Sorry for the lateness

OK, due to some issues involving my fiance's computer, there were no posts about movies and such due to that.

So anyone, let's get down to movies!

Return to Oz
1985
*****

Yes, OLD, but a goodie for all who have a love for steampunk and a hint of the dark. The movie takes place after Dorothy returns from OZ, she is basically unable to sleep. Her aunt is at her last wits and believes that some therapy might do her some good. When all is said and done, the child is packed up to a mental hospital for "therapy" there she meets a little girl who helps her escape on a wild night of rain and crazy people trying to escape the mad doctor's house.

Waking up in OZ, it is drastically different and not the child knew before. She meets a new cast of friends, a talking chicken, a mechanical marvel, and Jack the talking pumpkin. Can she save the Emerald City and the mysterious girl in the mirrors?

Unlike the Judy Garland OZ, this place is pretty dark and not at all meant for children, this is actually based off two of the OZ books, Ozama of Oz and The Land of Oz, which are not happy go lucky. In truth, Dorothy is the brave hero and is able to hold her own against a Nome King who wants to take everything for himself. In fact, when I saw this movie when I was 10, I was terrified of the wheelers, the wheeling crazed creatures who worked for Princess Mombi the evil witch. I started to like this movie and because of that, it gave me a good sense of the what it means to be a kid and also to be hero.