Francis Ford Coppola’s Twixt to be released on DVD this July

Posted 13 years ago

I have heard that Francis Ford Coppola’s TWIXT is awful in an “I can’t believe my eyes” sort of way (read our review from 2011 here, but I’ve always been curious about it, in part because of Coppola’s bizarre San...

Review: Ginger and Rosa

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Two teenage girls, best friends throughout childhood, begin to grow apart during the tumultuous early 1960s in London. REVIEW: GINGER AND ROSA is where Elle Fanning makes a name for herself. Previously best known as the lovable girl next...

Paranorman animation studio working on new stop-motion animation film The Boxtrolls with Ben Kingsley

Posted 13 years ago

Laika studios enjoyed success with last year’s PARANORMAN and are currently in production on THE BOXTROLLS, based on Alan Snow’s bestselling fantasy adventure novel “Here Be Monsters.” The stop-motion/CGI hybrid 3D pic is directed by Anthony Stacchi (co-director of OPEN...

Face-Off: Super 8 vs. Cloverfield

Posted 14 years ago

In last weeks Face Off, we saluted early Tim Burton with a match between Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands. In opposition to where I stood on the matter, our readers rallied and let me know the entertainment value of Beetlejuice could...