Following are Susan Granger's reviews of the latest movies in area theaters: "FRANKENWEENIE" Advertisement Article continues below this ad Halloween comes early this year as Tim Burton ("The Nightmare ...

EXCLUSIVE: Laika has signed Corpse Bride, Frankenweenie and Aladdin screenwriter John August to write an untitled stop-motion animated film to be directed by Pete Candeland. The signing was announced ...

The grownups think he’s strange, this quiet boy who may be a genius or a menace. He makes bizarre home movies about his beloved pit bull terrier, and when the creature is killed, he resolves to bring ...

Ever since Mars Attacks!, Tim Burton has mostly been in the adaptation business, rendering dark and becurlicued Sleepy Hollows, Alice in Wonderlands, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factorys. With ...

Yes, it’s another boy-and-his-dog story. Except that in “Frankenweenie” the dog happens to be deceased and the boy is, more or less, a mad scientist. Tim Burton’s 1984 short movie was a lot of fun and ...

Ever since Mars Attacks!, Tim Burton has mostly been in the adaptation business, rendering dark and becurlicued Sleepy Hollows, Alice in Wonderlands, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factorys. With ...