He raised comic fans’ hackles by casting Michael Keaton as Batman; tinkered with cinematic legend by revisiting the Planet of the Apes; and split audiences and critics by daring to reinvent Roald Dahl’s beloved book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with Johnny Depp in the role of Willy Wonka. Now, Tim Burton has brought Depp back into the fold for this visually wild cinematic take on Lewis Carroll’s classic, Alice in Wonderland. How does the director fare with this latest reimagining of a literary icon? Let’s check in with Movie Irv:
