A Mad Hatter, an angry mutant, and man who may be turned into a lobster. Surprisingly, the angry mutant and the lobster guy are two different people. There’s a lot to choose from at the box office. Here’s a look in this week’s “Showtime.”
The Hatter is in the house, as Johnny Depp leads us down the rabbit hole in “Alice Through the Looking Glass.”
Everyone’s back, including the White Queen, who may not be as kind as she would have us believe.
Anne Hathaway: “Her taking the kindness vow was sort of a political move for her, and maybe didn’t necessarily come from her.”
Olivia Colman (as Hotel Manager): “As you understand from your brother’s experience, if you fail to fall in love with someone during your stay here, you’ll turn into an animal.”
And that is the plot of “The Lobster.” A man has to find his mate in 45 days or be turned into the animal of his choice.
Colin Farrell leads an all-star cast, and is secure in his fallback plan.
Olivia Colman (as Hotel Manager): “Have you thought of what animal you want to be if you end up alone?”
Colin Farrell: “Yes, a lobster.”
Kate Beckinsale (as Lady Susan Vernon): “Excuse me for arriving this way. What a delightful family pose.”
A woman with a knack for survival and an instinct for manipulating men casts her spell in “Love & Friendship.”
Based on Jane Austen’s book, she needs to marry off her daughter and meet up with her married lover.
Kate Beckinsale: “She is of her time. She’s very much observant of all the social codes and conditions. It’s just that she’s found very clever ways to kind of subvert them and kind of squeak past them.”
The mutants have fought everything and everyone, including themselves. In “X-Men: Apocalypse,” their progenitor is back, and he ain’t looking for a family reunion.
Michael Fassbender: “What we’ve got here in “X-Men: Apocalypse” is the arrival of the original mutant in some respects, the sort of father to all mutants.”
James McAvoy (as Professor Charles Xavier): “Oh, God. He can control all of us.”
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