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Ella Purnell is one of the most sought-after young actresses working in the industry right now. The English actress achieved her undeniable fame after starring in the leading role of Lucy in the TV series adaptation of the popular role-playing video game series Fallout, has consistently given us brilliant performances throughout her career starting from her first supporting movie role in Mark Romanek‘s Never Let Me Go. So, if you love Purnell’s performance in Fallout and want to watch more of her, here are the 10 best movies and TV shows starring Ella Purnell that you should not miss.

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UFO is a sci-fi mystery thriller drama film written and directed by Ryan Eslinger. The 2018 film follows Derek Echevaro, a college student who believes that he saw a UFO in his...

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Family Pack is a French adventure fantasy comedy film directed by François Uzan who also co-wrote the screenplay with Céleste Balin and Hervé Marly. Based on the best-selling game The Werewolves of Miller’s Hollow, the Netflix film follows a family who are transported back in time after playing a card game where they have to unmask werewolves if they want to return home. Family Pack stars Franck Dubosc, Jean Reno, Suzanne Clément, Grégory Fitoussi, Bruno Gouery, Jonathan Lambert, and Lisa Do Couto. So, if you loved the fun adventure, hilarious comedy, and compelling characters in Netflix’s Family Pack here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is an adventure comedy film directed by Jake Kasdan from...

Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children, directed by Tim Burton and starring Ella Purnell, Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Green, and Asa Butterfield, has made a long-due resurgence since dominating the Top 10 list on Netflixs streaming platform. The book with the same title, which inspired the movie, is the first of five in the Miss Peregrines Peculiar Children series by author Ransom Riggs. Anyone familiar with the story of Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children and the work of Tim Burton will immediately see their compatibility and potential, making it slightly surprising that the movie didn't receive instant widespread appreciation.

On its initial release in 2016, Miss Peregrines themes and settings were immediately compared to other successful YA franchises. The movie follows the young Jake (Asa Butterfield) as he discovers a fairy-tale-like school established by Miss Peregrine (Eva Green) whose intent is to foster the otherworldly talents of young children. In this fantastical school,...

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children becomes a Netflix hit eight years after its original release. Directed by Tim Burton, based on the 2011 novel by Ransom Riggs, the 2016 fantasy film follows a teenager who, after uncovering clues to a mystery that spans across time, stumbles upon the titular home for peculiar children, and the mystery deepens as he grows closer to the residents and learns about their unique abilities. The cast includes Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Chris O'Dowd, Allison Janney, Rupert Everett, Terence Stamp, Ella Purnell, Judi Dench, and Samuel L. Jackson.

Now, eight years after its original release, Tim Burton and Ella Purnell's fantasy film is a Netflix hit. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children ranks as the number-one movie on Netflix's Global Top 10 for the week of September 30 to October 6 with 7.1 million views and 15.1 million hours viewed. Within the top five, it ranked ahead of Jailbreak: Love on the Run,...

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Following Amazon’s adaptation of the popular post-apocalyptic video game series Fallout, Ella Purnell, shot to fame and immediately became a household name. Purnell plays Lucy MacLean, a young lady who was raised in the Vaults and now chooses to live alone in the post-apocalyptic wasteland.

However, Purnell is not new to the Hollywood scene. Since making her screen debut in the romance movie Never Let Me Go (2010), starring alongside Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield, Purnell has painstakingly crafted an incredible career, making appearances in a wide range of motion pictures and television shows. Check out our list of some of the best works of Ella Purnell ranked from worst to best.

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Described as a live-action Pixar film by the director John Krasinski, the fantasy adventure film If is charming audiences worldwide with its wonderful cast, brilliant visuals, and a lot of heart. If follows the story of a young girl named Bea who finds out that she can see everyone’s imaginary friends and with the help of Cal, she goes on a mission to reconnect forgotten IFs with their kids. If stars Ryan Reynolds, Cailey Fleming, Krasinski, Steve Carell, Emily Blunt, Awkwafina, Blake Lively, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Louis Gossett Jr., Vincent Vaughn, Fiona Shaw, Sam Rockwell, Bradley Cooper, George Clooney, and many popular actors. So, if you also love the fantastical nature of If here are some similar films you should check out next.

