Four stars of Tim Burton's previous films will once again be working with the man on "Frankenweenie", his upcoming stop motion animated feature for Disney Pictures reports Deadline.
Based on the 1984 comedic horror short Burton made as a student, the story tells of a man who brings his dog back to life after it is killed by a car. The stop-motion animation film will be shot in black and white 3-D.
Winona Ryder will play Elsa while Martin Landau as Mr. Rzykruski. Martin Short will play several roles including Bob, Nassor, Toshiaki, Victor's Dad and Mr. Bergermeister. Catherine O'Hara also voices several parts including Edgar, Weird Girl, Victor's Mom, and Gym Teacher.
John August adapted the script and the film is currently slated for a March 9th 2012 release.
Based on the 1984 comedic horror short Burton made as a student, the story tells of a man who brings his dog back to life after it is killed by a car. The stop-motion animation film will be shot in black and white 3-D.
Winona Ryder will play Elsa while Martin Landau as Mr. Rzykruski. Martin Short will play several roles including Bob, Nassor, Toshiaki, Victor's Dad and Mr. Bergermeister. Catherine O'Hara also voices several parts including Edgar, Weird Girl, Victor's Mom, and Gym Teacher.
John August adapted the script and the film is currently slated for a March 9th 2012 release.
- 9/21/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
A thriller about a family trapped in a house with a hungry tiger may sound like a recipe for disaster, but Duncan finds much to enjoy in Carlos Brooks’ Burning Bright…
"Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?"
- William Blake
I have been asked many times over the years, "Will you never learn?" I'm guessing it's more of a rhetorical question, mostly based on it being said by the same people, over a large quantity of years. The simple answer is: no.
Now you're probably wondering what the relevance is, so I'll tell you. An email came through from Geek Towers, asking if I'd be interested in watching Burning Bright, so the first thing I did was look at the slightly simple, yet alluring poster and assumed it was horror. I took the obvious next step and IMDb'd it,...
"Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?"
- William Blake
I have been asked many times over the years, "Will you never learn?" I'm guessing it's more of a rhetorical question, mostly based on it being said by the same people, over a large quantity of years. The simple answer is: no.
Now you're probably wondering what the relevance is, so I'll tell you. An email came through from Geek Towers, asking if I'd be interested in watching Burning Bright, so the first thing I did was look at the slightly simple, yet alluring poster and assumed it was horror. I took the obvious next step and IMDb'd it,...
- 8/22/2010
- Den of Geek
"Babies" rating: Four Stars out of Five. Highly recommended. Their stories begin at birth and it's immediately clear that the four infant stars of the joyful documentary "Babies" will experience vastly different lifestyles from around the globe. Bayar lives with his parents and slightly older brother in an elaborate tent on the Mongolian steppe. Ponijao lives a more modest life away from fellow Himba tribal families with her mother and eight siblings near Opuwo, Namibia. By comparison, infant Hattie lives in luxury with her parents in San Francisco. The most urbane of the four babies is Mari, who lives with her parents in the high-energy Shibuya ward of Tokyo close to the busy Shibuya station. What these babies have in common are parents who love them, good health and an infectious spirit of happiness that flows from the movie screen.
- 5/7/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Kick-Ass review - Yes, it's violent, but you always know the killing and the bloodshed aren't real. Four stars out of five Comic books have long gotten a bad rap. People who don't read them—The Man, for instance—look at them as prurient pulp for teenage boys, all violence and mayhem and tight costumes on women with disturbingly awesome proportions. But at the same time, in the last decade the movie industry and the corporations have co-opted the classic comic storylines and watered them down, going strictly PG-13, and raking in billions of dollars in overseas box office, licensing deals, and Happy Meals. The new movie "Kick-Ass," based on the superhero comic book from Mark Millar, doesn't play by the same rules. Despite its trailer, Kick-Ass is a hard-r, a savagely violent movie that's also hysterically funny, tweaking the comic book movie rules via headshots, profanity, most of which...
- 4/16/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
A new list of America's favorite movie stars reveals something interesting. Well, two things, if you count the movie star still on this countdown 30 years after his death. The key, in my mind, is that everyone is over 40, most of them well over 40.
We hear so much about Hollywood skewing younger and that roles and opportunities for aging stars simply aren't there, but maybe the studios should look at this if they really want to stay in the audience-pleasing business. The youngest star in the top ten is Julia Roberts, who at 42, barely even makes the finalists. At number one is Clint Eastwood, who turns 80 in May. John Wayne, if he were alive, would be 102 now.
Four stars are in their 40s, two are in their 50s, one's in her 60s, and Eastwood and Morgan Freeman are the elder statesmen on the list. These rankings don't reflect box office and...
