Directed and produced by Tim Burton, written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, Big Eyes (2014) tells the biographical story of Margaret Keene, an artist whose husband took credit for her phenomenally successful paintings of big-eyed children in the 1950's and 1960's… and the subsequent $4 Million lawsuit and trial to prove her authorship of the popular works. The cast does a great job all-around, including Amy Adams as Margaret Keene, Christoph Waltz as Walter Keene, Danny Huston, Jon Polito, Krysten Ritter, Jason Schwartzman and Terence Stamp.
Directed by Tim Burton, based on the Gothic soap opera that ran from 1966-1971, Dark Shadows (2012) is one of the most entertaining (and brilliantly marketed) Horror/Comedy films in recent memory. Full of Burton's characteristic style, the film is pure cinematic splendor. The story concerns Barnabas Collins, a vampire cursed and buried by a witch in the 18th Century, who gets dug up 200 years later in 1972 to find both the world and his family's once prominent status has changed. Johhny Depp is great, as always, as Barnabas Collins. Eva Green is sexy as the witch (she and Depp have a memorable, violent sex scene). Chloe Grace Moretz is cute and lovely as a sexy adolescent werewolf (who likes to touch herself and make weird noises, according to her young cousin). Bella Heathcote is stunning as the governess. Michelle Pfeiffer holds down the home as the matriarch. Alice Cooper appears as himself. Jackie Earl Haley, Helena Bonham Carter and Jonny Lee Miller co-star.
