Wicked: For Good ends the story of the alternate vision of the classic L. Frank Baum novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the original 1939 adaptation of that story. Based on the Broadway musical ...

It’s a bad omen when, early on in Oz the Great and Powerful, we learn that the full given name of its wizard is Oscar, also the ceremony that star James Franco once presided over as calamitously as he ...

Wicked: For Good continues its strong theatrical run, now passing another significant movie inspired by The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Though it has not made quite the same splash as last year's Wicked, ...

This line, sung by Glinda in the song “No One Mourns the Wicked,” is one of the most nuanced lyrics, in my opinion, of the whole “Wicked” musical. It applies for every type of villain, even though the ...

In the film from director Sam Raimi, a young man played by James Franco is caught in a tornado that takes him from Kansas to Oz. That's where we get the back-story of how a circus magician named Oscar ...

125 years ago, Frank L. Baum published a novel whose legacy would go on to redefine contemporary pop culture. Through its numerous eventual adaptations, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz made an ...

Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return is an animated movie built around the idea that Dorothy goes back to Oz after the familiar story has already ended, only to find the kingdom in crisis following the ...

‘Wicked: For Good’ and ‘The Wizard of Oz’ at the Sphere mean the ‘Oz’ story is hotter than ever, but this 2013 film occupies an uneasy place in its legacy ...