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 …
Man, if you’re a Beetlejuice fan (and really, who isn’t?) then what a rollercoaster of emotions this weekend has been. Talk about a sequel to Tim Burton’s much beloved 1988 spook-tacular fantasy-comedy has been haunting Hollywood water coolers for ages now, but on Friday things finally appeared to move from the ethereal realm to the physical one (and I promise that’s the …
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. …
The ghost with the most, a poltergeist prankster with lethal gags. And now a kickass action figure as well, who has clearly managed to recover his normal head-size since the first flick ended.
I was not a fan of Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t hate it; but that would probably have been a more favourable response because then I would have felt something instead of the overwhelming meh-ness I actually left the cinema with. Clearly though, my opinion about movies is about as important as Alwynne’s opinions …
The best Batman will always be Michael Keaton. And if you disagree with that, I'll suit up digitally in his batsuit and kick yer ass online when I can afford to do so in the heavily priced Arkham Knight season pass.
Disney is moving full steam ahead with bringing its library of classic animated fairy & children’s tales to life. In the last few years the House of the Mouse has brought Alice in Wonderland (directed by Burton) and Maleficent (a spin on Sleeping Beauty) to the big screen in live-action format, Cinderella opens in the US on Friday, and both The Jungle Book …
Awards season craziness is almost over! With the release of American Sniper and Whiplash, six of the eight nominees for Best Picture have now come to South African cinema. Unfortunately you’ll still have to wait a bit for The Theory of Everything and The Grand Budapest Hotel – but they will be out in the next month so I’m sure …
Traci Braxton husband was Kevin Surratt Sr., a longtime partner who stood by her …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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