• January 3, 2017
• Books

If you’re a fan of Tim Burton, you are entirely likely to have a little bit of a crush on Ian Nathan’s new book, Tim Burton: The Iconic Filmmaker...

• October 29, 2016
• Animation, At Home, Comedy, Family

So eventually I snuck to the library and got the film for the typical three-week checkout, which left me enough time to let it casually sit in the middle...

• September 30, 2016
• Adventure, At Home, Family, Fantasy

As its title suggests, the key element in the whimsical fantasy-adventure is a secret orphanage – hidden within a time loop on a remote island in Wales – housing...

• January 10, 2015
• At Home, Drama

The Keane “Big Eyes” paintings that dominated the late Fifties and early Sixties (and inspired endless knock-offs) have been called everything from kitschy to haunting. What caused this artist...

• September 8, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Horror, Music

Unlike many of my friends, I am not a Broadway fiend. I had no reference to the original Broadway production of Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim in my head...

• March 3, 2013
• Adventure, At Home, Family, Fantasy

The film, which blends live action and heaps of CGI, finds a 19-year-old Alice (Mia Wasikowska) returning to Wonderland – a place she’d grown to believe was just a...

• October 5, 2012
• Animation, At Home, Comedy, Drama

In the film, young Victor Frankenstein is preparing for his school’s science fair when his pet pooch, Sparky, is accidentally hit by a car and killed. Despondent, and inspired...