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The Bfg is a fantasy-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Melissa Mathison.

Tim Burton has a unique and idiosyncratic style that he brings to his adaptations of books and short stories. Burton's adaptations may not always live up to the original, but he always tries to add something new and interesting. Burton's films based on books have varying levels of success, but they all offer something of value.

The dark and eccentric film director Tim Burton has made several films based on books and short stories that expertly suited his unique and idiosyncratic style. Having put his stamp on classic novels, beloved children’s stories, and fantastical fiction, Burton never lost his distinctive flair when adapting the work of other authors. In putting his personal stamp on previously published stories, Burton always managed to create something new and interesting in the process of bringing those stories to the big screen.

While certain adaptations, such as Burton’s version of the Planet of the Apes,...

Clockwise from top left: Batman Returns (Warner Bros.), Edward Scissorhands (20th Century Fox), Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (Warner Bros.), Beetlejuice (Warner Bros.)Image: The A.V. Club

It’s difficult to believe that Tim Burton—who turns 65 on August 25—is now old enough to start collecting Social Security. But let’s...

Tim Burton's Wednesday was able to succeed because of his past failures. Before Wednesday Burton directed Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an adaptation from the book of the same title written by Ransom Riggs. Both Wednesday and Miss Peregrine's follow a similar concept; a school designed for outcasts to safely explore that which makes them different. Despite Miss Peregrine's seeming right in Burton's gothic and quirky wheelhouse, the film ultimately fell flat. However, Burton was able to take the less successful aspects and create something spectacular with Wednesday.

Adapting a novel to a film is never an easy undertaking — especially with a book as intricate as Miss Peregrine's. With a large cast of unique characters, a heavily detailed plot, and a vast setting, adapting Miss Peregrine for the screen was always going to be a serious undertaking. Miss Peregrine's was met with a lukewarm reception upon its release,...

Based on the popular series of children's novels of the same name by Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children contains a variety of colorful characters that seem to be reminiscent of the mutants from X-Men and the wizards from Harry Potter. The main protagonists of Tim Burton's fantasy movie are all children with "Peculiarities," who thrive under Miss Peregrine's watchful eye until the dreaded Hollows track them down.

Related: 10 Tim Burton Characters & Their Harry Potter Counterpart

The movie has been divisive for fans of the source material, though viewers needn't have read the books to get enjoyment out of the movie's kaleidoscopic visuals or its whimsical plot. Viewers' interpretation of the characters may depend on their attachment to the books, their critique of the performers portraying them, or the inconsistency of the script.

Before you know it, 2019 will be over, and you know what that means: there are a whole lot of new books on the horizon. Even though it's still early days, the list of books coming out in 2020 is already extensive. The year is set to bring plenty of new installments in your favorite series, including a Panem set Hunger Games prequel from Suzanne Collins and the fifth installment of Ransom Riggs's Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children saga. Elsewhere, there are plenty of buzzy debuts, intense thrillers, and swoon-worthy rom-coms coming your way, especially in the first half of 2020. As 2019 comes to a close, you might as well start making your 2020 must-read list now, because it's going to be an excellent time to be a book-lover.

He may have the same piercing baby blues as The End of the F***ing World's Alex Lawther and The Good Doctor's Freddie Highmore, but believe it or not, neither Lawther nor Highmore is the actor who plays Otis Milburn on the Netflix series Sex Education. Otis - an inexperienced high school student who decides to team up with a bad girl and open an underground sex therapy clinic at school, thanks to the advice bestowed on him by his sex therapist mother - is actually played by Asa Butterfield, and if you don't recognize his name, then you should. The 21-year-old English actor began his career at the ripe age of 9, and we have a feeling that Sex Education is not the first time you've seen him on the screen.

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In “Tim Burton’s best in 20 years” (The Guardian), the cinematic genius brings his magic to Ransom Riggs’ worldwide best-selling novel to create a fantastical world of mystery, power and peculiarity. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment celebrates the in-home release of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, arriving on Digital HD 23rd January 2017, and Blu-ray™, Blu-ray 3D, 4K Ultra HD and DVD on 6th February 2017.

