Alice in Wonderland
(Disney, $45)
Director Tim Burton outdid himself in adapting Lewis Carroll’s classic tale, said The Denver Post. He chose to take Alice (Mia Wasikowska) down a much darker rabbit hole than that of Disney’s “cuddlier,” 1951 animated version, but “it’s hard to argue” with the idiosyncratic, wildly weird results.
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Life
(BBC, $70)
This 11-part nature documentary is an “unforgettable viewing experience,” said The Kansas City Star. Its breathtaking visuals take you “up close and personal with the living things, both plant and animal, that inhabit our planet”—from the icy landscapes of Antarctica to the “blistering deserts” of East Africa.
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Criticism
(For the Love of Movies, $25)
Gerald Perry’s documentary turns the camera on film critics, said The New York Times. “Like a Discovery Channel documentary,” it observes such “articulate critics” as Roger Ebert and Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times, capturing a “species on the way to extinction.”
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