Alice in Wonderland is not a remake of the Lewis Carroll classic, but rather a continuation of the story years later. Where 19-year-old Alice returns to Wonderland, reunites with the resident oddballs and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen’s reign of terror. The visuals – like in all Tim Burton flicks – are stunning. The story…not so much. Certainly not as inventive as the look of the pic.

The script was written by Linda Woolverton, who did a fine job with the animated version of Beauty of the Beast – but that was nearly 20 years ago. And, of course, Burton has again tapped Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter for the wacky roles of the Mad Hatter and the Red Queen, respectively. The rest of the cast includes Anne Hathaway as the White Queen, Crispin Glover as Stayne Knave of Hearts and Mia Wasikowska in the lead role of Alice.

Brooklyn’s Finest revolves around three unconnected Brooklyn cops who wind up at the same deadly location. Too bad that location slaps them down in the land of every cop film cliché imaginable. The movie stars Richard Gere as the world-weary cop close to retirement, Don Cheadle as the policeman having trouble with his loyalties between law enforcement and the bad guy, Ethan Hawke as the Italian cop with a wife and seven children he’s protective of and Wesley Snipes as the larger-than-life drug dealer. In short, Brooklyn’s Finest is reduced to a hack opera without a song.