Based on a subversive set of trading cards, I was intrigued when I learned that Tim Burton had agreed to direct Mars Attacks! Each card graphically depicted a Martian invasion of Earth with lots of gory detail. Knowing that, I…
After several years of mostly crafting other people’s work into his own vision, Tim Burton returned to his own material for Frankenweenie. An expansion of a live-action short Burton made for Disney way back in 1984, the black-and-white and stop-motion…
Released in 1994, The Santa Clause is one of the few Christmas movies that could be a modern classic. For the last several years, it’s been one of those films that get watched at least once in my house in…
This is a sequel nobody asked for. A modest box office hit in January, 2006, Hoodwinked cut through the competition with its brand of fairy tale satire and sarcasm, providing a Shrek on a budget, experience for families looking for…