MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN, the feature film directed by Tim Burton based on a bestselling novel, lands this weekend. It’s an early beginning to the month-long celebration of all things creepy and nightmarish for the Halloween season. It’s also a much anticipated movie with a built-in fanbase from readers of the book version. …
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Frankenweenie: An Instant Stop Motion Classic
Friday, October 05, 2012 PARIS — This week, Cinema Siren is writing from France, land of unpasteurized cheese, Jerry Lewis obsession, well-behaved dogs in restaurants and a great appreciation of auteur film directors. I’m here for the opening of a Star Wars toy exhibit at the Louvre that involves some film art friends of mine. …
Dark Shadows: A Mere Shadow of What it Could Be
Friday, May 11, 2012 Tim Burton, as the stylized director of such glorious oddities as Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, and Ed Wood, is the pied piper to the inner goth in all of us. So it is with a heavy heart Cinema Siren has to report Dark Shadows, while it might have moments of loopy greatness …