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FORBES: 'Oz The Great And Powerful' Review: Pay Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain

Walt Disney Pictures, a division of the Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) , is set to release Oz the Great and Powerful early next month.

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Have you seen Oz the Great and Powerful yet, dear readers?

FORBES: 'Oz The Great And Powerful' Review: Pay Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain

He was joined at the ceremony by actor Seth Rogen and director Raimi, with whom he is working once again in Oz the Great and Powerful.

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"Oz the Great and Powerful, " like so many products of movie studios that have lost their way, is a Tin Man of epic proportions bright and shiny, with no heart.

WSJ: Nowhere Near the Rainbow

Still, it's instructive to reflect on what's missing in "Oz the Great and Powerful" by recalling what made "The Wizard of Oz" one of the most beloved movies of all time.

WSJ: Nowhere Near the Rainbow

Beginning Friday, with both "Wicked" and "Oz the Great and Powerful" in different kinds of theaters, audiences will be able to choose between two unreconcilable prequels that taken together form a kind of Oz Rashomon.

WSJ: The Road Well-Traveled: Oz the Great and Powerful

As I wrote a few months ago elsewhere, one of the big differences between Jack the Giant Slayer and Oz: The Great and Powerful was that the latter Disney concoction had actual movie stars.

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Future releases that will be available include Oz: The Great and Powerful, Monsters University and The Lone Ranger.

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Even so, titles may not be the best starting point when selecting a mortgage originator, remember, even the Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz is really just a guy behind a curtain.

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