To celebrate, we’re giving away 2 copies on DVD!

When 16-year-old Jake unravels a mystery that spans alternate realities and times, he discovers a secret world for children with unusual powers, including levitating Emma, pyrokinetic Olive, and invisible Millard. But danger soon arises and the children must band together to protect a world as extraordinary as they are.

With captivating stars including Eva Green (Miss Peregrine), Academy Award® nominee Samuel L. Jackson (Barron), Emmy Award® winner Allison Janney (Dr. Golan), and up-and-comers...

This holiday season, Tim Burton fans can find their safe haven at Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, which will be released on Digital HD, Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD, and DVD on December 13th with over two hours of bonus features to enjoy.

Below, we have the official press release with full details (including info regarding the limited edition DVD that comes with a "Stay Peculiar" bracelet), and in case you missed it, check out Daily Dead's review of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.

Press Release:los Angeles, CA, December 2, 2016 – In Tim Burton’s “best film in years” (Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair), the cinematic genius brings his magic to Ransom Riggs’ worldwide best-selling novel to create a fantastical world of mystery, power and peculiarity. Just in time for the holidays, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment celebrates the in-home release of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,...

With it’s tentacle mouthed monsters, period setting, and gothic fantasy bent, Tim Burton is the perfect fit for Ransom Riggs’ 2011 novel Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, a sort of what if scenario of the X-Men created with director’s distinctive style in mind. From a visual stand point, the movie is classic Burton through and through, being his most striking work in some time (Frankenweeine excluded). But as much as Burton’s imagination is allowed to flow unfettered, it can’t overcome the massive obstacle of a stagnant narrative that doesn’t let the strange ideas soar as high as they should. Asa Butterfield takes the lead as friendless teenager Jake who, having grown up on his grandfather’s (Terence Stamp) fairytales of a group of children with fantastic abilities that make their home on a remote Welsh island. Following the old man’s untimely death, Jake discovers the fairytales are real,...

Tim Burton, cinema’s so-called Master of the Macabre, is most known for his unique cinematic style and quirky, gothic creations – think Beetlejuice or Edward Scissorhands. Most of his oeuvre, however, is made up of adaptations of pre-existing works, ranging from books to comics to old soap operas.

His latest movie only continues this trend. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is an adaptation of Ransom Riggs’ photo-novel for Ya audiences. With its strange kids with odd powers, it seems tailor-made for the director and has so far been received with middling to positive reviews. It’s not exactly a shining return to form for Burton, then, but it is certainly a step up from many of his recent movies.

With Miss Peregrine now in cinemas though, we thought it’d be a good time to take a look at all 10 of Tim Burton’s adaptations, and rank them...

MaryAnn’s quick take…

Relentlessly dull. A tour of a strange world and “characters” little more than their “peculiar” abilities isn’t enough to whip up fantastical excitement. I’m “biast” (pro): I was a peculiar child, and I remain a peculiar adult; love the cast

I’m “biast” (con): mostly disappointed by Tim Burton lately

I have not read the source material

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

So it’s Harry Potter Lite. Very lite. No, wait: It’s X-Men Babies. In the land of Groundhog Day, or maybe in a Doctor Who-ish timey-wimey chronic hysteresis. Where they’re haunted by Slenderman. Later, there is a Bill & Ted reference. Remember the days when Tim Burton made movies that took your breath away with their originality? Where has that Tim Burton gone?

Okay, so lots of things are derivative. That’s not necessarily a dealbreaker.

If ever there was a perfect combination of director and material, it is the blending of Tim Burton and Ransom Riggs’ 2011 Ya novel Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. You could swear Riggs wrote it knowing that Burton would turn it into a film. This is just the kind of eccentric, oddball stuff Burton has been serving up for 30 years, and as I say in my video review (click the link above to watch), it has the advantage of being a pretty damn good entry in the era…...

Miss Peregrine’S Home For Peculiar Children has arrived, and it may be one of Tim Burton’s most entertaining cinematic landscapes as of late. Based on the books by Ransom Riggs, this tale of an unusual woman who protects children with magical abilities has the awe inspiring sensibilities of Edward Scissorhands and Big Fish. Featuring the extraordinary Eva Green, the film... Read More...

