There’s a cooking expression that perfectly describes the lush, beautiful but pointless Crimson Peak: “all frosting, no cake.” Written and directed by the talented Guillermo del Toro, the gothic horror film has a loose storyline set in the late 1800’s somewhere in English countryside, but it’s really more of a master class in set design than anything else. And it’s not alone in the horror genre, there are other films that seem to have put all…Read More
Review: Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll’s immortal story Alice in Wonderland has been brought to the big screen many times, notably 1951’s animated Disney classic that memorialized the different characters in the story for many adults. With 61 title matches in the Internet Movie Database, it’s safe to say it’s a popular starting point for movie makers. That’s an intimidating challenge, especially for a director like Tim Burton who generally tackles stories that haven’t been shown in film before and…Read More