A James Franco/Mila Kunis/Michelle Williams “Wizard of Oz” prequel with Sam Raimi at the helm is “tracking,” according to Deadline.com, for an epic $80 million or more opening weekend. A lackluster 2013 (down 24% in February alone) could be rescued by the wonderful wizard, if Disney is lucky.
I've been doing this forever. It seems. The movie reviewing thing. I did it in high school in the remote corner of Virginia where I grew up, in college, on radio, TV and eventually newspapers. I'm a nationally syndicated film critic and Rotten Tomatoes "Top Critic," I write reviews and filmmaker profiles for the McClatchy-Tribune News Service. My work appears all over the English speaking world, and in North American newspapers and websites, from The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dallas Morning News, Detroit Free Press, Philadelphia Inquirer, Orlando Sentinel, Charlotte Observer, Pittsburgh Post and Portland Press Herald, and many others. And my writing has turned up in magazines as varied as Spin, Veritas, The World and Cruising World. No, that last one is not what you think. It's about sailing. Let's talk movies, shall we?
Filmgoing, movie loving, and a good argument. On a good day.
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