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October Horrors 2020 – Sleepy Hollow (1999)

October 19, 2020 by Graeme Robertson

Sleepy Hollow, 1999. Directed by Tim Burton. Starring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien and Christopher Walken. SYNOPSIS: In the year 1799, New York police constable Ichabod Crane is sent to the small village of Sleepy Hollow to investigate a spate of grisly decapitations all seemingly committed by the supernatural […]

Filed Under: Graeme Robertson, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Casper Van Dien, Christina Ricci, Christopher Walken, Johnny Depp, Michael Gambon, Miranda Richardson, Sleepy Hollow, Tim Burton

October Horrors 2020 – Beetlejuice (1988)

October 9, 2020 by Graeme Robertson

Beetlejuice, 1988. Directed by Tim Burton. Starring Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Jeffrey Jones and Michael Keaton. SYNOPSIS: After dying in a car accident, Adam and Barbara are horrified by the new obnoxious residents moving into their former home. Eager to rid their house of the new tenants, Adam and Barbara are […]

Filed Under: Graeme Robertson, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Alec Baldwin, Beetlejuice, Catherine O'Hara, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Michael Keaton, Tim Burton, Winona Ryder

Dwayne Johnson was considered for Willy Wonka in Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

July 29, 2020 by Samuel Brace

Dwayne Johnson has revealed that he was once considered by Tim Burton to play Willy Wonka in his adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Willy Wonka is a beloved character, brought to life so memorably by Gene Wilder in 1971s Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. Based on the Roald Dahl children’s book, the […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Dwayne Johnson, Tim Burton

Beetlejuice 4K Ultra HD release coming later this year

July 15, 2020 by Liam Waddington

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced Tim Burton‘s Beetlejuice is scheduled for a 4K Ultra HD release on 31st August 2020 in the UK and 1st September 2020 in the US. SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Amazon US or Amazon UK Beetlejuice follows a deceased couple that begins haunting their former home with the help of a devious poltergeist named […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: Beetlejuice, Tim Burton, Warner Bros.

Six Things You Might Not Know About Tim Burton’s Batman

June 23, 2020 by admin

Today marks the 31st anniversary of Tim Burton’s Batman (or Batman ’89 as it’s known nowadays). It was a movie that changed the landscape of comic book movies, broke the mould that came before it and wrote the blueprint for how to market a summer blockbuster. To celebrate this occasion (and the news that Michael […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Luke Owen, Movies Tagged With: Batman, DC, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Michael Keaton, Tim Burton

The Batman director on the challenge of following Nolan and Burton’s great Batman films

April 9, 2020 by Samuel Brace

Matt Reeves, the director of The Batman, has praised the Christopher Nolan and Tim Burton Batman films and discussed how it feels to follow after them. Batman has a mixed history when it comes to quality movies but when it works, masterpieces tend to appear. Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy and Tim Burton’s two features […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Batman, Christopher Nolan, DC, Matt Reeves, The Batman, The Dark Knight, Tim Burton

Nicolas Cage says Superman Lives is “the” Superman movie, despite never being made

September 15, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Over the past few years, Tim Burton’s abandoned Superman movie Superman Lives has achieved a kind of legendary status, as various concept art and costume test photos and footage of Nicolas Cage as the Man of Steel made its way online. Burton initially planned to follow up his work on Batman and Batman Returns by […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, Nicolas Cage, Superman, superman lives, Tim Burton

Nicolas Cage talks Tim Burton’s Superman Lives

July 30, 2015 by Gary Collinson

This month we got a peek into Tim Burton’s aborted 90s take on the Man of Steel with the release of director Jon Schnepp’s documentary The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened? [read our review here], although sadly Schnepp was unable to secure the participation of Nicolas Cage, who would have led the cast as […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, Nicolas Cage, Superman, superman lives, Tim Burton

Batman ’89: The most influential film of the last 30 years

September 21, 2019 by Anghus Houvouras

Anghus Houvouras on Tim Burton’s Batman: The most influential film of the last 30 years…. The summer of 1989 was brimming with blockbusters. A number of high profile sequels were set to light up the box office. Massive franchises like Indiana Jones, Ghostbusters, and Lethal Weapon were debuting new installments guaranteed to rake in fat […]

Filed Under: Anghus Houvouras, Articles and Opinions, Movies Tagged With: Batman, DC, Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton, Tim Burton

Willem Dafoe reveals that he had early talks to play The Joker in Batman ’89

February 8, 2018 by Jordan Jones

Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman film is regarded as one of the best comic book films ever made. While Christopher Nolan reached staggering heights with his Dark Knight Trilogy, plenty feel that the Gothic world that Burton created is far superior. Burton’s film still looks good today, and truly does feel like a comic-book brought to […]

Filed Under: Jordan Jones, Movies, News Tagged With: Batman, DC, Jack Nicholson, Tim Burton, Willem Dafoe

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