Tim Burton

The Fox and the Hound turns 40 this year, having first graced the big screens in 1981. And there is no better time than now to dive into this Disney classic, a film which marked the last involvement of Disney's Nine Old Men, a group of…

In our Halloween special on this week's Fireside, Kevin reads pieces and extracts from some classic works from the pantheon of all things Gothic, horror and macabre... Featuring: The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe Dracula by Bram Stoker…

"Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. It's about the big picture." - Ed Wood In 1988 director Tim Burton exploded onto cinema screens with the classic Beetlejuice. This was not his first outing but his first to reach wide acclaim,…

I’ve seen the future and it will be. Batman 1989 turns thirty this week, and three decades in it remains as odd as it was when it was released - it’s been criticised as having been the ultimate studio product, pumped out with the…

“You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?” - The Joker In 2019, cinema audiences are geared up for the monumental 22nd entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avengers: Endgame.  Back 30 years ago however there was not so…

The Room (2003) written, produced, directed by and starring Tommy Wiseau is infamous for being one of the worst films ever made. It’s an awkward, stilted train wreck that, despite its horrible quality, is well worth your time. It is an…

The enormous success of the first film (the appropriately titled Batman) meant that Tim Burton had something of a bargaining chip in his corner when Warner Brothers asked him to come back for the sophomore effort. He argued for more…

Despite what the treacherous, criminally dishonest posters would have you believe, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is not the tale of a sassy Eva Green building a child-army of gurning youths through a rigorous regime of…

With the year coming to an end, here are the 5 top art news stories that stuck with me in 2015. 1. Record-Breaking Year for Ridiculous Amount of Money Spent on Art Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani's series of 'reclining nudes' first…

Our weekly look at the latest news and trailers from the world of film, featuring Star Wars news galore, Samuel L Jackson (without snakes) on a plane and 5 movies on TV to round off your week… It’s the Showreel! Film News Zoolander 2…