Dark Shadows (Tim Burton, 2012)

On paper, Dark Shadows  should be a stirring return to form for Tim Burton. Like Beetlejuice , its focus on one main set limits Burton's...

Rango

When the Rango trailer met with near-unanimous derision and dismissal among critics and, seemingly, audiences, I wonder if Gore Verbinski s...

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Tim Burton's detractors may find themselves supporting Alice in Wonderland , if only because it makes their case against him so simple. ...

Second Thoughts: Public Enemies

[Edited: 7/21/2012] The majority of mainstream critical opinion largely matched my initial reaction to Michael Mann's Public Enemies --...

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Terry Gilliam's latest feature, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus , arrives in theaters just as besotted with issues as all of his oth...

Dead Man

Jim Jarusch's '80s filmography was enough to make me an ardent fan, but nothing prepared me for Dead Man . At once a film far beyond...

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest became and remains Disney's most successful film in their history, grossing over $400 mi...

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

The first Pirates of the Caribbean was the biggest surprise hit in years, maybe since Titanic turned a cloying melodrama into the highest-...

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

No one thought a film based on a theme park attraction would work. Now, of course, we know true artistic bankruptcy: Michael Bay churned out...

Public Enemies

There may be no major Hollywood director as underrated as Michael Mann. Only Martin Scorsese can claim to capture America's seedy underw...