Tim Burton
While Wednesday is not without its flaws, this young adult rendition of the Addams Family eldest is both entertaining and intriguing.
Out of all of the Batman movies I have seen, the 1989 version is the best, and director Tim Burton captures the moody magic of Batman with a deft hand.
If you haven’t had the chance to see this Burton classic, there isn’t a better time than now to embrace the folklore of Sleepy Hollow.
What good movie musicals have in common is a trust in their audience to suspend disbelief and a strong commitment to their themes and stylization.
Jim Dixon covers the films and special events that were on during the inaugural Sleep Hollow International Film Festival.
In this installment of Video Dispatches we cover Track 29, the four films of Batman, The Believers and Ghosts of Mars!
If you were alive in the 80s, you know that this decade brought the ultimate…
Dumbo is exhausted and erroneous, less concerned with a magical setting and more concerned with a macabre art-deco style.
In the live-action version of Disney’s classic Dumbo, a young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus.
Warm up your pipes and put on your dancing shoes, because this month’s staff inquiry…
Zac Hestand takes a look back at the comic movie classic Batman Returns and how its overload of villains spawned an industry standard.
Edward Scissorhands is one of those rare films where everything, every single aspect came together perfectly to create “movie magic”.
With innocent characters and a basic plot, the beauty and simplicity of The Nightmare Before Christmas has helped it stand the test of time.
Interpreted from the widely popular young adult fantasy novel by Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is home to the latest magical world from the mind of Tim Burton. Alas, there is no appearance from Johnny Depp or Helena Boham Carter, yet there is no doubt that the somewhat creepy, dire visuals on-screen belong to a Tim Burton film. Aside from the visuals and construction of characters, though, there isn’t much more to this book adaptation.
I’ve only vaguely heard of the book on which Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is based (same name), but this excellent trailer hooked me within thirty seconds. That odd imagery and lilting song drew me right in, efficiently setting the mood and freeing the rest of the trailer to tease character and plot. Granted, it focuses mostly on the characters, but when a trailer presents such a lovely group, it’s hard not to look forward to meeting everyone.
