07 Mar 2010

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World: "Alice in Wonderland" and "Brooklyn's Finest"

By Mike Schulz

Johnny Depp in Alice in WonderlandALICE IN WONDERLAND

Beginning with 2001's Planet of the Apes remake, Tim Burton has cast domestic partner Helena Bonham Carter in all six of his most recent feature films, and he's never made better use of her beguiling, somewhat perverse charisma than in his new take on Alice in Wonderland.

03 Apr 2001

"The Brothers" Bring Welcome Relief: Also, "Someone Like You"

By Mike Schulz

Morris Chestnut, D.L. Hughley, Bill Bellamy, and Shemar Moore in The BrothersTHE BROTHERS

The Brothers, the comedy-drama debut from writer-director Gary Hardwick, is a good-and-bad movie in which the good parts far surpass the bad, and that alone makes it one of the finer movies of the year.

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