From the Vaults: Tim Burton & Johnny Depp

Reviewing our reviews of the 8 Tim Burton/Johnny Depp collaborations

"...John Wayne and John Ford, but Johnny Depp and Tim Burton have now made eight films together, including today's..."

May 11, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

Burton's best work in ages is eye candy of the highest order and as eminently watchable as a hilltop Halloween pyre or a Día de los Muertos parade run amok.

"...Directed by: Mike Johnson and Tim Burton. The dead have more fun than the living,..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...coffers: “bad feminist” and essential culture critic Roxane Gay; Tim O’Brien (The Things They Carried), debuting his first novel..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Big Fish

Tim Burton is all grown up and getting serious.

"...Directed by: Tim Burton. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mars Attacks!

Burton's sci-fi spoof gleefully recounts the unspeakable horror that takes place when Martians attack the planet Earth.

"...Directed by: Tim Burton. Starring: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Planet of the Apes

"...Directed by: Tim Burton. Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter,..."

July 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dark Shadows

Sometimes it might be best to let sleeping vampires lie.

"...Directed by: Tim Burton. Starring: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Helena..."

May 11, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Big Eyes

Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz play the Keane couple, the artists behind the craze of those ubiquitous portraits of wide-eyed waifs.

"...Directed by: Tim Burton. Starring: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Krysten Ritter, Danny..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Edward Scissorhands

Burton's combination of fantastic and real imagery adds to this story's dreamy but satiric edge. Depp, as the the fragile but irresistibly fabulous title character, is "shear" delight.

"...Directed by: Tim Burton. Starring: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Conchata Ferrell, Kathy..."

Dec. 21, 1990 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Irreplaceable

Co-director Mike Johnson on 'Tim Burton's Corpse Bride' and how stop-motion has done more than survive amid the rise of computer animation

"...In Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, a maggot lives in the heroine's..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Igor

Pixar this animated outing isn't, but neither is it Mary Shelley's VeggieTales.

"...Igor presumably seemed like a good idea at the time. (Children on their own are rarely if ever mediocre..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

This new animated comedy is a brilliantly conceived and executed bit of Brit wit, perfect for both kids and their parents and anyone even remotely interested in laughing themselves silly.

"...with the CGI animation, Disney, DreamWorks, et al.: Between Tim Burton’s smashingly fine Corpse Bride and this excellent new..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Although it has visual panache, this new story is lifeless

"...Whither whimsy? This unasked-for sequel to Tim Burton’s 2010 film rendition of the timeless Lewis Carroll..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Life as a Zucchini

A poignant stop-motion coming-of-age tale

"...The film by first-time feature director Claude Barras looks a bit like the..."

March 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Clifford

"...kid character acted by a grown-up. There's even a Tim Burton-ish scene with dinosaurs, tilted camera, garish colored lights,..."

April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Bubble Boy

"...Lorraine or Todd. There's a definite John Waters and Tim Burton influence: First-time feature director Blair Hayes' visual style..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest 2012 Announces Opening Night Film

Tim Burton's 'Frankenweenie' to open FF2012

"...… And it's Tim Burton's stop-motion remake of his 1984 live-action tearjerker-cum-Mary Shelley-riff,..."

June 29, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Lisa Frankenstein

Diablo Cody and Zelda Williams show their Tim Burton love with charm but not enough visual style

"...the late 2000s: when Eighties nostalgia was at an all-time high, Barnes & Noble had a specific slice of..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Stop-Motion Go-Ahead

While waiting for Frankenweenie, shore up on Coraline

"...This morning's announcement that Tim Burton's hotly anticipated Frankenweenie will make its world premiere..."

June 29, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Coraline

An unparalleled master of the phantasmagoric image returns with this children's film.

"...past experience helming James and the Giant Peach and Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, again demonstrates his unparalleled..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Batman Begins

Batman Begins … and it's about time. The movie is great fun, and also a terrific relief.

"...Morgan Freeman and Ken Watanabe. … And it’s about time. Christopher Nolan’s vision of Bob Kane’s seminal hero returns..."

June 17, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

White Noise

That droning sound you hear is White Noise.

"...but, to be fair, Keaton’s brows have carried three Tim Burton films nearly on their own, so don’t let..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat

Bad cat makes stink in theatre.

"...throughout. It’s directed by Welch who did sets for Tim Burton, but he lacks Burton’s wit and instead feels..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Monkeybone

"...but screenwriter Sam Hamm ( Batman) and director Selick (Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas) are at a loss..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.

"...want to know about the late, not-all-that-great Ed Wood. Tim Burton's biopic a few years ago brought Wood's tragic..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Twenty-Fourth International Tournee of Animation

"...heading up the lot. Berry was head puppeteer on Tim Burton's “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” and “The Sandman” resembles..."

April 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

This animated Batman is from the same folks behind the TV cartoon series, and is a diverting take on the Caped Crusader.

"...Directed by: Eric Radomski and Bruce W. Timm. Not exactly the Dark Knight you'll always remember, but..."

Dec. 31, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

We're Back! a Dinosaur's Story

"...the prehistoric era by a Captain NewEyes in his time-traveling airship. The dinosaurs -- Rex, Elsa, Dweeb and Woog..."

Dec. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Look Who's Talking Now!

"...Dukakis, Lysette Anthony, David Gallagher and Tabitha Lupien. Although Tim Burton had nothing to do with it, this is..."

Nov. 12, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shakes the Clown

"...girlfriend (Julie Brown), a woman of epic stupidity. Like Tim Burton's surreal Batman, Beetlejuice, and Edward Scissorhands, Shakes has..."

April 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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