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Over the past decade and a half a new type of genre has swept the screens of Hollywood cinema: Superhero films. This all started out with X-men in 2000 and grew with Spider-man and Batman. This genre has grown so much over the years that now we have what is now known as the Marvel cinematic universe, which gave us the third biggest film of all time: The Avengers. However, this post isn't going to focus on that, but more on the other side of that coin. The DC Superheroes! Lately Marvel heroes like Iron Man, Thor, Spider-Man and many others have been in the spotlight, and rightly so. Their respective companies (Sony, Disney, Fox) know how to promote these characters and establish them in the modern world. This isn't the same for Warner. Bros and their DC titles. Sure, Batman was a critical and financial success but that lately that was all they had, as can be seen by box office busts like Jonah Hex and Green Lantern. But there seems to be a bright light for DC in the form of Ma...

When I first heard that this film was being made I was very skeptical. The Original film with Dorothy and the wicked witch was an important part of many people's childhood that it seemed that this prequel couldn't live up to it. But after seeing it at the cinema my skepticism was laid to rest. This film is AWESOME!!!    The film follows a similar structure narrative-wise to that of the Wizard of Oz. You start off with in Kansas where everything is in black-and-white, keeping to continuity, then you have the twister that takes the character to the land of Oz. The audience is then introduced important characters like Theodora and Evanora, we even get the journey down the yellow-brick road. The writers have brilliantly taken all these elements from the previous film and used them to create a contemporary origin to the Oz that children were introduced too in 1939.    James Franco was well cast in this role as a rude and selfish magician who w...