Tim Burton

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)
Rating: ★★★★
Dec 24, 2002Overgrown Adolescent's Nonsense Adventures
Pee-Wee Herman is someone who polarises crowds to love or extreme hate. The was the first film from Tim Burton who seems charmingly attuned to the kitsch banality of Pee-Wee's universe
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Beetlejuice (1988)

Beetlejuice (1988)
Rating: ★★★½
Jul 3, 2000Gonzo Afterlife Comedy
This was where the world took notice of Tim Burton in his second film. This throws the standard ghost story on its head with the dead trying to exorcise the living. The show is dominated by Burton's wild set-pieces and Michael Keaton's OTT title performance
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The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Rating: ★★★★★
Feb 8, 2004Halloween Denizens Take Over Christmas/Stop-Motion Animation
Tim Burton and Henry Selick combine on this stop-motion animated fantasy made in Burton's characteristcially eccentric style, a beautifully stylised and dark fantasy in which assorted Halloween denizens invade Christmas
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James and the Giant Peach (1996)

James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Rating: ★★★★
Dec 1, 2000Fantastical Journey/Stop-Motion Animation/Roald Dahl Adaptation
Henry Selick's follow-up to The Nightmare Before Christmas, a Roald Dahl adaptation filled with enormous visual creativity as a boy and several talking insects set forth on a sea journey in a giant peach
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Planet of the Apes (2001)

Planet of the Apes (2001)
Rating: ★★½
Jun 27, 2001Planet of Talking Apes
Tim Burton's much disliked remake. Certainly, the ape makeups are superb. While Burton touches many points with the original, he has dropped the biting satire in favour of adventure, while the ending left everyone scratching their heads
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Rating: ★★
Sep 16, 2005Gonzo Children's Film/Fantastical Candy Factory
Tim Burton's remake of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a peculiarly lifeless confection that fails to find any of the zaniness of the original, something that one would have thought would have been Burton's forte
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Rating: ★★
Feb 3, 2008Murderous Barber Musical
Tim Burton takes on the film version of the Stephen Sondhiem musical about a murderous barber, featuring Johnny Depp in the title role. But disappointingly, Burton still makes the same film he always does
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Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Rating: ★★
Mar 9, 2010Alice in Wonderland Adaptation/Epic Adventure
Tim Burton takes on Lewis Carroll but Carroll gets lost beneath Burton doing his usual quirky eccentric thing and a plot that seems to want to turn Alice's adventures into a modern epic fantasy
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Frankenweenie (2012)

Frankenweenie (2012)
Rating: ★★
Nov 28, 2012Universal Frankenstein Homage/Boy Resurrects Dog/Stop-Motion Animation
Tim Burton's stop-motion animated expansion of his 1982 short film has a winning concept – a parody of the Universal Frankenstein films with a teenage boy resurrecting his dog
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Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter (2012)

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter (2012)
Rating: ★
Jul 10, 2012Secret History
Seth Grahame-Smith's original book was a witty historical joke that retold the events of Lincoln's life as a secret history involving vampires. The film somehow misses the joke and turns everything into a ridiculously over-the-top action film
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Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Rating: ★★
Jun 4, 2016Alice in Wonderland Sequel
Sequel to the 2010 Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland. This has even less in common with Lewis Carroll's book sequel than its predecessor did – a total of two scenes. The sets and effects are just pretty eye candy
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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Rating: ★★½
Oct 29, 2016Secret Home for "Gifted" Youths
Tim Burton used to be the great hope of fantastic cinema but his efforts since 2000 have been greeted with general disappointment. This Young Adult adaptation plays out like a fantasy version of the X-Men
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