Your New Movie Releases for the week of March 5th, 2010

[Earende]

Alice in Wonderland – 19-year-old Alice returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen's reign of terror. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810078365/trailer

Brooklyn's Finest - Richard Gere, Don Cheadle and Ethan Hawke are NYPD cops caught up in the violence and corruption of the gritty 65th Precinct. ***FEATURED***

The Secret of Kells - (Limited) Young Brendan lives in a remote medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids. But a new life of adventure beckons when a celebrated master illuminator arrives from foreign lands carrying an ancient but unfinished book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers. To help complete the magical book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a
dangerous quest that takes him into the enchanted forest where mythical creatures hide. It is here that he meets the fairy Aisling, a mysterious young wolf-girl, who helps him along the way. But with the barbarians closing in, will Brendan's determination and artistic vision illuminate the darkness and
show that enlightenment is the best fortification against evil? http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810093451/trailer

Stolen - (Limited) Work has become an obsession for Detective Tom Adkins since the disappearance of his ten-year-old son, Tommy Jr. When an early morning phone call leads him to the mangled remains of a young boy who was brutally murdered 50 years ago, Adkins takes on the case in hopes of finding absolution. His investigation leads him to a man who lived in 1958 named
Matthew Wakefield and his innocent son, John. The striking similarities in the cases pushes Adkins' obsession over the top. Barely holding onto his sanity and bound by redemption, Adkins unravels the unspeakable truth behind what happened to his son. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809959469/trailer

[LunaDonna]

'K, I WILL ADMIT IT....NO LAUGHING FROM ANY OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I went to see AIW. And yes it was because of Johnny. And I went with some of my friends, who insisted on being stoned...
which makes no sense to me. The story is already crazy enough (and no I did not partake, thank you!).
So, The story was just so badly told and all of of it was just laughable.
The effects were terrible, so bad that I couldn't bare to look at it. The acting was terrible and the writing was so rushed and not well told at all. I normally don't write bad movie reviews, but this time I had to. Even The direction was terrible and I'm a huge Tim Burton fan! All the voice actors were just so damned campy. I know wished that I WERE stoned when I watched it....

[Zen Elipsys]

Hehehehe....

Maybe that's the point! Most people are stoned when they go to see it. I'll bet most of the laughter you heard throughout the theater, reminded you of Beavis and Butthead...

This movie has been seen too much and I believe that Tim and Johnny blow each other too much--meaning THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT ANYONE WOULD WATCH ANYTHING THEY BOTH HAVE A HAND IN!!

This movie might bring them down a notch---

[Earende]

I'm with you Luna! They spent so much time worrying about selling it as a product that they completely forgot about putting together a half-decent story. This Alice has no character arc; she is exactly the same by the end of the film, and therefore her journey is utterly pointless. The narrative thrust is so weak that they have to resort to a hollow battle scene in order to keep everyone awake.
Meanwhile, Depp's Mad Hatter is so dull and phoned-in, that one can barely call it acting (Unless putting on too much blush and a stupid wig counts.), Mia Wasikowska's Alice is so wooden that I kept expecting the Cheshire Cat to use her left arm as a tree branch, and while Helena Bonham Carter's Red Queen is mildly amusing, the odd chuckle here and there isn't enough to save this, this--exercise in fantasy sleepwalking.

[Earende]

Now Brooklyn's Finest is a whole other ballgame...