Frankenweenie Directed by Tim Burton Written by John August USA, 2012 ‘I Was A Teenage Frankenstein’ would be an apt subtitle for Tim Burton’s latest trawl through imagery and imagination that he has flogged to death over the past decade of his increasingly repetitive career, this time conjuring up an unnecessarily expensive re-imagining of his first 1984 …
Frankenweenie Written by John August, story by Tim Burton and Leonard Ripps, based on Tim Burton’s short film Frankenweenie Directed by Tim Burton USA 2012 imdb A feature-length, black and white 3-D animated expansion of his original black and white live action short film, Frankenweenie is an amazing technical achievement by Tim Burton. The film looks fantastic and for …
Frankenweenie Directed by Tim Burton Written by John August USA, 2012 Tracking Tim Burton’s career path is watching a cliché come to life. The trajectory is as follows: a shy, awkward young man becomes a star by staying true to his idiosyncratic ideals, but over time, his most ardent fans are let down as his …
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Frankenweenie Directed by Tim Burton Screenplay byJohn August 2012, USA Tim Burton’s original Frankenweenie short–which Disney shelved until Pee-Wee, Beetlejuice, and Batman, you know, all happened right in a row–was shot 28 years ago. Now established as a household name and Hot Topic’s raison d’etre, Burton is officially un-fired from the Frankenweenie project. Burton’s return …
With The Dark Knight Rises opening this week, it’s only appropriate to look back at the series’ first two entries as well as previous incarnations of the Batman. Compiling a top ten list of best scenes from a character that has spanned decades would appear a fruitless effort. With a wealth of rich images, performances, …
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If there was an ever a cinematic partnership to have lasted the years, it is Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. Ever since Edward Scissorhands, these two seem to be each other’s go-to guys for new films. With Dark Shadows being released this week, let’s take a stroll down memory lane to see the hits (and …
Dark Shadows Written by Seth Grahame-Smith Directed by Tim Burton USA, 2012 Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows, based on the late-1960s cult soap opera, suffers badly from wanting it both ways. One half wants to be Gothic horror centered on a doomed love triangle; the other half wants to be a glib, deadpan comedy set during …
The Nightmare Before Christmas Directed by Henry Selick Written by Caroline Thompson Hype is a dangerous thing. I know there are some people out there who believe that hype or overhype is something for which we can only blame ourselves. A movie, TV show, book, or album isn’t overhyped; we overhype it, so if we’re …
Boys and girls of every age, wouldn’t you like to hear something strange? It’s Halloween time, and what better way to celebrate this spooky holiday than by watching the 1993 Disney film The Nightmare Before Christmas? Josh revisits this now-iconic stop-motion animated film about what happens when Jack Skellington, King of Halloween Town, decides that …
After ten years, eight films and countless articles celebrating both, it’s all over. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 has apparated into cinemas, broken records all over the place, and now there’s nothing left to do but watch it over and over and over again. Possibly in 3D. But when you come out …
The Gallery Nucleus ( www.gallerynucleus.com) over in Alhambra, CA. is putting together an Edward Scissorhands Tribute Exhibition starting Saturday, April 16. The exhibit features the works of over 50 international and local artists creating works inspired by the story and its’ characters and executed through the artists own unique approach. Fans of the film are …
Now that Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor has won himself an Academy Award for his work on the Social Network score, it seems he has a lineup of other filmmakers wanting to work with him. While he and partner Atticus Ross are currently scoring Fincher’s next film, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, EW …
Many unsuspecting cinema-goers who clearly hadn’t read the reviews got quite a shock when they went into Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan expecting a nice movie about ballet. Black Swan is a fully-fledged (pun intended) horror movie full of fantastical elements – or is it? Horror it certainly is – fantasy, it may not be, as …
Walt Disney Studios has released the official synopsis for Tim Burton’s feature-length adaptation of his own 1984 short Frankenweenie: “From creative genius Tim Burton (Alice in Wonderland, The Nightmare Before Christmas) comes Frankenweenie, a heartwarming tale about a boy and his dog. After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of …
According to Deadline Johnny Depp and Tim Burton will team up for their 8th collaboration for a film adaptation for the old ABC TV series Dark Shadows. Seth Grahame-Smith, writer of Abraham Lincol: Vampire Hunter and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, has penned the script, featuring vampire Barnabas Collins, a role Depp has apparently wanted …
Deadline recently reported that Tim Burton would reunite with Ed Wood screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski on a 3D stop-motion animated adaptation of Charles Addams‘ The Addams Family. “The project is based on artwork that Tim absolutely loves. The retrospective in New York of Tim’s own artwork showed how much of an influence Charles …
Despite its many flaws, Alice is half a triumph. Besides being able to technically bring Lewis Carroll’s world to the screen, the film is usually enjoyable. Alice in Wonderland Directed by Tim Burton Reviewing the new Tim Burton helmed Alice in Wonderland picture is somewhat of a fool’s errand. Both Burton and Alice command a devoted …
Director Tim Burton is being featured at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City with his own exhibition starting this month. The exhibit will feature work ranging from his more junior years as a teen, right through work he did in college and including sketches, props and models from movies he has made …
Despite its apparent complexity, 3D is actually a deceptively simple process. Two images are filmed, one offset from the other by a same measurement that separates your two eyes, and then one is projected in red, the other in blue. The glasses that are handed out in the cinema, or in a copy of TV …