Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips
When Paul Greengrass made "United 93" in 2006, the chorus was heard throughout America: too soon, too soon. Once folks actually caught up with it, however, many realized it wasn't. By sticking, fastidiously, to the terrifying procedural at hand, the documentary-trained director fashioned one of the most urgent films of the new century. more
Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips
In the new "Alice in Wonderland," the wonderfully well-chosen Australian actress Mia Wasikowska embarks on her character's quest to recover her "muchness," while director Tim Burton wages a war against his own. more