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Alice In Wonderland
Starring: Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter. Rated PG.
The movie: Now 19 years old, Alice (Wasikowska) learns she has unfinished business in Wonderland with the Mad Hatter (Depp) and Red Queen (Carter). The 3-D looked okay on the big screen, but the real reason to see director Tim Burton’s fun interpretation of the classic tale is to enjoy his gothic style with some slight twists on a story we’ve known our whole lives. Loosely based on Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass.” Buy It.
The Wolfman
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt. Rated R.
The movie: Upon hearing the news that his brother (Simon Merrells) was murdered, actor Lawrence Talbot (Del Toro) returns to his dreary English home and meets his brother’s ex-fiancé (Blunt). His father (Hopkins) warns him to stay inside, but he doesn’t listen and is soon bitten by a werewolf. Bad things happen from there. I know it’s set in 1891 England, but it’s so insistently gloomy that you can’t help but think some sunshine would brighten everyone’s spirits. Alas, the story is a bit all over the place and the action/effects are serviceable but not impressive. Skip It.
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