Wild

Wild

From director Jean-Marc Vallée (Café de Flore, Dallas Buyers Club) comes this drama based on the memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed.  Cheryl (Reese Witherspoon) is a young woman desperate to escape her troubled life of drug use and promiscuous sex.  As her way to find herself,…

Oz the Great and Powerful

Oz the Great and Powerful

This review contains plot details, which may be considered SPOILERS. Sam Raimi returns with his first film in four years, which is a prequel to the classic story The Wizard of Oz.  In the film, James Franco plays Oscar “Oz” Diggs, a magician who performs in a travelling carnival.  He is unhappy with his meagre…