Alice Through the Looking Glass - May 27
The sequel to 2010’s Alice in Wonderland reunites several key members of the original cast for another CGI-enhanced excursion into the fantasy world dreamed up in author Lewis Carroll’s classic books. This time, Alice (Mia Wasikowska) is sent on a quest by the White Queen (Anne Hathaway) to help restore the Mad Hatter’s (Johnny Depp) missing madness by retrieving a magical gewgaw from the Grand Clock of Wonderland. For those who enjoyed the colorful 3D dazzle of the original, Alice Through the Looking Glass promises to up the ante with more scenes of splendor, as well as an expanded assortment of characters that includes Sacha Baron Cohen playing a half-clock, half-human named Time. Clearly, 2016’s roster of would-be blockbusters doesn’t get much weirder than this.