Sam Raimi‘s new prequel to The Wizard of Oz opens in a couple months, and to complement the most recent TV spots and trailer, we’ve got some new high-res photos that show off the characters played by James Franco, Michelle Williams, and others.

Oz: The Great and Powerful follows a magician (Franco) whose escape from a small town con game turns into a path to a new world, as he pilots a balloon that is blown off course into Oz. There he meets a trio of witches (Williams, Mila Kunis, and Rachel Weisz) and a few odd characters such as the monkey Finley (voiced by Zach Braff) and China Girl…

Christopher Waltz who won an academy award for his performance as the chilling and charming Nazi Colonel Han Landa in Inglourious Bastards is just wonderful as the German/dentist/bounty hunter in Django.  Charming, funny, kind, but with a dark streak.  Jaime Foxx really comes into his own in the second half of the film, and Samuel Jacksons turn as an old plantation slave is amazing.  Leonardo diCaprio has a wonderful time playing the villainous plantation owner.  The script is good — Tarantino has a real flair for how to tell a story, and he makes sure that one small thing that happens…

TJ wraps up the week with a Box Office update battle between ‘Les Miserables’ and ‘The Hobbit’ (spoiler, ‘The Hobbit’ is winning), a scientific analysis of the ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’, TJ’s movie picks of 2012, the upcoming, horrible looking film, ‘Mega Spider’, Veronica Belmont’s ‘Fact or Fictional’ on ‘Skyfall’, ‘The MovieByte Podcast’ 25 with special guest Liz Darnell, Hayley Atwell won’t be appearing in ‘Captain America 2’, Netflix’s original drama ‘House of Cards’ gets new trailers, ‘Die Hard 5’ trailer 3, ‘Wreck-it Ralph’ comes to home entertainment on February 12, ‘Jobs’ gets an April release date, Ashley Tisdale joins the cast of the ‘Left Behind’ reboot, ‘Hansel and Gretel’ gets a red band trailer, and what you should see this weekend.

What should you see this weekend? I’m glad you asked because I have a list for you.

New Films

Texas Chainsaw
Please do not see this film. DO NOT!

A Dark Truth
At this time, I know pretty much nothing about this film.

Still In Theaters

The Impossible
We’ll be talking about this film in two weeks on the upcoming Episode 27 of The MovieByte Podcast. I am at least somewhat interested in this film. You should see it before we talk about it on the podcast to avoid spoilers.

Promised Land
We will also be talking about this one on an upcoming episode of the Podcast, but I have not…

When I first found out that Les Miserables The Musical was coming to the big screen, I was overcome with excitement. Ever since I saw the musical on stage around 12 years ago I have absolutely loved it. It has definitely been the best adaptation of the book that I have seen. Already being familiar with the musical, I was greatly anticipating the movie as I felt they would do it justice. And I must say that it lived up to my expectations. I greatly enjoyed it and felt that it both was true to the book by Victor Hugo and the stage musical.

Because this is a movie version of a musical, this…

Since I have posted about Hansel and Gretel and mentioned that I have been interested in seeing it and that I think it looks like it might be good (frankly it could go either way), I thought I would let you know about the red band trailer so that if you do happen to decide to go see it because, “TJ is going to see it,” then you know what you are getting yourself into.

Be warned, this trailer is a little bloody (though I’ve seen worse red band trailers), and there is an F-bomb in here. I expect the film to be a little bloody, just as this trialer is.

BE WARNED - THIS IS A RED BAND…

Ashley Tisdale, who emerged as the dizzy blonde on the Disney Channel, became the first female cast member to star in the fourth in a series of films based on the bestselling novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, Left Behind.

Former Disney Channel starlet who will play one of the leads in Dimension Films’ Scary Movie 5 is joining Nicolas Cage and Chad Michael Murray. The actress will play Chloe Steele, the daughter of Cage’s Ray Steele character.

I think my head just exploded. No litterally, I have no head now.

There is one word echoing around in the area where my head used to be.…

Open Road Films has announced that it is the distributor for the Ashton Kutcher-led film jOBS, and that the movie will receive a full release in April of this year, reports Deadline.

And the synopsis:

Directed by Joshua Michael Stern, written by Matthew Whitely, shot by Oscar- winning cinematographer Russell Carpenter and produced by Mark Hulme, jOBS details the major moments and defining characters that influenced Steve Jobs on a daily basis from 1971 through 2000. jOBS plunges into the depths of his character, creating an intense dialogue-driven story that is as much a sweeping…

On HD Digital Feb 12 On Blu-ray Combo Pack Mar 5

Prepare for adventure when “the most original film in years” (Bryan Erdy, CBS-TV) that thrilled audiences of all ages drops on Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D! From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes a hilarious, arcade-game-hopping journey in Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph.

If you have not seen the film in theaters, this is a good time to make up for that sin.