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Written by James M. Tate / 7/28/2026 / No comments / alec baldwin , annie mcenroe , catherine o'hara , cindy daly , comedy , dick cavett , eighties , geena davis , horror , jeffrey jones , michael keaton , simmy bow , sylvia sidney , tim burton , winona ryder

TIM BURTON DIRECTING MICHAEL KEATON AS 'BEETLEJUICE'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGhg_PPdn9Uyk0DzgKlsWSG_xh-JoE00jtRKD4jn2h58xnnDmLST62IwzuxDyGA8rY1OPl5OPrYDjGJrPGLmGJIqu1qY0bFRT7HOgBqIRzgjphxb0rhfRna_HiKNxONDLbVCUqZmsDVHGkRokvV4_qt0w7NAmDDh_01cDExsPgAeBcPBQ50UgD5EQ83pHP/s2104/Screen%20Shot%202026-07-27%20at%201.19.38%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="2104" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGhg_PPdn9Uyk0DzgKlsWSG_xh-JoE00jtRKD4jn2h58xnnDmLST62IwzuxDyGA8rY1OPl5OPrYDjGJrPGLmGJIqu1qY0bFRT7HOgBqIRzgjphxb0rhfRna_HiKNxONDLbVCUqZmsDVHGkRokvV4_qt0w7NAmDDh_01cDExsPgAeBcPBQ50UgD5EQ83pHP/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202026-07-27%20at%201.19.38%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: BEETLEJUICE Year: 1988 Rating: ****1/2</u><br></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In Tim Burton's BEETLEJUICE, the King King Mark... that point when the titular creature finally shows up, in both cases exactly after forty-five minutes... provides an equal anticipation for the leading characters and the audience... <br><br>The audience is waiting for comic actor Michael Keaton to steal the movie, and the young married couple... who died and have become ghosts... needs him to save their perfect dream house... <br><span></span></p>

alec baldwin, annie mcenroe, catherine o'hara, cindy daly, comedy, dick cavett, eighties, geena davis, horror, jeffrey jones, michael keaton, simmy bow, sylvia sidney, tim burton, winona ryder

TIM BURTON DIRECTING MICHAEL KEATON AS 'BEETLEJUICE'

Title: BEETLEJUICE Year: 1988 Rating: ****1/2 In Tim Burton's BEETLEJUICE, the King King Mark... that point when the titular creature fi...

MARTIN SCORSESE DIRECTS GRIFFIN DUNNE IN 'AFTER HOURS'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuB4chR4uO-lbcYpzyVUaV2hdSr3V986SmUKcMp9bDZiOMFZadCcCnR_TzvS57lRqWPxyEN6KfF20oHIq9EU9AXxeFU7DjgH35uXc6rRo-_f9nVU_ENLrJZQFqGF51ifkGjl5XlvX4FKWT_dDTdXEtDTIBoHB0DBhC1bDr3HYO0i0u6FNK23PjCK4f3mqf/s1739/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="1739" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuB4chR4uO-lbcYpzyVUaV2hdSr3V986SmUKcMp9bDZiOMFZadCcCnR_TzvS57lRqWPxyEN6KfF20oHIq9EU9AXxeFU7DjgH35uXc6rRo-_f9nVU_ENLrJZQFqGF51ifkGjl5XlvX4FKWT_dDTdXEtDTIBoHB0DBhC1bDr3HYO0i0u6FNK23PjCK4f3mqf/s16000/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: AFTER HOURS Cast: Griffin Dunne, Patricia Arquette Year: 1985 Rating: *****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>For the then very underrated, semi-underground and mostly unrewarded director Martin Scorsese, between his 1990 breakthrough GOODFELLAS and gritty boxing biopic RAGING BULL... at the beginning of the otherwise comparably anti-arthouse 1980's, he created his most thrilling and outright entertaining, hilarious feature film...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And the neo noir comedy AFTER HOURS provides some of Scorsese's best visual direction — every single movement of every single person that central lead Griffin Dunne as Paul Hackett encounters is covered by either creative slow-pans or signature quick-zoom-shots, rhythmically in-step with precise, strategically-offbeat cinematography and editing...<br></p><p><span></span></p>

adventure, catherine o'hara, comedy, eighties, griffin dunne, john heard, linda florentino, martin scorsese, neo noir, teri garr

MARTIN SCORSESE DIRECTS GRIFFIN DUNNE IN 'AFTER HOURS'

Title: AFTER HOURS Cast: Griffin Dunne, Patricia Arquette Year: 1985 Rating: ***** For the then very underrated, semi-underground and mostly...

FRANKENWEENIE

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 2012 voices: Charlie Tahan, Martin Landau rating: ****</td></tr>
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Tim Burton hasn’t been this… Tim Burton in years. Gone are the overboard computer effects or quirky actors prancing without limits… FRANKENWEENIE, a stop-motion remake of Burton’s 1984 short film, is a wonderful piece of work.<br />
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Based on James Whale’s theatrical version of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, our "monster" begins as a family pooch. Not a weenie dog like the title implies; the energetic Sparky's more of a comic book Bull Terrier owned by melancholy Victor Frankenstein, son of middle class suburban parents voiced by Martin Short and Catherine O’Hara. Dad's all for Victor taking part in the upcoming science fair… his "weird" son is inspired by Martin Landau's progressive science teacher... just as long as he gives baseball a shot: Cut to the chase... Sparky ends up dead and Victor, using the same <strike>lightning strike</strike> template from the Frankenstein film, brings Sparky back to life. Despite being a patchwork that continuously falls apart, he’s got the same spunk and energy. But soon Victor’s classmates catch on: Wanting their own pets revived, what begins with a subtle touch ends up a GREMLINS meets GODZILLA and it’s up to Sparky, who'd been feeling no purpose as a zombie dog, to make things right.<br />
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Burton provides an old-school charm, not only because of the retro stop-motion or the lovely black and white cinematography. The story has the kind of heartfelt melodrama of the good old days. And if anything else, this is a simple tale of a boy and his pet – you’ll feel the love Victor has for Sparky, which is enough to make everything else truly come <i>alive</i>!

2012, catherine o'hara, martin landau, martin short, stop-motion, tim burton

FRANKENWEENIE

year: 2012 voices: Charlie Tahan, Martin Landau rating: **** Tim Burton hasn’t been this… Tim Burton in years. Gone are the overboard co...

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