Tag: Michael Keaton

A film bridging American generations, Tim Burton uses Beetlejuice to preserve small rural living and... not living.

Make it Stop The Tim Burton-directed adaptation is Dumbo seen through the eyes of a manic depressive. While sentimentality runs through Dumbo (softly eyeing an era of strongmen and …

To College and Beyond Toy Story is about Andy. The whole series. Woody and Buzz Lightyear sell action figures, but Andy sells the series’ heart. For three films, Andy …

This Town Needs an Enema Batman ‘89 is a movie caught between expectations of camp and genre maturity. It’s empty entertainment, a bizarre if heavenly beautiful studio feature unsure …

A Die for a Die “I’m no cat,” sneers Michelle Pfeiffer, seconds before she’s pushed through a window and turns into, of course, Catwoman. Director Tim Burton has a …

Does Whatever a High Schooler Can Peter Parker battles high school awkwardness as much as he does his nemesis Vulture in Homecoming. The key is awkwardness – not gloom, …

Well Lit All the President’s Men may retain the championship for story-of-a-story newsroom movies but Spotlight is within contention for that title. Spotlight layers itself – a film about …

Minions are still a thing Minions ruin all they touch. They inadvertently kill their masters. They cause accidents. Buckingham Palace is left in tatters. There is a sizable chance …

Michael Keaton has never been better Artistic doubt is crushing, more so for someone who was able to release their uncertainty through fame. Success is certainly fleeting though. For …

Need for Speed evokes nostalgia in its reality.

Despite being a calmer film in terms of its action ratio, RoboCop of 2014 is undeniably louder and screaming to fit in.

RoboCop is much its own movie, a psychological human story with drip fed allegories about media manipulation, corporate overreach, and other current affairs