Dark Shadows (trailer)
How can we make Tim Burton stop?
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
question of the day: What are some good movies (and TV and books) with young girls as heroes?
Dan addressed this to me, but I’m opening it up to everyone because this is a tough one. There simply aren’t that many movies that fulfill Dan’s requirement…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: What if Disney got their mousy mitts on the Doctor?
My beef with Disney is by now well known, but it’s nothing to what it would be were The Mouse to take on my baby, Doctor Who. Then, we’re talking total war. io9 commenter Cristoval created a few concepts for what a Disney Doctor Who would look like (featured recently at io9). For one — … more…
Alice in Wonderland (review)
We should thank Tim Burton for his *Alice in Wonderland,* for it does one thing extraordinarily well: It reminds us that James Cameron really did achieve something new and astonishing with *Avatar.*
March 5: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but you’re late, you’re late, for a very important date. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, “Hey, did you see Alice in Wonderland this … more…
question of the day: What movies actually deserve a remake?
Tony Scott’s updating of The Taking of Pelham 123 opens on Friday, and it turns out that it’s a remake that actually makes sense: Technology and practices — in the fields of filmmaking, subways, commmunication, and law enforcement — and culture have changed enough that this new film is different enough from the original to … more…
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street movie review: there will be blood
Just hearing a description of it, you have to think, my god, my god, *yes.* The twisted, separated-at-birth twins Tim Burton and Johnny Depp taking on Stephen Sondheim’s gory opera about a murderous barber? Who else would you give it to?
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie review: think of the children!
How did a cautionary tale about obnoxious little kids and a celebration of nonconformity turn into a cautionary tale about the psychosis of reclusive oddballism and a celebration of obnoxious kids?
