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Sleepy Hollow (1999) – Review

Posted on November 26, 2024November 8, 2024 by Mike Brooks

Tim Burton has long been known for his unique and quirky style of filmmaking – he could trademark spindly trees – so it was a natural choice for him to direct a Gothic horror film that was inspired by Washington Irving’s classic short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” This resulted in a unique and…

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Batman Returns (1992) – Review

Posted on March 27, 2020April 30, 2022 by Mike Brooks

When 1989’s Batman made over $400 million worldwide the idea of a follow-up film was a no-brainer, but Tim Burton wasn’t all that interested in returning to the world of Gotham City and this left the studio a little stressed, with big money on the line, and the execs over at Warner Brothers were not…

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Batman (1989) – Review

Posted on March 24, 2020April 24, 2024 by Mike Brooks

If director Tim Burton can be credited for anything it would be in proving to Hollywood that big-budget superhero movies could, once again, be a successful venture, especially after Superman IV: The Quest for Peace practically drove the superhero movie into hibernation, but the resurgent popularity of Batman (thanks to the contemporary work of comic…

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Dumbo (2019) – Review

Posted on June 28, 2019December 31, 2022 by Mike Brooks

How do you take an animated classic like Dumbo, a film that was barely over an hour in length, and then turn it into a two-hour live-action summer blockbuster? This was the problem facing director Tim Burton but the fact that he was also the man who started this whole Disney live-action-remake binge in the…

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The Many Faces of Batman

Posted on March 31, 2016June 23, 2024 by Mike Brooks

With the horrifying image of a giant bat this hero strikes fear into the hearts of the superstitious and cowardly lot of Gotham’s underworld, Batman, the Caped Crusader, the Dark Knight, the World’s Greatest Detective, whose never-ending battle for truth, justice and the American way…wait, no, that’s the other guy. Next to Superman, you’d be…

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