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Alice in Wonderland

This review is based on an IMAX 3-D screening. Lewis Carroll's "Wonderland" stories, much like the collected works of Roald Dahl, can be perceived from a number of perspectives. Although traditionally seen as a children's tale, Alice's Wonderla...

Run Time: 1:48
U.S. Release Date: 2010-03-05
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: FANTASY/ADVENTURE
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, ...
Alice through the Looking Glass

Alice through the Looking Glass may represent Disney’s first big-budget failure in quite some time. More likely to inspire thoughts of Michael Bay than Lewis Carroll, this sequel to Tim Burton’s 2010 Alice in Wonderland borrows sparingly ...

Run Time: 1:53
U.S. Release Date: 2016-05-27
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: James Bobin
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, ...
Beauty and the Beast

Walt Disney's 1991 instant classic, Beauty and the Beast, is not only the finest animated movie ever made, but deserves a prominent position on any list of all-time greats. Although not the highest grossing Disney production, nor the best-reme...

Run Time: 1:24
U.S. Release Date: 1991-11-22
MPAA Rating: "G" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
Cast: (voices) Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, ...
Maleficent

Maleficent might best be described as an alternate universe re-imagination of Sleeping Beauty. Taking a page from Wicked (the stage show that presents Oz from the witches' perspective), Linda Woolverton's screenplay presents an inverted version of ...

Run Time: 1:38
U.S. Release Date: 2014-05-30
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Fantasy Violence)
Genre: FANTASY/ADVENTURE
Director: Robert Stromberg
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, ...
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

This review contains (oblique) spoilers.When Disney released Maleficent in 2014, it was a fresh approach to the Sleeping Beauty story – a live-action re-interpretation of the fairy tale with the supposed villain recast as a sympathetic figur...

Run Time: 1:58
U.S. Release Date: 2019-10-18
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: Fantasy
Director: Joachim Ronning
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, ...
Rear Window

For several years now, the Alfred Hitchcock canon available in video stores has been incomplete. While most of the Master of Suspense's great works have been easily obtainable, Rear Window has been conspicuous by its absence. (This became a sourc...

Run Time: 1:53
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelley, Wendell Corey, ...
Wizard of Oz, The

For veteran director Victor Fleming, who began making movies during the black-and-white, silent era, 1939 represented the pinnacle of his career. Not only did Fleming's Gone with the Wind claim the Best Picture Oscar, but his other big feature, Th...

Run Time: 1:41
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "G" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: FANTASY/MUSICAL
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, ...