2024’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” is Tim Burton’s proof-of-life project, demonstrating that the creator still has plenty of “the juice” left to sustain an entertaining experience that surpasses the 1988 original. Features Editor Kevin Lynch gives his review.
When you first hear of a movie whose premise revolves around a contemporary U.S. civil war, some initial skepticism would be warranted. When you hear that it comes as the brainchild of infamously-spotty writer and director Alex Garland — riding in fresh off his widely-panned horror-commentary bluntly titled “Men” — you would be justified in…
There are few cultural institutions as hallowed as that of a great film trilogy: “Lord of the Rings,” “The Dark Knight” and “The Human Condition,” to name a few. The three-film format seems especially optimized for etching a film series into pop-culture stardom forever: get in, get out and call it quits before you can…