Show I ovie OVle Briefs i March madness madness i j t Chris Cockrell I 1 Arts reporter I i I I March is all about variety Fantasy films cop dramas murder mysteries q and its documentaries its it's got it all Both big budget Hollywood extravaganzas and the off indie productions are coming our way with a multitude of genres well represented Oh how frustrating So j many any movies so little I time k Alice in ill Wonderland i March S 5 58 years after their 1951 release of Alice in ill Wonderland Disney is issuing a live-action live version of the classic talc by author Lewis Carroll The Mad Hatter the Cheshire Cat and the Red Queen are allI all allback allback I back and this time in I Springing from the i imaginative and possibly mildly unstable mind of Tim Burton there willI will I undoubtedly be new twists on the familiar story And with a rumored million budget the very best in visual effects is a given The excellent cast is the icing on the cake including Johnny Depp Helena Bonham Carter and the relatively unknown but promising Mia as Alice This one should be a box office destroyer Rated PG for fantasy violence action involving scary images and situations and for a smoking caterpillar Brooklyn Brooklyn's c Finest March 5 Training Days Day's Antoine Fuqua is back to direct this cop drama of intertwining stories about one officer nearing retirement another facing a moral crossroad who has to determine how far hell he'll go to provide for his family and a third whose loyalties are shaken after dissolving into the double- double life of the undercover agent Fuqua proved with Training Day that he knows how to dramatize the cop life and tell a compelling story about the dangers and temptations these men face facein facein in hi the line of duty Richard Gere Ethan Hawke Don Cheadle and Wesley Snipes have all shown up for this one Now Fuqua has to prove that hes he's not a one-note one director and that he can tell a familiar story with a fresh spin Rated R for bloody violence throughout strong sexuality nudity drug content and pervasive language The Red Riding Trilogy March larch 19 Adapted from English author David Peace's Red Riding Quartet The Red Riding Trilogy is a series of fictional films that draws together a whole host of characters all of whom have been affected in one way or another by the Yorkshire Ripper the real-life real serial killer whose reign of terror held England in its grip in the and The three films films 1974 1974 1980 and 1983 are 1983 are directed by Julian Jerrold James Marsh and Anand Tucker respectively and with the exception of Sean Scan Bean feature a mostly unknown but talented cast Early reviews are arc mixed but enough critics are raving about the production production including including Joe Neumaier of the New v York rk Daily News who calls it a towering and emotionally complex achievement that it should be well worth wortha a look This film fun has not Ilot been beell rated by the A Men lilen March 19 Jude Law and Forest Whitaker are armed dangerous and ready to take your spleen Literally In an advanced future a company called The Union has made the medical breakthrough of synthetic mechanical organs and has made them available to the public for a high price Miss a payment and they'll send their men after you to reclaim the their r property However when Jude Laws Law's Remy wakes up with a Union-created Union heart after suffering cardiac arrest he has to take a ahard hard look at his line of work When he arrives at atthe atthe atthe the wrong conclusions he finds himself on the run and being hunted by his former partner Jake Whitaker I If f the trailer is any indication Director Miguel first major feature appears to be a winner fi and action fans should put this one at atthe atthe atthe the top of their list Rated R for strong bloody violence grisly images language and some sexuality The TheArt Art of the Steal March 26 What is one to do with 25 billion worth of PostImpressionist PostImpressionist PostImpressionist Post- Post Impressionist and Modem Modern art If youre you're Dr Albert C. C Barnes you apparently hide it away 5 miles outside of Philadelphia and tell the elitist art community that they will never ever get their hands on it In 1922 he created The Barnes Foundation as an educational foundation and as the repository for his massive collection which contains pieces from some of the best known artists in history including Picasso and Matisse After his death in 1951 the collection passed into the hands of the diminutive Lincoln University Now a handful of powerful entities who want to bring the collection to a new museum in Philadelphia have gone to court to have their will done However a group of students hoping to stop the move stands in their way No film is more interesting than a well- well done documentary on a compelling subject and this story of will they or wont won't they looks very well-done well indeed This film filet has not Ilot been beell rated by the |