Imagine if, instead of battling Magneto and his robot army of Sentinels, the X-Men were hunted by Slender Man-esque creatures intent on eating their eyeballs. Throw in some time travel, a little shape-shifting, and Judi Dench wielding a crossbow (in a scene that feels like an homage to Feast), and you have a good idea of what to expect from Tim Burton’s latest film, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

Friendless in Florida, teenager Jake (Asa Butterfield) doesn’t fit in with his peers and can’t quite gel with his parents. The only person who truly understands him is his grandfather, Abe (Terence Stamp), who used to tell him stories about how he grew up on a hidden island with uniquely gifted children before leaving to fight monsters (of the non-human variety) in World War II. Jake grew out of those bedtime stories over the years, though, and...

New Doctor Strange, Fantastic Beasts and Masterminds trailer make our weekly news roundupNew Doctor Strange, Fantastic Beasts and Masterminds trailer make our weekly news roundupScott Goodyer9/30/2016 10:55:00 Am 1. Doctor Strange

We have very exciting news! Cineplex will be showing 17 minutes of exclusive Doctor Strange footage on October 10th at 7Pm. This will be in IMAX only, at 13 locations which are:

1. Cineplex Langley

2. Cineplex Riverport

3. SilverCity Victoria

4. Scotiabank Chinook

5. Scotiabank Edmonton

6. Scotiabank Winnipeg (Polo Park)

7. Scotiabank Ottawa (Gloucester)

8. SilverCity London

9. Cineplex Mississauga

10. Scotiabank Toronto

11. Cineplex Vaughan

12. Scotiabank Montreal

13. Scotiabank Halifax (Bayers Lake)

Tickets will be distributed via Disney only, on a first come first serve basis – on Disney’s website. Tickets will then be exchanged at the theatre for a Cineplex ticket to admittance.

To acquire tickets - click here!

Marvel Studios also just released a brand new Doctor Strange trailer showing off new magical footage! The upcoming superhero movie...

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is the latest film from director Tim Burton, based on the popular young adult novel of the same name by Ransom Riggs. Having never read the book, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but being a big fan of Burton, I was excited to move past the whole Alice in Wonderland fiasco. The fantastic cast was also a big draw: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Judy Dench, Chris O’Dowd, Rupert Everett, Terence Stamp, and Allison Janney, just to name a few of the awesome actors in this film.

Jacob Portman (Butterfield) is the classic teenage nobody living in boring old Florida, working in a grocery store and generally being ignored by his more popular peers. He grew up listening to his grandfather (Stamp) tell stories about a home for special children where he lived during World War II; stories...

Terence Stamp, Samuel L Jackson and Eva Green battle time loops in this adventure adapted from the bestseller by Ransom Riggs

Everything but the kitchen sink goes into this buoyant fantasy-adventure from Tim Burton, adapted by Jane Goldman from the 2011 bestseller by Ransom Riggs. It rattles amiably along, although it’s a little overextended and loses something of its control and focus by the end.

This is a sort of classic time-travel mystery: shades of Tom’s Midnight Garden and When Marnie Was There, with a touch of X-Men. There’s a nice pipe-smoking turn by Eva Green as Miss Peregrine (although like all smokers in the movies, she abandons her habit after the first few scenes) and some very creepy monsters who appear to be modelled on Francis Bacon’s Three Studies for Figures at The Base of a Crucifixion.

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When compared to last year, September 2016 has been a bit of a rough and tumble month. While there have been a pair of $30+ million openers, there have also been more than a fair share of disappointments. This weekend closes out the month with two new big budget releases in the form of Tim Burton's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and Peter Berg's Deepwater Horizon, both hoping to make a case for their price tag while the long-delayed ensemble comedy Masterminds finally hits theaters after enduring six release date changes over the past 18 months. Overall, the weekend is once again looking to underperform compared to the same weekend last year, which saw The Martian top the box office with $54 million. At the top, Tim Burton returns to work at Fox for the first time since 2001's Planet of the Apes remake and he does so with Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children,...