We hear so much about Hollywood skewing younger and that roles and opportunities for aging stars simply aren't there, but maybe the studios should look at this if they really want to stay in the audience-pleasing business. The youngest star in the top ten is Julia Roberts, who at 42, barely even makes the finalists. At number one is Clint Eastwood, who turns 80 in May. John Wayne, if he were alive, would be 102 now.
Four stars are in their 40s, two are in their 50s, one's in her 60s, and Eastwood and Morgan Freeman are the elder statesmen on the list. These rankings don't reflect box office and...
- 1/28/2010
- by Colin Boyd
- GetTheBigPicture.net
I've been watching Smallville since meteor freak episode one. And now that we're halfway through its ninth season (a feat I'm still amazed at), I'd like to submit this open letter to the producers and writers of the show. Because this little hiatus gives everyone time to evaluate what the show is and where it's going. There are rumblings that this could be the final season. If that's the case, if this is the final season, then could we fix a few things and end on a high note? And who knows, maybe a few of these could secure a tenth season.
1.) Figure out the story. When Smallville first aired, it was advertised to be the story of how Clark Kent grew up to be Superman. We might not ever see the tights, we might not ever see him fly, but we would see him grow from a boy into a Superman.
1.) Figure out the story. When Smallville first aired, it was advertised to be the story of how Clark Kent grew up to be Superman. We might not ever see the tights, we might not ever see him fly, but we would see him grow from a boy into a Superman.
- 11/25/2009
- by Scott Fogg
- TVovermind.com
Ebert loves Tarantino’s Basterds: Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” is a big, bold, audacious war movie that will annoy some, startle others and demonstrate once again that he’s the real thing, a director of quixotic delights. For starters (and at this late stage after the premiere in May at Cannes, I don’t believe I’m spoiling anything), he [...]...
- 8/20/2009
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
Grade: Four Stars Heartwarming 'Departures' may be set in Japanese funeral parlor but its tale of unemployment syncs perfectly with American audiences. Perfect timing for specialty film buffs is a 2008 Japanese drama featuring an out-of-work cellist finding his calling via an unexpected funeral parlor job. Layoffs, furloughs and downsizing are driving themes in America today and "Departures" ("Okuribito"), a critical and box office smash in its native Japan and recent winner of the 2009 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, tackles the topic of unemployment via life-affirming storytelling, warm performances and subtle comedy. Veteran Japanese director Yôjirô Takita may set his drama around the Asian tradition of "encoffination," the little- known ritual of washing, dressing and preparing the deceased in front of the family as a way to say goodbye to a loved one, but the movie is very much a global celebration of life, family and new beginnings.
- 6/3/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Grade: Four Stars Heartwarming 'Departures' may be set in Japanese funeral parlor but its tale of unemployment syncs perfectly with American audiences. Perfect timing for specialty film buffs is a 2008 Japanese drama featuring an out-of-work cellist finding his calling via an unexpected funeral parlor job. Layoffs, furloughs and downsizing are driving themes in America today and "Departures" ("Okuribito"), a critical and box office smash in its native Japan and recent winner of the 2009 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, tackles the topic of unemployment via life-affirming storytelling, warm performances and subtle comedy. Veteran Japanese director Yôjirô Takita may set his drama around the Asian tradition of "encoffination," the little- known ritual of washing, dressing and preparing the deceased in front of the family as a way to say goodbye to a loved one, but the movie is very much a global celebration of life, family and new beginnings.
- 6/3/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Take the most unforgettable journey of the year with Into The Wild from Director Sean Penn - Available December 16 on Blu-ray.
{sidebar id=1}Emile Hirsch is Chris McCandless, a young man who dares to leave everything behind and discover the beauty and danger of nature.
Featuring an all-star cast including William Hurt, Marcia Gay Harden, Vince Vaughn and Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild has the critics applauding.
"Four Stars...a spellbinding film!" raves Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times.
Experience Into The Wild on Blu-ray from Paramount Home Entertainment on December 16!
Rated R for language and some nudity.
Synopsis: This is the true story of Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch). Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, McCandless instead walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What Read more...
{sidebar id=1}Emile Hirsch is Chris McCandless, a young man who dares to leave everything behind and discover the beauty and danger of nature.
Featuring an all-star cast including William Hurt, Marcia Gay Harden, Vince Vaughn and Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild has the critics applauding.
"Four Stars...a spellbinding film!" raves Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times.
Experience Into The Wild on Blu-ray from Paramount Home Entertainment on December 16!
Rated R for language and some nudity.
Synopsis: This is the true story of Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch). Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, McCandless instead walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What Read more...
- 12/12/2008
- by IESB Staff <alyson@iesb.net>
- IESB.net
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