Not since 2005’s Corpse Bride has as story been so suited to that unique and nonpareil auteur, Tim Burton. In his latest film, the director has taken Ransom Rigg’s best-selling novel, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, and stamped on ...
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“Tarzan” is a boring, weak and unimaginative remake of a classic tale.
It’s always mystifying how a director, who’s done superb work in bringing to life beloved literary characters, can make such a mess of a similar task. Director David Yates received high praise for managing the last four Harry Potter films. And ...
Read More »Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” is a love-hate Western murder-mystery.
Writer/director Quentin Tarantino is one of the seminal auteur-filmmakers of our time, and in The Hateful Eight, he shows off his talent for original storytelling and unique filmmaking. And yet, as a fan of Tarantino I confess that I neither hated ...
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