and Adrian Doorbal are undistinguished bodybuilders, working as coaches in Sun Gym. They are sick and tired of their poor and unpromising life. At one day Daniel Lugo was enlightened by the "brilliant" idea: to kidnap a rich and spoiled local businessman, Victor Kershaw, a prosperous client of Sun Gym. The plot was easy: to torture Victor as long as it will be in need to make him signing his capital over to the "Sun Gym Gang" as their call themselves. To make the tortures more "impressive", the gang enlists the help of Paul Doyle, a monstrous criminal who was recently released from jail. Pain & Gain director Michael Bay has managed to gather an extraordinary cast in his movie Paul Doyle is played by Dwayne Johnson, a big guy from WWE who starred in Journey to the Center of the Earth (2 and 3), Snitch, Faster and The Other Guys. Mark Wahlberg (Broken City, Ted, Date Night, The Happening) also stars in Pain & Gain as Daniel Lugo, while Anthony Mackie (Gangster Squad, Real Steel, The Fighter, The Departed) is Adrian Doorbal. You may find interesting the fact that Pain & Gain was filmed after the real-life story about real Sun Gym Gang: both of them, Adrian Doorbal and Adrian Doorbal were sentenced for the electric chair in Florida. This time they are awaiting their fate in Florida's death row.

The 1966 film "Batman" is a comedic take on the popular comic book character. The plot revolves around Batman and Robin trying to stop the villainous Joker, Riddler, Catwoman, and Penguin from taking over the world. The film is a continuation of the "Batman" TV series from the same year and features many of the same actors.

"The Rookie" is a 1990 action crime film directed by Clint Eastwood. The movie tells the story of Nick Pulovski, a seasoned police detective who is paired with a young, inexperienced partner named David Ackerman. As they investigate a car theft ring led by a ruthless criminal named Strom, they must overcome their differences and work together to bring the criminals to justice.

Zoe Saldana just may be the most likely girl to turn into an assassin or murderer for hire around today. She has starred in some action packed movies recently (Star Trek 2, The Losers, Avatar) and seems more than capable of handling herself in situations many women could not even attempt. But she also had to be saddened by the murder of her parents and make her character sympathetic so the audience can feel her pain and back her decisions.e tend to love a "get even" movie and this one begins with Zoe Saldana's character witnessing the vicious murders of both her parents in Bogota, Columbia. Years later as an adult she still remembers and plans to seek revenge for her parents death so while she has a day job working for her uncle she is also in training to become a vigilante murderer. Tracking the murderers down, she gets closer and closer until the surprise ending. Directed by Olivier Megaton (Transporter 3) and written by Luc Besson (Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds).