In 2004, Toho officially retired Godzilla after fifty years of destruction. A decade later, the...
Author - Mark Russell
RetrOZpective: Emerald City (2017)
It feels appropriate that the final review in our RetrOZpective is Emerald City, the short-lived...
Halloween Review: Pulse (2001)
The first shot of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s film Pulse (aka Kairo) involves a woman standing with her back...
RetrOZpective: Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return (2014)
The Wizard of Oz’s secret as a powerless charlatan, hidden behind a curtain of mystery, feels like...
RetrOZpective: Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
Oz the Great and Powerful is Disney’s third try on adapting Oz to the silver screen. Though Return...
RetrOZpective: Tin Man (2007)
The merry old land of Oz is no stranger to bleak and dystopian adaptations. Everything from Return...
RetrOZpective: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (or Ozu no Mahōtsukai) is a Japanese anime released in 1986. Alongside...
RetrOZpective: Wicked
Are people born wicked, or is it thrust upon them against their will? The nature of evil is the...
RetrOZpective: Return to Oz (1985)
Disney has had a lengthy connection to the Oz books. In 1954, Walt Disney bought the film rights to...
RetrOZpective: The Wiz (1978)
Let’s ease on down the road with the next instalment of our RetrOZpective. The Wiz is certainly...