The holiday movie season shifts into overdrive this week with two of the biggest productions of 2024, “Wicked” and “Gladiator II,” hitting theaters. Do they live up to expectations? Read on.

“Wicked” opens with the citizens of the Land of Oz celebrating the death of Elphaba the Wicked Witch (Erivo), who was done in ...

Not everything soars but Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are dynamite as besties in "Wicked," a "Wizard of Oz" prequel based ...

If you like Wicked in the theatre, chances are you’ll love the film. If you loved Chu’s work on In the Heights, you’ll definitely love this film. If you don’t like either of those things, then the ...

Even under the green makeup and against the backdrop of some hideously overwhelming CGI aesthetics, their chemistry is ...

There are decent performances from Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande – but this flat opening instalment of The Wizard of Oz ...

Chu’s prequel and origin story — based on the long-running Broadway musical which debuted in 2003 — she’s Elphaba Thropp ...

Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, with a little also drawn from 1939’s Wizard of Oz film. In Wicked, the Wicked Witch ...

Because Universal’s take on the billion-dollar-grossing Wizard of Oz prequel musical, about the Wicked Witch of ...

Jon M. Chu’s film of the hit Broadway musical is an absolute thrill: wonderfully cast, beautifully sung, dazzlingly designed ...

The musical's plot follows the origin story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, a character from "The Wizard of Oz." ...

America's favorite idiosyncratic actor, Jeff Goldblum, will play the Wizard in 'Wicked' the big-screen adaptation of the ...