Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Tim Burton"

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Big Fish **** (2003, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Ewan McGregor, Helena Bonham Carter, Danny DeVito, Matthew McGrory, Jessica Lange, Alison Lohmann) – Classic Movie Review 293

That old cynic, director Tim Burton, gets in touch with his sentimental inner self in this posh, stylish, and marvellous-looking fantasy heart-warmer from 2003. It’s a quirky winner, but, oh, how you miss the really […]

Oct, 18

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter *** (2012, Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper, Marton Csokas) – Movie Review

Was 16th US President Abraham Lincoln a vampire hunter? Of course he wasn’t! Or was he…? ‘It’s just not historical,’ angry critics were shouting and moaning after the press show. Er, that’s right, it’s escapist […]

Oct, 15

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet St ***** (2007, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Jamie Campbell Bower, Sacha Baron Cohen) – Classic Movie Review 249

Stephen Sondheim’s all-time-great stage musical falls into perfect hands as director Tim Burton polishes this gleaming gem of the theatre into a movie masterpiece. Singing and acting up a storm, Johnny Depp gives a cutting […]

Sep, 19

Sleepy Hollow **** (1999, Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 223

Director Tim Burton brings us a new nightmare in 1999 – well, an old one, dressed to kill – in this chilling, live-action remake of the 1949 Walt Disney cartoon The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. […]

Sep, 05

Beetlejuice ***** (1988, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Catherine O’Hara, Jeffrey Jones, Winona Ryder, Sylvia Sydney, Glenn Shadix) – Classic Movie Review 189

Tim Burton’s 1988 horror comedy film Beetlejuice features the cinema’s craziest attic, with a miniature of the town Adam and Barbara Maitland (Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis) live in. They die in a car accident and […]

Aug, 25

Edward Scissorhands ***** (1990, Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest) – Classic Movie Review 102

A sadly frail Vincent Price puts in his final film appearance as an old inventor, living in a hilltop castle, who creates a creature for a son. As usual in the movies, the experiment doesn’t […]

Jul, 28

Ed Wood ***** (1994, Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Bill Murray) – Classic Movie Review 98

‘Ed, this isn’t the real world. You’ve surrounded yourself with a bunch of weirdoes!’ – Ed Wood’s girlfriend Dolores Fuller. In this sensationally good 1994 film, Johnny Depp is at his most winning as the […]

Jul, 28

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