REVIEW: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

He’s back, baby.

Before Michael Keaton was Batman, he was Beetlejuice.

In Tim Burton’s 1988 film of the same name, Keaton portrayed the titular ghoul; a lecherous, foul-mouthed “bio-exorcist” hired by the recently deceased Maitlands (played by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) to scare away the new occupants of their home.…

Big Eyes: kitsch & sink art drama from Tim Burton

 

As a brand name director, there are certain things with associate with Tim Burton; a certain quaint creepiness and kooky charm.

More so than these things, however, Burton is known for his coterie: Big Eyes is his first live-action film since 1996 not to feature Johnny Depp or Helena Bonham Carter, though composer Danny Elfman is still hanging on in there.…