Alice Through the Looking Glass

Bobin mirrors Burton to admirable effect. Alice navigates a visually astounding narrative maze on foolhardy Adventure through Underland, finding herself lost in the machines and machinations of a monarchy of Miserables. Depp phones it in, but it’s still a call worth answering, especially as writers sing Carrols of frabjous wordplay.

Nocturnal Animals

Tom afFords more time to source novel’s frame than to its story, but opts for the title of the latter, indicating narrative confusion that pervades this picturesque piece. Stellar performances from distractingly star-studded cast cut through the gray muddled night, but the structure fails to rise up the evolutionary ladder.

Passengers

Lost in Spaihts follows non-perishable humans who spoil as a result of dialog almost as over-explanatory as the trailers. 2^nd Lawrence’s Eventual arrival marks Horizontal shift from originality to cliché. 1/3 of a good concept should’ve prompted a studio ‘Pass’ but instead we learn that male entitlement can save mankind.