Helena Bonham Carter to Play Elizabeth Taylor in BBC America Movie
BBC's new fall biopic will be named Burton and Taylor. It bears a similar title to the Lifetime version, but this time around people are saying it’s got the right casting. Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter are slated to play the couple, and in promotional pictures for the film, they look barely recognizable in their make-up. read more
Found in: TV, NewsUniversal Theme Parks Expected to Get Mini Harry Potter Film
Harry Potter fans, brace yourselves, a new mini movie is being filmed at the Harry Potter studios in Hertfordshire, England. According to Entertainment Weekly the mini movie will be appearing exclusively at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter area at Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure in Florida.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsDark Shadows
Tim Burton and Johnny Depp had made seven films together prior to the release of this week’s Dark Shadows. When Burton’s expert lens found Depp’s fantastic acting, they produced some of the most beautifully offbeat cinema America has seen the past 20 years, including the likes of Edward Scissorhands, Sweeney Todd and Ed Wood. But even the greatest of teams are bound to falter sometimes, and these two do so spectacularly in their latest effort. The adaptation of the 1970s soap opera, like so many reboots, re-imaginings and revivals of late, should have been left for dead.... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsLife's Too Short Review: Episodes 1.02 and 1.03
Life’s Too Short is troll TV. It’s either an incredibly cruel and misguided attempt at extreme cringe comedy or it’s an attempt to make us question why we like shows like The Office or Extras. More importantly, it simply isn’t funny enough to justify its cynicism.... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsToast
If one were to rate the film Toast by culinary standards, it would score much the same as the subject himself—not Michelin-starred, but entertaining, straightforward and delicious.... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsSalute Your Shorts: 2011 Oscar-nominated Animated Films
Most years the animated shorts category is both the audience’s preference and the only one of the categories that seems to really bring in great films. It’s hard to explain this disparity, except perhaps that because so many animated shorts are comedies they tend to lack the pretension of live-action and documentary shorts. They’re also frequently more stylistically ambitious than the other categories, which are frequently more conservative examples of their genres. I wouldn’t call the nominees examples of avant-garde cinema by any means, but they’re definitely a lot closer than what you’ll see pretty much anywhere else at the... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesThe King's Speech Review
Portraying the stuttering Prince Albert, who would become King George VI of Britain, Firth maintains a constant aura of frustration. It's not the way that a non-stuttering actor stutters that makes him believable, but the pitch-perfect emotional resonance of gifted actor. read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsWarner Bros. Announces Danny Elfman and Tim Burton Box Set
Tim Burton has certain people he likes to work with, you know, most all of the time.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsGreat Expectations 2010: Tim Burton in Wonderland
Collectively, every contemporary film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland has been one long practice round for the inevitable Tim Burton version... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesTim Burton Named 2010 Cannes Jury President
Master of many things twisted and weird, Tim Burton, has been selected as jury president for the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Filmmakers at this year’s festival (scheduled to take place May 12-23), will have to impress the man responsible for movies like Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands. Good luck, folks!... read more
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