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Tomorrowland / Tomorrowland: A World Beyond
2015
****
Director: Brad Bird
Cast: George Clooney, Hugh Laurie, Britt Robertson, Raffey Cassidy, Tim McGraw, Kathryn Hahn, Keegan-Michael Key

While the world is going to hell in a handbasket, young science enthusiast Casey Newton finds a pin which briefly transports her into Tomorrowland, a futuristic parallel universe which seems to have solved the problems facing our planet. As Casey tries to find her way back to Tomorrowland, Brad Bird takes us on an adventure which is filled with wit and wonder. The lightning-paced first half is wonderfully creative and unpredictable, and certainly one of the most entertaining hours of cinema I can remember. The second half must slow down to bring the shaky plot into focus, and it is inevitably a bit of a let-down. The movie as a whole is beautifully designed.