Welcome to Collinsworth: A Film Review Of 'Dark Shadows'
I had entered the theater with miniscule prior knowledge of the film, but departed dazed and in a mood of uplifting wonder, thanks to another aesthetic creation of director Tim Burton.
I had entered the theater with miniscule prior knowledge of the film, but departed dazed and in a mood of uplifting wonder, thanks to another aesthetic creation of director Tim Burton.
Network Awesome | Posted 05.29.2012
Though you may know him from his more recent roles from The Lord of the Rings series or the Star Wars prequels, Sir Christopher Lee has been one of the most reliable forces on film and television screens around the world for more than sixty years and running.
Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.15.2012
The problem with Dark Shadows is that it is not a comedy. It isn't a drama either. It is part camp and part horror flick and none of it works.
Dan Persons | Posted 05.14.2012
Two hundred years is a long time to revive a vampire, but then again, 40 years is long time to revive the first horror soap opera (not counting an earlier, feature adaptation and a TV reboot in the '90s).
mtvU | Posted 05.14.2012
By David Braun I'm sitting in my apartment in Prague fighting the last bits of jet lag with coffee and reflecting on the unexpected week I just spen...
The Huffington Post | Crystal Bell | Posted 05.12.2012
Is Tim Burton's macabre shtick getting old? Or is it just an acquired taste? "Dark Shadows" may aim at being silly, but many critics are finding it te...
Mike Ryan | Posted 05.10.2012
On Friday, a very boring movie called Dark Shadows gets released into theaters. The new film brings together Johnny Depp (The Astronaut's Wife) and director Tim Burton (Big Fish) for their first eighth collaboration. Ahead, we answer every question that you could possibly have about Dark Shadows.
Liz Smith | Posted 05.09.2012
The Johnny Depp/Tim Burton big-screen retooling of TV's legendary "Dark Shadows" isn't in release yet, though the trailers look fabulous. (This new version appears to be intentionally funny, as opposed to the unintended yucks sometimes generated by the series, which was taped live.)
The Huffington Post | Crystal Bell | Posted 05.09.2012
Johnny Depp stopped by "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" for the first time ever today, and thankfully, it was worth the wait. Depp refused to dance with Ell...
MTV | Posted 05.08.2012
We're fully aware of the fact that Tim Burton and Johnny Depp have very full schedules at the moment, given all their various projects like "Dark Shad...
C. M. Rubin | Posted 04.30.2012
Their big picture concept? A visual spectacle such as has never been seen before in any other attraction in the UK. So what might Alice Liddell have said about these creative upgrades to her favorite story in her summer vacation town?
Ellen Sterling | Posted 04.26.2012
Before he left, he invited the audience to a surprise screening of The Dictator at 11 that evening in a local movie theater and, as he left, he stopped to kiss Katzenberg's head.
Posted 04.24.2012
The mastermind behind films that pay homage to the dark and twisted now has an homage of his own. Students at the French school EMCA Angouleme created...
Posted 04.18.2012
"I, Kusama, am the modern Alice in Wonderland." So begins Yayoi Kusama's visionary take on Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland", the iconic tale of a...
Posted 05.15.2012
If the first images of Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins in "Dark Shadows" had you worried that it was going to be another one of Depp's "weird," post-J...
Posted 03.08.2012
In the BBC's arts roundup this month, we first experience Tim Burton's exhibition, featuring over 700 works by the bizarre and lovable filmmaker. You'...
Pavarti K Tyler | Posted 04.29.2012
The mythos and portrayal of vampires vary greatly by tradition and region, but in popular culture the vampire is almost always defined by an unquenchable thirst for blood, skin that is cool to the touch, avoidance of the sun and garlic and the lack of soul.
Posted 03.09.2012
President Obama threw a star-studded, "Alice In Wonderland"-themed Halloween party at the White House in 2009, New York Times correspondent Jodi Kanto...
Posted 02.28.2012
No, Tim Burton and Mark Wahlberg's 2001 remake of "The Planet of the Apes" wasn't very well received by critics. On the plus side, it sparked a friend...
C. M. Rubin | Posted 02.04.2012
In the year 2143, will we be able to say Harry Potter lives, Harry Potter is global, or even that Harry Potter's enduring legacy continues to inspire all age groups? There is one book we can say that about today.
Posted 12.04.2011
First came Titanic, then came The Lion King and now Guernica; epic works of across visual media are being intensified through 3D technology. Guernica,...
Posted 11.25.2011
Tim Burton's stitched-up, outcast of the balloon crowd made its way across Manhattan Thursday in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Burton first caug...
www.funnyordie.com | Posted 01.22.2012
For the first time ever, Macy's has invited Tim Burton to contribute a piece to their Thanksgiving Day Parade. But due to the often macabre nature of ...
Melody Godfred | Posted 12.31.2011
Posted 12.26.2011
We know the talented Mr. Depp for his eccentric caricatures, flamboyant swagger and uncanny ability to rock eyeliner. But in the vein of Hollywood boy...
Kelsey Nguyen | Posted 05.31.2012