When a car hits young Victor’s pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked “monster” wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor’s neighbors, he has to...See more convince them that Sparky’s still the good, loyal friend he was.
Say friends, what should we make of Tim Burton these days? Do we still consider him a fine filmmaker? A first-rate artist? An unparalleled visionary? Or at this stage in his seemingly safe and family-oriented career, are the man’s most...
DIRECTOR TIM BURTON! Tim Burton has had a pretty checkered career hasn't he. After becoming one of the most popular and sought after filmmakers in the late 80s and early 90s, he's had a pretty hit or miss subsequent 20...
This week: Time to give Dredd its due. Also: Tim Burton gets back to basics with Frankenweenie, and Julianne Moore gives a career performance in Game Change. ► It sucks to see such a gritty, fan-pleasing action flick like DREDD...
Two more of 2012’s animated staples are heading to the home video market, one a critical success, the other a commercial success. First up is Disney’s and director Tim Burton‘s second attempt at FRANKENWEENIE, this time in the form of...
This past weekend I caught Tim Burton’s FRANKENWEENIE and while sitting there, soaking the film in, I felt an air of familiarity, as if there would be no surprises and a bittersweet, oddly happy ending. Yet, as the film came...
PLOT: Young Victor Frankenstein is a loner, with his only refuge being science and his beloved dog Sparky- who’s promptly hit by a car and killed. Victor is able to bring him back to life via his scientific know-how, but-...
Tim Burton’s stop-motion animation pic FRANKENWEENIE comes alive at the box office next week and in preparation for its release, Disney has released six retro “monster movie” posters to hype the film. They’re all really cool and feature a number...
The night FRANKENWEENIE is set to rise up in cinemas is swiftly approaching, and for those of you excited to see the thing I now have another reason to add atop your pile. As is the trend these days, the...
FRANKENWEENIE is set to rise up from its earthly grave in less than a month on October 5th, which gives you just enough time to ramp up whatever your level of excitement may be by checking out this rather cool...
If FRANKENWEENIE has sufficiently sparked your interest by now, then this series of nine character posters is just going to be green icing on the black and white cake for you. If not, then they’re definitely not going to change...
In June the major characters of Tim Burton’s upcoming FRANKENWEENIE were each highlighted with art and information about who, how, and why they are. And here we are a little over a month later, with the folks behind FRANKENWEENIE seeing...
The Mouse House brought three of their upcoming releases to Comic Con this year, including this new family/geek friendly flick! Not only is this a return to stop motion for Tim Burton, but it also sees the director revisiting one...