The biggest sin of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland is not that it’s an impotent pretender to the original literary icon, but that it’s a faded looking glass reflection of what we used to love about Burton himself.
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Apple has a new trailer for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. I watched it this time before posting and confirm it’s got some new stuff, unlike the fraud last October.
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An extended trailer for Tim Burton’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND starring Mia Wasikowka, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway.
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McPaper has a pile of nifty concept art from Tim Burton’s upcoming Alice in Wonderland (March 5, 2010) starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway and others.
I like the hallucinatory style. It’s of a piece with Burton’s other work, but it has a refinement that stands on its own.
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It’s all about the limited releases this week, but let’s get the wide releases out of the way first.
High School Musical 3: Senior Year. Being a Disney film, I’m guessing no one ends up passed out in the back of a rented limo on prom night with her dress pulled up over her head and [...]
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Michael J. Smith Sr. in Ballast
Ready or not, it’s officially awards season with the IFP announcing its nominees for the 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards (formerly known as the Gotham Awards).
Several films that might be familiar to you if you’ve been reading LiC lately have been showered with a little early awards loving and [...]
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Hark. I hear the cannons roar. Is it the weekend approaching? It is. Let’s take a look at the new movie lineup.
W. Generally lukewarm reviews aren’t doing much to give me hope for Oliver Stone’s treatment of George W. Bush, but I still want to see some of the performances, especially Josh Brolin’s.
The Secret Life [...]
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Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married
Jonathan Demme’s Rachel Getting Married is a raw, edgy examination of the unique power of families to tear apart as well as to heal. It begins with Kym Buchman (a chain-smoking Anne Hathaway) getting out of rehab for the weekend to attend the wedding of her sister Rachel (Rosemarie DeWitt). [...]
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The wide releases are a mixed bag this week so let’s cut through the crap and lead off with a couple of movies that are only playing in limited release but have received the coveted LiC stamp of approval.
Ballast Stark, minimalist and naturalistic, Ballast may not be the feel-good movie of the fall, but it’s a [...]
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As Toronto fires up and Venice winds down, here’s a smattering of reviews of the higher profile films critics are talking about.
The Wrestler. Though he found the plot of Darren Aronofsky’s film predictable at times, THR’s Stephen Farber liked this story of a former wrestling star, especially the performances, calling Mickey Rourke’s a career-best:
“Rourke dispenses [...]
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