Oz the Great and Powerful is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Sam Raimi,
produced by Joe Roth,
and written by David Lindsay-Abaire and Mitchell Kapner. The film stars James Franco as Oscar Diggs, Mila Kunis as Theodora, Rachel Weisz as Evanora, and Michelle Williamsas Glinda.
The film is based on L. Frank Baum's Oz novels, and also pays homage to the 1939 MGM film, The Wizard of Oz. Set 20 years before
the events of both sources, Oz
the Great and Powerful focuses
on Oscar Diggs, who arrives in the Land of Oz and encounters three witches: Theodora, Evanoraand Glinda. Oscar is then enlisted to restore order
in Oz, while struggling to resolve conflicts with the witches and himself.
In Kansas, Oscar Diggs works as a
small-time magician in a traveling
circus. As a storm approaches, the circus strongman learns Oscar has
flirted with his wife and goes to attack him. Oscar escapes in a hot air balloon, but is sucked
into a tornado that takes him
to the Land of Oz. There the witch Theodora believes him to
be a wizard prophesied to overthrow the Wicked Witch who killed the king of Oz.
En route to the Emerald City, Oscar flirts with Theodora, who falls in love with him.
They encounter the flying monkey Finley, who
pledges a life debt to Oscar when the latter saves him from a lion.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation is a 2013
American science fiction action film directed by Jon M. Chu, based on Hasbro's G.I. Joe toy, comic and
media franchises. It is a sequel to 2009's G.I. Joe: The
Rise of Cobra. The
film was written by Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. G.I. Joe: Retaliation features an ensemble cast, starring Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson, with Channing Tatum, Arnold Vosloo, Ray Park, Jonathan Pryce, and Byung-hun Lee reprising their
roles from the first film. The film was released in North America on March 28,
2013.
The Joes are framed for stealing nuclear warheads
from Pakistan by Zartan (Arnold Vosloo) who is impersonating the President of the
United States(Jonathan Pryce). The entire
team is eliminated in a military strike, with Duke (Channing Tatum) as one of the casualties. Roadblock (Dwayne Johnson), Flint (D.J. Cotrona) and Lady Jaye (Adrianne Palicki) are the only survivors.
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters is a 2013
American-German action-horror dark fantasy film with black comedy elements,
co-written and directed by Norwegian filmmaker Tommy Wirkola and filmed in 3D. It is a continuation to
the German folk fairy tale "Hänsel and Gretel", which was recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in
1812. The film stars Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton in the title
roles of a brother-and-sister duo of professional witch hunters. Famke Janssen stars as the
deadly leader of a coven of evil witches that they seek out to
destroy. Abandoned by their father deep in a forest, young Hansel and Gretel
enter a gingerbread house and are nabbed
by the old witch who resides in it. The witch
forces Hansel to continuously eat candy while making Gretel prepare the oven,
but the siblings outsmart her and shove her into the fire. Throughout the
fifteen years after the incident, Hansel and Gretel become famed bounty hunters dedicated to
mercilessly eradicating witches. Their work is relatively easy because, for an
unknown reason, they are immune to spells and curses. Hansel, however, is diabetic as a result of his ordeal
and needs to take a regular shot of insulin every few hours.
Jack the Giant Slayer (previously
titled Jack the Giant
Killer) is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film based on the fairy tales, "Jack the Giant Killer" and "Jack and the Beanstalk". The film is directed by Bryan Singer with a
screenplay written by Darren Lemke, Christopher McQuarrie andDan Studney and stars Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Stanley Tucci, Ian McShane, Bill Nighy and Ewan McGregor. The film tells
the story ofJack, a young
farmhand who must rescue a princess from a race of giants after inadvertently opening
a gateway to their world. In the Kingdom of Cloister, Jack, a young farm
boy, is fascinated by the legend of Erik, an ancient king who defeated an army
of invading giants from a realm in
the sky by controlling them with a magical crown. At the same time, Princess
Isabelle becomes fascinated with the same legend.
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (Chinese: 西遊·降魔篇) is an
action-comedy film directed by Stephen Chow and Derek Kok (Derek Kwok Chi-Kin).
The movie was first announced in July 2011 and was released on February 10, 2013 in China. The film is
a loose comedic re-interpretation of the Chinese novel Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en. The movie takes place
before Tang Sanzang got his disciples and embarked on the Journey to the West.
A young village girl plays by the river and her father frightens her by
pretending to be a fish demon. However, he is then killed by a real fish demon.
A taoist priest kills a giant manta ray and announces that the village is safe.
A buddhist demon hunter, Tang Sanzang, warns the villagers that the demon is
still in the water. After he strikes again, Sanzang tries to save everybody,
and eventually the villagers catch the demon. The demon is transformed back to
his human form but attacks again. Another demon hunter, Miss Duan (Shu Qi) comes to their help and traps him in a
pouch. Sanzang is heartbroken that he was unable to save more people and that
he is not a good demon hunter.
Oblivion is a 2013
American science fiction film co-written,
produced and directed by Joseph Kosinski and based on his
unpublished graphic novel of the same name edited by Radical Comics.[6][7][8] It stars Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Morgan Freeman, Melissa Leo, Zoë Bell, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.[9][10] The film was
initially scheduled for release on July 10, 2013. Since the 3D re-release of Jurassic Park was set for April 5, 2013, the US
release date was moved back to April 19, 2013.[11] According to
Kosinski, Oblivion pays homage to science fiction films
of the 1970s.[citation needed]
In the year 2077, Tech 49 Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) is one of the last drone repairmen stationed on Earth,
which was nearly destroyed 60 years ago due to the destruction of Earth's moon and an invasion
by aliens known as Scavs. Jack and his romantic partner Victoria (Andrea Riseborough) work as a team to secure and send Earth's remaining
resources to a massive tetrahedral space station –
called the Tet – that was humanity’s escape vessel. Their mission control
commander is Sally, who guides them through Jack’s recon and repair trips. The
two expect to leave Earth and join the other survivors at a colony on Titan in two weeks. Although Jack
and Victoria had their memories wiped five years prior for security purposes,
Jack has recurring dreams about a mysterious woman on the observation deck of
the Empire State Building in a time before
the war.
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