Frankenweenie, Burton’s best film in years, is available in a number of editions: four-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo with 3-D Blu-ray and digital copy; 2-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo, and 1-disc DVD.
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B- |
*** |
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Teens & Up*
Why does stop-motion animation work so well as a medium for the macabre, from
The Nightmare Before Christmas to
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride to
Coraline?
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ParaNorman in 60 seconds: my “Reel Faith” review.
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B+ |
***½ |
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Kids & Up*
With its dark tale of changeling parents and imprisoned souls,
Coraline comes closer to the spirit of the traditional European fairy tale than perhaps any other film, animated or otherwise, in recent memory.
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B+ |
***½ |
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Teens & Up
As imagined by Tim Burton in stunning, wildly stylized stop-motion animation overtly reminiscent of
The Nightmare Before Christmas yet technically far beyond it, this macabre fairy tale becomes, variously, a poignant meditation on the daunting weightiness of the vows of marriage, a raucous
danse macabre in jumping jazz rhythms and florid colors, a visually rich celebration of Edward Gorey Gothic-Victorian and Charles Addams grotesque, and, perhaps most surprisingly, a touching portrait of tragedy, doomed love, empathy, and sacrifice.
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B+ |
***½ |
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Teens & Up
Despite the macabre humor, there’s something touchingly innocent about Halloweentown. Its inhabitants live for fear and thrills, yet there’s no real malice in any of them — with the exception of a sort of Halloween outlaw named Mr. Oogie Boogie and his three young protégés.
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