The first official stills from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland movie have hit the web, and as one would expect from a Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland movie, they’re pretty trippy.  Johnny Depp channels Kirsten Dunst Madonna as the Mad Hatter and Helena Bonham Carter sports a Nic Cage-like forehead expansion as the Red Queen.  It also stars sexy giraffe Mia Wasikowska (Wasikowska?) as Alice, and Anne Hathaway as the White Queen.

I hope studio execs see this and realize that there’s 2,000+ years worth of literature to choose from and even though I hate most old crap, a 19th century classic is still way better than a videogame or a gd board game.  My hope for this movie is that it’s like Sweeney Todd without all the gay singing.  I also hope they change the it-was-all-just-a-dream ending because Lewis Carroll totally stole that from Dallas.

[via JustJared]

UPDATE: And here’s Anne Hathaway as the White Queen. What did they do to her?  Dark lipliner, ghostly face, harsh eyebrows – looks more like the Chola Queen to me.  Needs more power bangs.  (Also, more art over at USA Today. Thanks, Robopanda)

^{Baked Badger is, like, hella stoked for this movie}

Pixar released a new teaser trailer for Up over the weekend, and though I still don’t really know what it’s about, I still don’t really care.  I just want to taste the colors.
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From Fox Atomic comes a movie so bad that I'm going to rip on it even though a friend of mine is in it.  When I first read the synopsis, I thought it said "Martin Lawrence", and I thought to myself, 'Man, this is sure to suck.'  Then I watched the trailer and didn't see him, I was confused.  I re-read the synopsis and realized it said "Matthew Lawrence", not Martin Lawrence.  That's Joey Lawrence's brother.  Whoa, indeed.  

And hey idiots, stop trying to spoof other comedies.  That scene where you make fun of Dodgeball? It's a lot funnier in Dodgeball (See also the Borat parody in Epic Movie). Hotshots, Naked Gun, Top Secret – they're all parodies of action movies or dramas.  You, you're just reminding us of a funny scene and making it shitty.  It's confusing.  Really, just stop.