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Alice in Wonderland
Starring:
Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Crispin Glover, Mia Wasikowska
Review:
Sexual panic is the last thing you'd expect to prod Alice to get
her ass down a rabbit hole. But, hell, this is Tim Burton's
Alice in Wonderland, not your third-grade teacher's
version. Scholars of British author Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) will
no doubt shriek, "Off with Burton's head!" for the liberties he
takes in this 3-D mix of live action and animation. In the script
that Linda Woolverton (The Lion King, Beauty and the
Beast) has woven, often forcibly, from Alice's Adventures
in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, things
have changed — dramatically.
Peter Travers reviews Alice in Wonderland in his weekly
video podcast, "At the Movies With Peter Travers."
For starters, Alice is no longer seven years old. As played with
feminist fire by Mia Wasikowska (so...
Rating:
2.5 Stars
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Brooklyn's Finest
Starring:
Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Don Cheadle
Review:
Simultaneously full of itself and full of shit, Brooklyn's
Finest is a cop movie so shallow, dumb, derivative and
infuriating that it feels like a parody of bad cop movies. From the
glaringly obnoxious opening scene of a parked car with its turn
signal blinking, blinking, blinking, to the spray of clichés
that blast the audience without mercy, this movie is the cinematic
equivalent of waterboarding. (
Peter Travers reviews Brooklyn's Finest in his weekly
video podcast, "At the Movies With Peter Travers.") We're meant
to weep at the tragedy of three cops out of Brooklyn's hardscrabble
65th Precinct. Should Sal (Ethan Hawke) go on the take to support
his wife and kids? Will Eddie (Richard Gere) make it to retirement?
Can undercover cop Tango (Don Cheadle) come in from the cold
before...
Rating:
Not Rated
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