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    Oct 4, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Tim Burton's 'Frankenweenie': It's alive! Or is it? ★★ 1/2

    Before things took off with "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" and "Beetlejuice," Tim Burton made a live-action black-and-white film, in 1984, called "Frankenweenie." You can find it on YouTube. It's really good.
    Before things took off with "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" and "Beetlejuice," Tim Burton made a live-action black-and-white film, in 1984, called "Frankenweenie." You can find it on YouTube. It's really good. Just about everything we now know as...

    Tags: Entertainment, PG Rated Movies, Frankenweenie (movie), Igor (movie), Ed Wood (movie)

    2. May 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. L.A. Times Hero Complex film fest invades the TCL Chinese 6

    The Los Angeles Times Hero Complex Film Festival kicks off Friday evening at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres at Hollywood & Highland with a double bill of John Carpenter's 1988 "They Live" and his classic 1978 horror film, "Halloween. Carpenter will appear...

    Tags: The Third Man (movie), The Happiest News!, Stephen King, Festive Events, Independent (Movie Genre)

    3. Apr 21, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. Swimming in father's stories in 'Big Fish'

    THEATER REVIEW: "Big Fish" at the Oriental Theatre ★★★ ... Time surely is ripe for an American family musical, at once fantastical and emotional.
    With British and Irish yarns so dominant at the higher end of Broadway, time surely is ripe for an American family musical, at once fantastical and emotional, with its heart in family reconciliation and its roots in the florid storytelling culture of...

    Tags: Entertainment, Big Fish (movie), Fishing, Petroleum Industry, French Literature

    4. Apr 19, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. 'Big Fish' writer chats with the minnows

    A group of influential screenwriters will converge on Chicago this weekend, including Lucy Alibar (whose script for "Beasts of the Southern Wild" was nominated for an Oscar this year) and Bob Gale (who wrote all three "Back to the Future" films).
    A group of influential screenwriters will converge on Chicago this weekend, including Lucy Alibar (whose script for "Beasts of the Southern Wild" was nominated for an Oscar this year) and Bob Gale (who wrote all three "Back to the Future" films). They'...

    Tags: Media Industry, The Second City, Ben Stiller, Animation (Movie Genre), Melissa McCarthy

    5. Mar 25, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. Chicago catches a 'Big Fish'

    <strong>NEW YORK &mdash;</strong> A man in a Manhattan rehearsal room asks a young boy a question: &quot;No soccer game this week?" A look crosses the kid's face. You can read love, loneliness, contempt. "It's not soccer season anymore, Dad."
    NEW YORK — A man in a Manhattan rehearsal room asks a young boy a question: "No soccer game this week?" A look crosses the kid's face. You can read love, loneliness, contempt. "It's not soccer season anymore, Dad." Chastened, the man talks of...

    Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Dan Jinks, Mel Brooks, Music Theater, Tim Burton

    6. Feb 9, 2013 |Story| Glendale News Press

  6. Film Review: It's hard to laugh at this 'Identity Thief'

    In real life, there's nothing funny about identity theft, as anyone who's gone through it can attest. (Believe me, I learned the hard way.) Unfortunately, if the new comedy &quot;Identity Thief" is anything to go by, there's nothing funny about it on screen either.
    In real life, there's nothing funny about identity theft, as anyone who's gone through it can attest. (Believe me, I learned the hard way.) Unfortunately, if the new comedy "Identity Thief" is anything to go by, there's nothing funny about it on screen...

    Tags: Frank Capra Jr., Entertainment, Melissa McCarthy, Identity Thief (movie), Jason Bateman

    7. Oct 3, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  7. ‘Frankenweenie’: Martin Landau is part Vincent Price, part ‘Slob’

    Hero Complex - movies, comics, fanboy fare - latimes.com
    In Tim Burton's black-and-white, stop-motion-animated monster movie “Frankenweenie,” Martin Landau supplies the voice of Mr. Rzykruski, a mysterious science teacher ......
    8. Sep 28, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Tim Burton’s regeneration of ‘Frankenweenie’ is a personal tale

    Hero Complex - movies, comics, fanboy fare - latimes.com
    The sound of brass and wind instruments rang out with a triumphant blast, echoing down a corridor and around a ......
    9. Jan 14, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Kate Baldwin, Bobby Steggert join cast of 'Big Fish'

    Broadway stars Kate Baldwin and Bobby Steggert have been added to the previously announced cast of "Big Fish," the new musical based on the Tim Burton movie. "Big Fish" is slated to premiere in Chicago in April in a pre-Broadway tryout. Norbert Leo Butz...

    Tags: Big Fish (movie), Tim Burton, Oriental Theater

    10. Jan 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. From novel to film to musical, 'Big Fish' has a date with Broadway

    The new musical “Big Fish” has itself reeled in a big catch: the Neil Simon Theatre.   Based on Daniel Wallace’s 1998 novel and the 2003 film directed by Tim Burton, the in-development production has had its eye on Broadway for several...

    Tags: Albert Finney, Music Theater, Tim Burton, Broadway Theater, Music Box Theatre

    11. Dec 18, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. 'Big Fish' announces Chicago dates

    "Big Fish," the Broadway musical (book by John August and music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa) based on the fantastical Tim Burton movie, has announced the dates for its pre-New York engagement in Chicago. The show, directed and choreographed by Susan...

    Tags: Entertainment, Big Fish (movie), Entertainment Events, Theater, Music

    12. Oct 4, 2012 |Column| RedEye

  12. 'Frankenweenie' review: Fortunately, it's more 'ParaNorman' than 'Hotel Transylvania'

    <strong>*** (out of four)</strong>
    *** (out of four) A Disney movie preceded by commercials for new Disney Channel efforts “Girl vs. Monster” and “Dog with a Blog” doesn't suggest the studio’s overflowing with innovative ideas. Especially when the movie,...

    Tags: Academy Awards, Frankenweenie (movie), Martin Landau, Entertainment Events, Charlie Tahan

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