Category: Disney

Oz: The Great and Powerful Movie 2013

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Oz: The Great and Powerful is an upcoming 2013 fantasy film directed by Sam Raimi. The film is adapted from L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The film stars James Franco as the protagonist. Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams, and Rachel Weisz star as the three witches. The film will be released in traditional 2D, as well as in the Disney Digital 3D, RealD-3D and IMAX 3D formats. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to…

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John Carter Movie Review

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I just saw the new Walt Disney production John Carter. John Carter is a 2012 American science fiction action film that tells the adventures of John Carter, the heroic character of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ 11-volume Barsoom series of novels (1912-43). The film marks the 100th anniversary of the character’s first appearance. The movie is largely based on A Princess of Mars, the first novel to feature the hero John Carter. The film tells the story of war-weary, former military captain John Carter of the Civil War who is suddenly transported…

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John Carter 2012 Movie

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John Carter is a fictional character, created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, who appears in the Barsoom series of novels. Though actually a Virginian from Earth and a visitor to Mars, he is often referred to as “John Carter of Mars” in reference to the general setting in which his deeds are recorded. The first issue was written between July and September 28, 1911, it was serialized as Under the Moons of Mars in the February to July 1912 issues of the magazine All-Story and first published in book form in…

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