Frankenweenie – Featuring the voices of Charlie Tahan, Martin Landau, and Catherine O’Hara. Directed by Tim Burton. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. When I declared Dark Shadows “Tim Burton‘s best film in a decade,” I didn’t expect to go back on my word a mere five months later. No, my affection for that nutso soap-opera […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Frankenweenie
It’s a big year for Tim Burton. Not content with directing Dark Shadows and producing Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter alone, he’s also made a feature film out of his early short Frankenweenie. The original Frankenweenie was made by a young Burton in 1984 while he was working at Disney. Ironically, the studio fired him shortly after for wasting their resources […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – The Age of Innocence
Play It Again – The Age of Innocence. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Winona Ryder. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Rated G. By Jess Lomas. Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or […]
Continue readingBurton recruits old faves for Frankenweenie
Tim Burton is adapting his 1984 short Frankenweenie into a stop-motion animated feature film for Disney, and he’s recruiting some old buddies to help him out. According to Deadline, Winona Ryder (Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice), Martin Landau (Ed Wood), Martin Short (Mars Attacks!) and Catherine O’Hara (Beetlejuice) will all provide voices for Burton’s latest oddball project. […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Dilemma
The trailer for Ron Howard‘s latest film The Dilemma has debuted online. It stars Vince Vaughn and Kevin James as best friends who…wait, where are you going? If you’re still with us…Vince Vaughn and Kevin James star as two best friends happily married to their beautiful wives (Jennifer Connolly and Winona Ryder respectively). However, their […]
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