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Batman Returns

Annals of the Over-Rated: Tim Burton

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Batman Returns, Beetlejuice, Lewis Carroll, Pee-Wee Herman, Alice in Wonderland, Tim Burton, Ed Wood, Marshall Fine Blog, Christopher Nolan, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sweeney Todd, Sleepy Hollow, Edward Scissorhands, Helena Bonham Carter, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Batman Begins, Johnny Depp, Michael Keaton, Museum of Modern Art, Batman, Jack Nicholson, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

America (and the world) has spoken: The less-than-mediocre Alice in Wonderland is a hit. Allow me to disagree. Tim Burton is Exhibit A for my unified theory of movies.

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When the Coming Attractions are the Main Attraction

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Et, Previews, I Am Legend, Star Wars Episode One the Phantom Menace, Batman Returns, The Lost World, Two Towers, Scott Mendelson, Teasers, Godzilla, Men in Black, Hook, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Coming Attractions, Movies, Trailers, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Fellowship of the Ring, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Lion King, Forrest Gump, Return of the King, Terminator 2, Avatar, Rugrats the Movie, Tim Burton, Batman, Jurassic Park, The Dark Knight, Thirteen Days, Enemy of the State, Batman Begins, The Siege, News, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

With the Internet, it is no longer necessary to go to a theater to see the must-see coming attraction, and I genuinely miss the days when I would watch Entertainment Tonight hoping for a sneak peak at a major preview.

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

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Movie Reviews, Batman Returns, Entertainment, Batman Forever, Tim Burton, Batman, Batman & Robin, Joel Schumacher, Movies, Entertainment News
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...

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