Tag Archives: Tim Burton

Reviews: London Town, Alice Through The Looking Glass, Calvary, London Has Fallen

February 4, 2017 flawintheiris

London Town Directed by Derrick Borte | Written by Matt Brown, based on the screenplay Untitled Joe Strummer Project by Sonya Gildea and Kirsten Sheridan | 92 min | iTunes and VOD Shay Baker (Daniel Huttlestone) is a 14-year-old living in '70s Wanstead, an East London suburb. Dad Nick (Dougray Scott) moves pianos for a… Read More

Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children review — Looks good, but wishing for more weirdness

October 3, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Tim Burton | Written by Jane Goldman adapting a novel by Ransom Riggs | 127 min While still being Hollywood's most distinctive stylist and purveyor of all things spooky and ooky, Tim Burton struggles with his handle on narrative. Or, at least, he has in recent years. Once again, he's nailed the look… Read More

Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy review

July 11, 2015 flawintheiris

Watching Interstellar for a third time, I felt very much like I had a sense of what Christopher Nolan was going for. But it took three views to really feel like I got it. I love that, when movies have enough depth and complexity that it takes more than one viewing to fully grasp what's… Read More

Big Eyes review — Tim Burton reaffirms his love of kitsch

January 5, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Tim Burton, written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski Twenty years ago Tim Burton made Ed Wood, which remains my favourite of his films—Beetlejuice is a close second. It's also the last time Burton drew from actual events until Big Eyes. Looking for other comparisons between the two movies, there's the era and setting:… Read More

Dark Shadows review

May 10, 2012 flawintheiris

Directed by Tim BurtonWritten by Seth Grahame-Smith and John August fromthe TV series created by Dan CurtisI have lots of time for Tim Burton. The guy has sustained a career in Hollywood as its resident gothic surrealist. And we're talking some 25 years now, making the movies he wants to make—with the possible exception of… Read More

Rise of the Planet of the Apes and my problem with CGI

August 7, 2011 flawintheiris

Hello faithful reader! I went to Rise of the Planet of the Apes on Friday evening, and my capsule review is on The Coast site. Go check it out and then come back here. Have you done that? Cool. You'll see that I liked the movie—for the most part—as an engaging summer b-movie romp reigniting… Read More