Tim Burton

20 Years Later, How Batman Changed the Movie Business

Scott Mendelson | Posted 06.24.2009 | Entertainment


Scott Mendelson

Believe it or not, Tim Burton's Batman turned twenty years old yesterday.

Johnny Depp As Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter's Red Queen And Anne Hathaway's White Queen: FIRST LOOK (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 06.22.2009 | Entertainment


The Tim Burton 3-D flick doesn't come out till spring 2010, but film fans now have their first look at Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Anne Hathaway as...

Tim Burton To Get MoMA Exhibit

Variety | Posted 06.09.2009 | Entertainment


The visually inventive filmmaker behind "Edward Scissorhands," "Batman" and "Sweeney Todd," among others, will be the subject of "Tim Burton," a major...

Give Reboots the Boot

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.26.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

As much as I enjoyed Star Trek, it was a guilty pleasure. Here was yet another movie that was devoted to selling us something we already had.

Q&A: Actor Geena Davis Got an Oscar and Now Makes Accidents Happen

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2009 | Entertainment


Brad Balfour

Davis's startling and starring reappearance makes for a snappy and sharp-witted comeback. She plays the maternal head of a decidedly distraught and traumatized suburban family.

Batman In The Movies - The narrative arc of Bruce Wayne in the first film series...

Scott Mendelson | Posted 03.13.2009 | Entertainment


Scott Mendelson

This is an essay I wrote last June on Mendelson's Memos, in advance of The Dark Knight's theatrical release. Since it specifically concerns the origi...

10 Places Not to Yell: "Thom Yorke Is Retiring" (He's Not)

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 02.16.2009 | Entertainment


Andrea Chalupa

The one place you could yell it is Iceland, let Sigur Ros know if they ever had a chance of touring American stadiums, getting Yorke out of the way could be it.

Faith! Family! Films! And the Crystal Teddy Goes to...

David Sterritt | Posted 01.12.2009 | Entertainment


David Sterritt

What riles me is the business of peddling movies on DVD after scrubbing them squeaky clean, or as we used to say in pre-digital antiquity, censoring them.

The Real Story Behind the Batman, Turkey Lawsuit

Scott Mendelson | Posted 11.12.2008 | Entertainment


Scott Mendelson

The Mayor of Batman, Turkey is suing Warner Bros and Chris Nolan for not getting permission to use the name 'Batman.' Absurd, insane, ridiculous, right? Well of course, but the truth is far more disturbing.

Johnny Depp To Play Jack Sparrow (Again!) And Wonderland's Mad Hatter

Variety | Posted 09.25.2008 | Entertainment


Johnny Depp is the main man at the Mouse House. Depp has agreed to reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in a fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" pi...

Court Throws Out Tim Burton's Ex's Lawsuit

AP | ANTHONY McCARTNEY | Posted 08.08.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — A long-running lawsuit filed by Tim Burton's ex-girlfriend over his assets should be dismissed, an appeals court has ruled. The C...

Batman (1989): Why Michael Keaton is the Best Bruce Wayne

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 07.18.2008 | Entertainment


Erik Lundegaard

I love the way Michael Keaton plays Bruce Wayne. We usually see him as a socialite, a playboy, and I suppose you could say he is here, too, but it's a loose, complex take on Wayne. Still, the plot keeps fraying.

25 Getting Hollywood Stars: Tinkerbell, Cameron Diaz, The Village People, Harry Shearer And More

AP | Posted 06.19.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — Hollywood will enshrine an eclectic bunch in its famous curbside Walk of Fame next year, including Hugh Jackman, Ben Kingsley, The...

DVDs: Is Tim Burton Any Good?

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.31.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

I love Burton's taste in projects and talent and invariably get excited by the movies he's making... and invariably disappointed when they come out.

Mediation Fails Between Burton, Ex

AP | Posted 02.10.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — Mediation talks collapsed between Tim Burton and his ex-girlfriend, who claims she was cheated out of her rights to assets that th...

Who Should Win the Oscars -- The Teaser Categories

Alex Remington | Posted 01.28.2008 | Entertainment


Alex Remington

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE OF THE YEAR: Ratatouille: This was pretty close to my favorite movie of the year. It's hard to talk about unhyperbolically -- it's simply magical.

Sweeney Todd: Tim Burton, Hollywood's New Musical Man

Alex Remington | Posted 12.28.2007 | Entertainment


Alex Remington

Sweeney Todd is Burton's best movie in nearly a decade, and, along with Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas it's one of the best movie musicals of recent years.

Sweeney Tot: Tim Burton And Helena Bonham Carter Welcome Baby #2

AP | Posted 12.17.2007 | Entertainment


Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton have welcomed their second child, a girl, in London, the actress' representative told a magazine. The star and di...

Sacha Baron Cohen's Prosthetic "Sweeney Todd" Bulge

E! Online | Marc Malkin | Posted 12.11.2007 | Entertainment


Sacha Baron Cohen has a thing for showing off his privates. Well, what appear to be his privates, that is. We've already been subjected to Borat dres...

"Sweeney Todd" Reviews: Bloody Wonderful

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 12.04.2007 | Entertainment


"Sweeney Todd" officially bowed in New York Monday night (scroll down for pictures),and the critics love it. Tim Burton's film adaption of the musical...

Blooming Bonham Carter Shows Off Baby Bump

Daily Mail | Posted 11.26.2007 | Entertainment


There was only one thing bigger and more eye catching than Helena Bonham Carter's towering nest of wild hair - her enormous baby bump. The eccentric ...

Johnny Depp Can Sing: Sneak Peek At New Movie Musical

Fox News | Roger Friedman | Posted 11.15.2007 | Entertainment


Last night we learned from director Tim Burton that Johnny Depp modeled his "Willy Wonka" hairstyle on Vogue editor Anna Wintour. "He was trying to s...

Johnny Depp On Daughter's Hospitalization: "Words Are So Small"

AP | Posted 11.01.2007 | Entertainment


Johnny Depp says his 8-year-old daughter is now healthy and well following her hospitalization earlier this year. "Now every single millisecond is a ...

Helena Bonham Carter Opens Up About Fertility Struggles

Telegraph (UK) | Andrea Manzi-Davies | Posted 10.15.2007 | Entertainment


Pregnancy at 41 certainly agrees with Helena Bonham Carter. Seven months into carrying her second child, vibrant and beaming, she is licking big globu...

Johnny Depp Presents Tim Burton With Lifetime Acheivement Award

AP | Posted 09.06.2007 | Entertainment


Tim Burton is getting a career Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival.! To mark the occasion, the festival was screening a 3-D version of "The...