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Sneak Peek at 'Alice in Wonderland' (Trailer)
16 December 2009 10:28 AM, PST
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By Brent Lang
A new trailer for Tim Burton's latest zany pairing with star/muse Johnny Depp, "Alice in Wonderland," hit the web Wednesday. Based on the less than two minutes of footage, audiences can look forward to some dazzling images and another lunatic addition to Depp's c.v.
Perhaps more troubling is the revelation that this isn't an adaptation of Lewis Carroll's children's classic, but a sequel of sorts. In this go-round an older Alice returns to Wonderland to intercede in a battle between the Red and White queens. Disney tried a similar approach in 1985's "Return to Oz,"
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- Brent Lang
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Weirder and Wilder Things
21 October 2009 3:12 PM, PDT
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by Vadim Rizov
Visiting a friend in Omaha this past weekend, I saw The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. at the lovely Film Streams theater. I'd never seen the one-and-only Dr. Seuss-scripted 1953 classic, and the spangly print certainly didn't disappoint. Mostly, though, it got me thinking about everything that's wrong with Where the Wild Things Are. Both are sui generis translations of maverick beloved children's authors to the screen in ways that could be "scary" or "inappropriate" for children. And there the similarities end.
Even among surreal, culty kid's films (Return to Oz is my favorite, but Babe: Pig in the City and Pee-Wee's Big Adventure come to mind as well), The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. is singular. A source of dismay for Dr. Seuss (who compared the reviews to an on-set accident where all the children vomited at once) and a financial calamity (losing over $1 million), this weirdest of
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Todd McFarlane Has Nothing On 'Return To Oz' In Today's Sick Day Stash!
2 September 2009 11:00 AM, PDT
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Call them "cult classics." "Guilty pleasures." "Comfort movies." We all have a mental rolodex of flicks that may not be terribly popular but, for one reason or another, they resonate in a very special way. Maybe you saw it at the right moment. Maybe you just see gold where everyone else sees feces. Whatever the case, these are the special favorites that you keep stashed away for sick days. Here are some of ours.
If you've been following the news of Todd McFarlane's proposed take on "The Wizard of Oz," something that -- judging by his action figures -- will be a rather dark tale, you might be nervous about the twisted yellow brick road that awaits Dorothy Gale. If that's how you're feeling then you clearly haven't seen "Return to Oz."
Starring Fairuza Balk as Dorothy, "Return to Oz" is a rarely-spoken-of 1985 movie serving as a sequel of
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- Josh Wigler
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Blu-Ray Round Up, Aug. 12, 2009: ‘The Last Starfighter,’ ‘Sling Blade,’ ‘The Waterboy’
12 August 2009 2:31 PM, PDT
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Chicago – You won’t find the kind of diversity that exists in HollywoodChicago.com’s Blu-Ray Round-Up too many places online. Where else can modern sci-fi mingle with quarter-century-old genre product and hang out with Oscar winners and slapstick comedies? Nowhere.
The Round-Up is our regular informational column about titles that may have slipped under your radar just because they haven’t been on the cover of Entertainment Weekly or in the point-of-purchase slot at your local Blu-Ray store. Today’s edition of the Round-Up is particularly impressive with a massive comedy hit from Adam Sandler, a sci-fi cult classic, a great new TV show, and the film that made Billy Bob Thornton a star.
“Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead” was released on July 28th, 2009.
“Sling Blade,” and “The Waterboy” were released on August 4th, 2009.
“The Last Starfighter” will be released on August 18th, 2009.
“Doctor Who
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- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
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