Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Eva’s Xavier raises mutant misfits in dark shadows of time while bland Butterfield mopes around and stares Woodily at everything. Bizarre mix of digital and practical effects is almost as disconcerting as Jackson’s eyes, and ultimately no amount of hot air can make this plot-heavy ship float to the surface.

Dark Shadows

Burton’s fifth remake of the century is seventy percent Blast from the Past, thirty percent True Blood, and 100 percent underwhelming.  Standard white faced Sweeney Wonka returns in his least impressive Burton turn to date.  Green’s catwoman is great till she starts exorcising and Pfeiffer’s stardom is dusty and unimpressive. 

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

‘Alice in Narnia’ marks Disney’s third failure to shoot a compelling epic and proves that digital effects haven’t evolved far enough to fix bad writing. Depp’s schizophrenic performance oscillates from Pee Wee to Braveheart while Burton’s creepiness drowns in a shallow effects orgy. Highlights are big-headed Bellatrix and floating Puss-in-Boots.