High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewTim Burton Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/tim-burton/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Dumbo (2019) Review: You Oughta Be Ashamed of Yourself https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/dumbo-2019-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/dumbo-2019-movie-review/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2019 19:00:14 +0000 Jason Gorber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=97195 In 1941, Walt Disney Productions and RKO released Dumbo, the story of a flying elephant with mommy issues. Running just over an hour, the film about a floppy-eared pachyderm and a bunch of circus performers has become an animated classic. Following latest trend from the studio, it’s also another old property to be mined, magnified,...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/dumbo-2019-movie-review/feed/ 3 ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ Review: Basic Burton https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/miss-peregrines-home-for-peculiar-children-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/miss-peregrines-home-for-peculiar-children-movie-review/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2016 12:00:44 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=80441 At this point, it’s almost difficult to remember that Tim Burton once used to be one of the most excitingly unpredictable and creative filmmakers in Hollywood. Today, he mostly just latches onto popular properties, tosses a thin coat of his aesthetic on top with a few of his regular actors, and then sits back at...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/miss-peregrines-home-for-peculiar-children-movie-review/feed/ 3 Weekend Roundtable: Directors Who Sold Out https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-directors-who-sold-out/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-directors-who-sold-out/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2016 19:00:56 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=78244 With his $160 million ‘Warcraft’ opening this weekend, ‘Moon’ director Duncan Jones is (seemingly) the latest example of an indie filmmaker previously known for smart, interesting little movies selling out to make big, dopey Hollywood blockbusters from then on. Here are some more examples of promising filmmakers whose careers got a lot less interesting when...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-directors-who-sold-out/feed/ 46 Weekend Roundtable: What Disney Classic Will Tim Burton Ruin Next? https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-tim-burton-disney/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-tim-burton-disney/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2015 19:00:35 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=68741 At this point, it’s very clear that Disney is intent on remaking all of its classic animated movies into new live action blockbusters. In addition to ‘Maleficent’ and the new ‘Cinderella’, news broke this week that the studio is bringing back Tim Burton (who did ‘Alice in Wonderland’ a few years ago) to make a...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-tim-burton-disney/feed/ 26 ‘Big Eyes’ Review: A Very Burton Bio https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/big-eyes-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/big-eyes-review/#respond Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:00:46 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=67113 It’s been a couple years since Tim Burton emerged from what we can only assume to be an isolated Gothic mansion to make a new movie. His past few films felt like regressions, and his last (‘Frankenweenie’) was quite literally a remake of his own work. Thankfully, the director has returned with something that, on...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/big-eyes-review/feed/ 0 The Trailer Park: Jingle Balls https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/trailers-unbroken-hot-tub-eyes/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/trailers-unbroken-hot-tub-eyes/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2014 19:00:41 +0000 Luke Hickman http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=65226 If you plan to go out to the movies this Christmas, it appears that your choices will come down to war movies, bio-pics or raunchy R-rated comedies. Pick your poison. ‘Hot Tub Time Machine 2’ (Dec. 25) Get ready to sit back and relax in another Hot Tub Time Machine with nearly the entire gang...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/trailers-unbroken-hot-tub-eyes/feed/ 2 Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Stop-Motion Animation https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-stop-motion-animation/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-stop-motion-animation/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2014 19:00:46 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=65258 In this age where computer-generated animation has largely supplanted older traditional methods, the labor intensive stop-motion process is a dying breed. This week, studio Laika keeps the format breathing with ‘The BoxTrolls’. Whether this movie will be held up as a classic over time remains to be seen, but we’d like to celebrate the effort...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-stop-motion-animation/feed/ 26 The Trailer Park: Long-Awaited Sequels https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/trailers-superman-hobbit-fury/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/trailers-superman-hobbit-fury/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:00:51 +0000 M. Enois Duarte http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=64162 Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen a lot of new movie trailers for sequels, many of them from franchises that movie buffs never expected to see again. ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ After two decades stuck in Development Hell and several more years of unforeseen setbacks, George Miller finally returns to his post-apocalyptic landscape, where...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/james-cameron-downplays-3d/feed/ 25 Weekend Roundtable: Best & Worst Fairy Tale Movies https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-fairy-tale-movies/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-fairy-tale-movies/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:00:53 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=47906 Hollywood seems to love mining old fairy tales for movie scripts. This week’s theatrical release of ‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ (adapted from ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’) is just the latest example. In today’s Roundtable, we take a look at some of the best and worst examples of this trend. Shannon Nutt Best: It’s a story...

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