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 …
Big Eyes is held together by Big Performances As an eclectic investigation of outmoded gender roles, Big Eyes becomes a movie of social growth. Margaret Keane’s turn as an …
A whimsical remake of the beloved children’s tale from Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory was a popular film for a certain generation …
Less than 15 minutes into 9, the adventure starts. These robotic puppets, their names are just the numbers 1 through 9, set off on a quest to take down …
In all the years of holiday films, one would think every concept has been explored. Family dysfunction, romance, John Candy and Steve Martin, BB guns, ghosts of Christmas past, …
A movie that is entirely from the “and now for something completely different” category, 1988’s Beetlejuice is bizarre even by Tim Burton standards. It’s also original, funny, and dark. …
Remakes are exceptionally tricky when the source material is highly regarded. For Planet of the Apes the deep social and general societal issues along with the intriguing look at …