Tim Burton
watch it: “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”
As related to today’s QOTD: This is a “trailer” for the new book Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith [Amazon U.S.] [Amazon Canada] [Amazon U.K.], which will be released soon. That’s interesting enough — trailers for books? neat — but it’s extra interesting because the Guardian is reporting that a movie is already in … more…
watch it: “Alice in Wonderland (1903)”
Wherein we see that FX have been a part of cinema from the very beginning. Too bad the film is so damaged: Thank the British Film Institute’s National Archive that the film is in at least passably watchable shape: The first-ever film version of Lewis Carroll’s tale has recently been restored by the BFI National … 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…
Kevin Smith, foul-mouth? is ‘Avatar’ immoral? Penelope Cruz in ‘POTC 4’?, and more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
trailer break: ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… So, I’ve generally been unable to post trailers for Disney movies because they always have embedding disabled (I’ve written before about the mysteriousness of studios refusing to let Web site owners give them free advertising.) Which is why I hadn’t posted a trailer yet for Alice in … more…
the rise of the geeks continues…
Item: Tim Burton will head up the jury at Cannes this coming May. Burton, quoted at Empire, notes that: After spending my early life watching triple features and 48-hour horror movie marathons, I’m finally ready for this. Item: The Museum of Modern Art’s retrospective on the art and film of Tim Burton continues through April. … more…
watch it: “The World Of Stainboy – Chapter 1 The Girl Who Stares”
By Tim Burton: The man is wonderfully demented. I’d never seen Stainboy till just now, and hadn’t realized that some of the art I saw at MOMA’s Tim Burton retrospective was based on it. There’s more: Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, and Chapter 6. Enjoy.
Tim Burton at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC: spooky cool
It’s hard to think of another filmmaker who’d have the kind of history of creative output necessary to fill out an art exhibition like the Museum of Modern Art’s retrospective on the works of Tim Burton (now through April 26, 2010). Film screenings, sure — and MOMA’s got that, too, all 14 of Burton’s features … more…
