PASADENA—Is James Franco really here ... Given the man and his starring role in Oz the Great and Powerful (which opens Friday [March 8] ), it would be fitting. To make a prequel to that ...

Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus ... of wizardry-Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.

Starring James Franco ... imagination were what made The Wizard of Oz so magical. And all of that isn’t exactly happening in Oz the Great and Powerful. Although several witches totally deserve ...