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  • It is cool to see Depp star in something that doesn't require him being a Pirate or some kind of Burtonesque freak show.

    First Look: Christian Bale and Johnny Depp in Public Enemies « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • As long as they’d shy away from any kind of Burtonesque mutation.

    Who will be terrorising Gotham in BATMAN 3? | Obsessed With Film 2008

  • As Chosen Hero Resists Her Destiny plots go, this one is pretty straightforward, leaving plenty of room for harrowing dangers, hair's-breadth escapes, and daring rescues -- and some very creepy set-pieces involving a Burtonesque forest laid waste by the Jabberwock, a moat filled with the severed heads of the Red Queen's victims, and a confrontation between chess pieces and playing cards, among others.

    Alice In Wonderland deliasherman 2010

  • Thus, while Transformers viewers were treated to unrealistic-yet-cool robots, GoBots children had to endure horrid, Burtonesque abominations.

    6 Mistakes Hanna Barbera Made With The GoBots 2009

  • As Chosen Hero Resists Her Destiny plots go, this one is pretty straightforward, leaving plenty of room for harrowing dangers, hair's-breadth escapes, and daring rescues -- and some very creepy set-pieces involving a Burtonesque forest laid waste by the Jabberwock, a moat filled with the severed heads of the Red Queen's victims, and a confrontation between chess pieces and playing cards, among others.

    Alice In Wonderland deliasherman 2010

  • I think this whole 3d and pixar thing is getting to his authenticity and true Burtonesque style.

    Sound Off: Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland - Thoughts? « FirstShowing.net 2010

  • A lot of the film stuff -- including concept designs for Alice in Wonderland and the aborted Burton version of Superman Returns -- was not verboten, so you get a taste of it in this podcast, along with a good sampling of original art, some thoughts from the exhibit's curators on the director's life and work, and some footage of Burton's very Tim Burtonesque appearance at the press presentation.

    Dan Persons: Mighty Movie Podcast: Tim Burton at MoMA 2009

  • This is what comedy looked like during the era of German Expressionism - positively Burtonesque (split the difference between Beetlejuice and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), satiric of Art Deco and teeming with startling compositions, none of which ever impedes on the yucks.

    GreenCine Daily: Shorts, 12/12. 2006

  • A music video mixing some Burtonesque goth kids, some fishes out of water and paper puppets of the band performing.

    No Fat Clips!!! : Mother Mother – O My Heart 2008

  • The villain and his villainess* are joyful little works of animation art, and the Burtonesque-steampunk setting was truly charming.

    Igor (No Spoilers) 2008

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