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Sugary Mayhem: Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Posted on June 15, 2011 by secondspin

At one point (or several) in any child’s life, they dream of living in a world where chocolate and sugary sweets are plentiful and there are no adults around to tell them to eat their vegetables instead. In 2005, the … Continue reading →

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Edward Scissorhands Finds Beauty in the Stranger Things in Life

Posted on June 7, 2011 by secondspin

Tim Burton, before becoming a famous film director, was considered an outcast. Obsessed with eccentric artistic creations, one of his earliest drawings was a picture of a boy with scissors at the end of his arms instead of hands. Years … Continue reading →

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A New, Live Action Adventure in Wonderland

Posted on June 7, 2011 by secondspin

Director Tim Burton is generally considered to be one of the greatest artistic geniuses out there today. With countless hits over the years- most of them in collaboration with one of his best friends, Johnny Depp – from the adorable … Continue reading →

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Public Enemies: Now Who’s the Bad Guy, Really?

Posted on May 31, 2011 by secondspin

It was 1933 when J. Edgar Hoover, director of the then-Bureau of Investigation (now just the FBI), declared America’s “first war on crime.” Seventy-six years later, Michael Mann directed a crime flick revolving around the primary reason why Hoover had … Continue reading →

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