Not one, but two book to movie adaptations grace our screens this week. One is semi decent (yay!), the other… not so much.

WARNING: You can infer a few spoilers for the series finale in this article. Trust me, I know. Damn it. And I am, in fact, really surprised – there wasn’t the slightest hint beforehand that this was the case. Normally series finales, when they’re not a result of a surprise cancellation, are advertised well in advance in order to drum up …

When the first trailer for Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children was released, I was definitely intrigued, even though the “young child with undiscovered powers is destined to save the world” plot seems like such a cliché. As it was pointed out by one of our readers though, it’s more like “Pride and Prejudice and X-Men”. Young kids hidden away …

We’ve written a lot about Penny Dreadful over here on The Movies, and I honestly don’t think there’s much more that can be said except this: It’s damn good and you need to watch it. Now! Whether it be for the great performances (especially Eva Green as the demonically troubled Vanessa Ives), the sumptuous Victorian era production design, creator John Logan’s lyrical dialogue, …

Tim Burton’s career has had some ups and downs in the last few years. While the highs like Frankenweenie have been very high, the lows like Dark Shadows have been very, very low. And even though Alice in Wonderland coined it for Disney, the reins of director were instead passed to James Bobin. When it comes to making incredible fantasy …

Tim Burton is very big on the strange and gothic, so I can’t think of a project that is more Tim Burton-esque than Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Based on the book of the same name by Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is a fantasy story about a magical orphanage that houses children with strange powers. …

I can’t explain exactly why it took me as long as it did to watch the brilliant second season of John Logan’s macabre and twisted Penny Dreadful, but I can say this much: It was really dumb to wait like that and I’ll never do it again! Particularly since the upcoming third series looks to (somehow) up the horrific ante …

I’m rather sad to say I haven’t watched Penny Dreadful season 2 yet, particularly given how much I absolutely loved the first season of premium cable network Showtime’s Gothic horror drama. It was one of the best new shows to hit the small screen in 2014 with excellent production values, a compelling story and some amazing performances – anyone whose …