Alice in Wonderland 2010  PG, 109 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Family
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Matt Lucas, Crispin Glover, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Tim Pigott-Smith, Lindsay Duncan, Barbara Windsor, Marton Csokas, Geraldine James
In this version of Lewis Carroll's story, director Tim Burton changes the story from that of child Alice to 19-year-old Alice (Mia Wasikowska) who is unhappy about an arranged wedding that is planned for her, While the groom-to-be proposes, Alice is lured away by the White Rabbit (voice of Michael Sheen) and follows the White Rabbit down the rabbit hole. Now, the creatures question Alice at a tea party and want reassurance that she is the same Alice who visited them before. They believe that she is the same Alice whose destiny is to slay the dragon Jabberwock and overthrow the wicked Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter) so that the well-loved White Queen (Anne Hathaway) can rule once again.
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Astro Boy 2009 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Family / Animation / Action / Sci-Fi
Director: David Bowers
Cast: Freddie Highmore, Kristen Bell, Nathan Lane, Eugene Levy, Matt Lucas, Bill Nighy, Donald Sutherland, Charlise Theron, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicolas Cage, Moises Arias, Sterling Beaumon, Madeline Carroll, Victor Bonavida, Tony Matthews
In this animated film, Astro Boy (voice of Freddie Highmore) is a super-powered robot created by Dr. Tenma (voice of Nicholas Cage) in the image of his deceased son and is then rejected by Tenma. While on a wilderness journey, during which he seeks acceptance and learns to experience human emotions, Astro Boy encounters an underworld army of robots. Then, he learns that his family is in danger and returns home to reconcile with his father in Metro City and to save those he cares for.
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| 1. Alice in Wonderland (2010)
2. Astro Boy (2009)
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