While some kids have parents who let them watch literally anything from a young age, most people first encounter scary movies ...

Yes, it’s another boy-and-his-dog story. Except that in “Frankenweenie” the dog happens to be deceased and the boy is, more or less, a mad scientist. Tim Burton’s 1984 short movie was a lot of fun and ...

Halloween comes early this year as Tim Burton ("The Nightmare Before Christmas," "The Corpse Bride") delights fans of the morbid and macabre with this black-and-white, Gothic tale about a boy and his ...

Johnny Depp stars in director Tim Burton's big-screen re-imagining of the old vampire soap 'Dark Shadows.' (Photo by Warner Bros.) Tim Burton fans have reason to be doubly excited this week. Not only ...

Shelley Duvall was a woman who couldn't help but make everything she did feel far more whimsical and spontaneous than it was on the page. Fittingly for a woman who spearheaded the production of a ...

A couple of fine films fade from Portland movie screens this week, and one terrible one too. As the Halloween spirit gives way to the Thanksgiving holiday, Tim Burton’s enjoyable " " bites the dust, ...