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.

The Dictator

Cohen returns to Ali G movie's overt scriptedness with shock-comedy rendition of Zohan.  Reilly and Kingsley make amusing appearances but Fox can’t even play herself well.  Clever tongue-in-cheek Tosh jokes periodically hit their marks despite mediocre plot and tonally inconsistent political point speech.  Real life Whadiya antics funnier than film.