In 1939, many say to be the greatest year in film, MGM's The Wizard of Oz had no chance up against Gone with the Wind at the Academy Awards, yet had it been released one year prior, or later, the beloved fantasy adventure that launched Judy Garland's career would have swept away the awards. At 16 years of age, Judy Garland was already Strasberg-ing it before Strasberg. Well, Sam Raimi's Oz the Great and Powerful has no Dorothy, basing itself on L. Frank Baum's Oz novels set 20 years before Dorothy shows up. Jack the Giant Slayer seems to have been slayed by the Land of Oz at the box office this weekend, taking in $79.1 million and leaving the competition in Kansas, which is precisely what the conman circus magician Oscar Diggs ( James Franco ) does. Transported away in a hot air balloon from Kansas to the Land of Oz in an amazing Terry Gilliamesque tornado scene, Oscar meets three witches who believe the young magician to be the G...