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It's hard to imagine a filmmaker more perfectly suited to stage a cinematic version of Stephen Sondheim's popular musical than director Tim Burton (Alice in Wonderland).

In Sweeney Todd the real villain isn't the "Demon Barber of Fleet Street" - it's the injustice of class inequality.

Burton's ultra-violent foray into the land of Hollywood musicals leaves Depp deprived while giving viewers vapid singing and blood that will stain their minds for days.

Tim Burton's adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's Grand Guignol musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is gruesome fun. 9/10

Drenched in melancholy and bitterness, Sondheim's lyrics transcend the limits of the stage to the excesses of the big screen in Tim Burton's sumptuous new adaptation.

The story of Sweeney Todd captures the imagination of most who know it, but where did the tale originate?

Tim Burton is making two movies for Disney: a live-action/motion capture version of Alice in Wonderland, and a stop-motion remake of his 1984 short Frankenweenie.

What do a retired school teacher, a stuntman, a barber, an African American and an unemployed man from Michigan have in common? The have all gone over Niagara Falls.

This horrifying musical about the Demon Barber of Fleet Street continues Burton's darkly comic directing style.

Every holiday season movie audiences have come to expect prominent film releases and this season will be no exception.

If you like 'Saw,' you'll love the gory, dreary, just plain strange 'Repo! The Genetic Opera,' a filming of Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich's stage rock opera.

Frost/Nixon, based on the infamous interview between British reporter David Frost and President Richard Nixon, has its Canadian premiere in Vancouver in Sept. 2008.

Director Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean), producer Graham King (The Departed) and writer John Logan (Gladiator) are making an animated movie.

Johnny Depp has signed on to portray Barnabus Collins, the 175-year-old lovesick vampire, in a film adaptation of the ABC's popular gothic opera, Dark Shadows.

Bristol-based Aardman Animation gets 4 nominations at this year's British Animation Awards. The awards ceremony will be held March 13th.

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 2-Disc Collectors Edition is a great new edition for the classic stop-motion film. 10/10.

An outline of the upcoming theatre season at the Citadel in Edmonton, Alberta.

Grim and gothic, Burton creates an excellent piece of cinema that is wonderfully acted by a quality cast.

As film adaptions of Broadway musicals become even more in style, one must wonder what direction the modern musical is taking? Will it Survive?

Johnny Depp helps bring Tim Burton's dark creative visions to life in films ranging from animation to horror.

Frost/Nixon opened the 46th season at the Vancouver Playhouse on Thursday night, and sadly, the production doesn't live up to the strength of the play.

From the classic Zorro to the notorious Hunter S. Thompson, here's how to quickly put together a unique costume and enjoy a great All Hallow's Eve.

Tim Burton's best film brings Stephen Sondheim's infamously bloody musical to life.

Varney the Vampire is a serial novel published from 1845 to 1847. It introduced many tropes associated with the modern vampire.

Movie trailers are becoming less about the movie and more about how to sell a product.