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Tim Burton

A collection of 3 posts
Looking Elsewhere

Specials: No Country for Old Men, The Golden Compass, and Tim Burton

The Coens and The Golden Compass You can now download my conversation with radio show host Paul Edwards as we discuss the Coen Brothers'No Country for Old Men... and then the controversy surrounding The Golden Compass. * The Coens... They're Not Nihilists Among people who write about
18 Nov 2007 1 min read
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Film Reviews

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

"There is no place I know to compare with pure imagination." Gene Wilder sang that dreamy refrain when he played Willy Wonka, the candy-making madman in the beloved but creepy 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, based on Roald Dahl's book Charlie and the
20 Jul 2005 3 min read
On Movies & Media

Greydanus on "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"

Steven D. Greydanus has posted his mixed review of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. No one but Burton could possibly have so perfectly nailed Dahl’s blend of whimsical fantasy and withering comeuppance, or the Dickensian glee and extravagance of its morality-play tableau, with abject poverty and decency lavishly rewarded
16 Jul 2005 1 min read
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