Alice Through The Looking Glass

This opulent TV production proves once again that Lewis Carroll's children's books defy translation to the screen. While reading bedtime stories to her daughter, Alice (Kate Beckinsale) stares into the child's looking glass and is magically transported to the other side of the glass. Finding herself in a not-so-parallel Universe, Alice trades verbal jabs with such short-tempered royals as the White King (Geoffrey Palmer), the White Queen (Penelope Wilton) and the Red Queen (Sian Phillips). In this odd kingdom where nonsense is the principal language, Alice embarks across a vast chessboard and sets forth to become a queen. The first hurdle she must overcome is acting ...