...ParaNorman" work is its sweetness. It's not candy-coated, necessarily. It's not for little kids, but unlike Tim Burton's stop-motion films, which I like, by the way, there's very little darkness. The zombies are funny, the witch...

...be on anyone's "best of" list, let alone mine. That is, until it came out and blew everyone away. This takes Tim Burton's idiotic reboot of the "Apes" series and tosses it in the trash. This potentially silly subject matter is treated...

...one, that there was a great story to tell, and two, that of the six total stories previously told, (this includes Tim Burton's awful remake in 2001) five were pretty bad. Luckily, and surprisingly, to be frank, this latest "Apes" film...

Synopsis: Abraham Lincoln is reinvented as a vampire-killing president in this Timur Bekmambetov-directed action picture starring Benjamin Walker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, and Dominic Cooper. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author Seth Grahame-Smith adapts his own book for 20th Century Fox. Tim Burton produces alongside Bekmambetov and Jim Lemley. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi Cast: Benjamin Walker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper, Jimmi Simpson Movie Details Movie Review

Opens Friday, Oct 5, 2012 Synopsis: Tim Burton's 1984 short film Frankenweenie is resurrected for the big screen with this stop-motion 3-D remake, which will once again center on a boy who reanimates his dead terrier and the suburban fallout that occurs because of it. Big Fish screenwriter John August provides the script for the Walt Disney production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi Cast: Winona Ryder, Martin Landau, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Charlie Tahan Movie Details Play Trailer Movie Review

Opens Friday, Oct 5, 2012 Synopsis: Tim Burton's 1984 short film Frankenweenie is resurrected for the big screen with this stop-motion 3-D remake, which will once again center on a boy who reanimates his dead terrier and the suburban fallout that occurs because of it. Big Fish screenwriter John August provides the script for the Walt Disney production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi Cast: Winona Ryder, Martin Landau, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Charlie Tahan Movie Details Play Trailer Movie Review

Synopsis: Abraham Lincoln is reinvented as a vampire-killing president in this Timur Bekmambetov-directed action picture starring Benjamin Walker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, and Dominic Cooper. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author Seth Grahame-Smith adapts his own book for 20th Century Fox. Tim Burton produces alongside Bekmambetov and Jim Lemley. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi Cast: Benjamin Walker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper, Jimmi Simpson Movie Details Movie Review

Opens Friday, Oct 5, 2012 Synopsis: Tim Burton's 1984 short film Frankenweenie is resurrected for the big screen with this stop-motion 3-D remake, which will once again center on a boy who reanimates his dead terrier and the suburban fallout that occurs because of it. Big Fish screenwriter John August provides the script for the Walt Disney production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi Cast: Winona Ryder, Martin Landau, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Charlie Tahan Movie Details Play Trailer Movie Review

Synopsis: Abraham Lincoln is reinvented as a vampire-killing president in this Timur Bekmambetov-directed action picture starring Benjamin Walker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, and Dominic Cooper. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author Seth Grahame-Smith adapts his own book for 20th Century Fox. Tim Burton produces alongside Bekmambetov and Jim Lemley. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi Cast: Benjamin Walker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper, Jimmi Simpson Movie Details Movie Review

...trail. I passed several patches of alpine bog swertia (a black flower that looks like it should be growing out of a Tim Burton movie). The trail toward the ridgeline soon disappeared and I began hiking without a trail up the side of the ridge...