Director: Tim Burton
Writer(s): Linda Woolverton
Cast:
Mia Wasikowska – Alice
Johnny Depp – Mad Hatter
Helena Bonham Carter – Red Queen
Anne Hathaway – White Queen
Crispin Glover – Stayne/Knave of Hearts
Matt Lucas – Tweedledee/dum
Stephen Fry – Cheshire Cat
Preamble:
A big failure – not nearly as bold as it should have been in that failure. Who is this shackled Tim Burton [...]

Director: Spike Jonze
Writer(s): Spike Jonze/Dave Eggers

Cast:
Max Records – Max
Catherine Keener – Connie
Forest Whitaker – Ira
James Gandolfini – Carol
Lauren Ambrose – KW
Catherine O’Hara – Judith
Michael Berry Jr. – The Bull
Chris Cooper – Douglas
Paul Dano – Alexander

Preamble:
The 1963 children’s book by Maurice Sendak, 48 pages and 10 sentences long, gets adapted to live action by Spike Jonze. [...]

Director: J.J. Abrams
Writer(s): Robert Orci/Alex Kurtzman

Cast:
Chris Pine – James T. Kirk
Zachary Quinto – Spock
Eric Bana – Nero
Bruce Greenwood – Capt. Pike
Karl Urban – Dr. Leonard McCoy aka Bones
Simon Pegg – Scotty

Preamble:
Was Star Trek in need of a reimagining or should JJ Abrams and company have simply gone with a new franchise? Those of us who [...]