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Film: 'Dark Shadows'; Cast: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green; Director: Tim Burton, Rating: ***1/2 Tim Burton is in a fun, irreverent mood as he teams up with Johnny Depp once again to give a film that is at the same time a spoof, a satire, pun and celebration of the movies and popular culture. This piece of filmmaking called 'Dark Shadows' will leave you in splits. After lying locked in for 200 years in a metal box, Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp) a vampire, awakens in 1972 to find a very changed world. He heads back to the the family Collinwood estate and gets the sagging fortunes of the family together even as he has to contend with his arch enemy Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green), who loves and hates him to death. The results, even as he falls in love with the house nanny with 'ghostly' problems of her own, are hilarious. There isn't much darkness, or too many shadows in 'Dark Shadows'. Instead what you have is a very sophisti...

Almost two years after the release of Clash of the Titans, Sam Worthington is back as Perseus, the son of Zeus who struggles with his Demigod destiny, in Wrath of the Titans. What’s the plot? The plot stays relatively simple.  Perseus teams up with Andromeda (Rosamund Pike) and Agenor (Toby Kebbell) to rescue his father Zeus (Liam Neeson) from Hades (Ralph Finnes)and his evil half demigod brother Ares (Edgar Ramirez). They also must defeat the evil Titans who’ve escaped prison and plan to destroy the world. It sounds like a lot, but it’s nothing two Demigods and a human girl can’t handle. How is it different from 2010’s Clash? Well, there are more monsters and en evil half brother. At times, Wrath feels a lot like Clash, but it is indeed its own story. That’s either good or bad depending on how you feel about the franchise.  Wrath also has more action, 50% less Pegasus, and 75% more Sam Worthington mullet. What will audiences like? They’ll enjoy some of the ...