Over the weekend, Tim Burton’s adaptation of the novel Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by author Ransom Riggs hits theaters. Reviews are tepid but not 2016 summer blockbuster bad. With its PG-13 rating and lack of significant demographic competition at the cinema, the box office draw could be decent. All that has to happen is for no one involved in the film to say something horrible and/or racist. Dammit, Tim Burton! When speaking to The Bustle about Miss Peregrine, the topic of on-screen diversity came up. After all, with the exception of Samuel L. Jackson as the villainous Barron, the film is very white. Tim Burton had…words…to say: “Nowadays, people are talking about it more […]things either call for things, or they don’t. I remember back when I was a child watching The Brady Bunch and they started to get all politically correct, like,...

Tim Burton is speaking out about his decision to cast predominantly white actors in his new film, Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children. "Nowadays, people are talking about it more," he told Bustle in regards to onscreen diversity. "Things either call for things, or they don't. I remember back when I was a child watching The Brady Bunch and they started to get all politically correct, like, Okay, let's have an Asian child and a black - I used to get more offended by that than just - I grew up watching blaxploitation movies, right? And I said, that's great.

Tim Burton is speaking out about his decision to cast predominantly white actors in his new film, Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children. "Nowadays, people are talking about it more," he told Bustle in regards to onscreen diversity. "Things either call for things, or they don't. I remember back when I was a child watching The Brady Bunch and they started to get all politically correct, like, Okay, let's have an Asian child and a black - I used to get more offended by that than just - I grew up watching blaxploitation movies, right? And I said, that's great.

Director Tim Burton is addressing the lack of diversity in his films, including in his latest project, “Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children”. Based on the best-selling series of books by Ransom Riggs, “Miss Peregrine’s” does have one notable casting exception- for the first time in Burton’s career, a black actor has a lead role. […]...

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children gets very magical in these new clipsMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children gets very magical in these new clipsGarrett McCormick9/29/2016 12:14:00 Pm

There’s a new world coming very soon to Cineplex theatres!

The brilliant Tim Burton returns to the director’s chair for Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and it looks twisted, dark, and absolutely perfect.

Based on the 2010 hit novel written by Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine (Eva Green) makes it her duty to gather children with nonhuman abilities and give them a home where they can be understood. But when the evil Mr. Barron (Samuel L. Jackson) threatens the peculiar children, new peculiar-friend Jake (Asa Butterfield) promises to protect Miss Peregrine’s home at all costs.

Get a sneak peek of the magic by watching the clips below. Be sure to catch Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children...

Filmmaker Tim Burton returns to theaters this weekend with the family-friendly Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, which is widely expected to beat Peter Berg's ripped-from-the-headlines Deepwater Horizon and Relativity's comedy Masterminds, according to projections. Based on the popular Ya novel of the same name by Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine is expected to open to $25 million or higher, a solid start for Burton, whose last big-budget Hollywood film, Dark Shadows, was a major disappointment. Fox produced the fantasy film for $110 million with Chernin Entertainment. Asa Butterfield, Eva Green, Chirs O'Dowd, Allison Janney, Rupert Everett,

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A mad young inventor in a loft constructs living creatures from spare parts. A teenage girl wears asbestos gloves to prevent herself from lighting fires with her hands. A small boy has a right eye which can project his dreams onto a wall. These and other shunned oddments of society live in a neo-gothic house on a remote Welsh island, all watched over by the imposing yet good-natured Miss Peregrine - who you might recognise as Eva Green smoking a pipe.

There’s much in the novels by Ransom Riggs that seems tailor made for Tim Burton’s cheerfully macabre sensibility, and Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children arrives on the silver screen like an X-Men comic drawn by Edward Gorey. Viewers familiar with such movies as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and Dark Shadows will recognise Burton’s handiwork here; Miss Peregrine is,...

Samuel L. Jackson has worked with almost everyone at this point in his career. He most recently added Tim Burton to that list with “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,” an adaptation of the young-adult novel by Ransom Riggs. The actor’s unexpected takeaway from the experience is that the “Beetlejuice,” “Edward Scissorhands” and “Ed Wood” director is “very Quentin [Tarantino]-like” in his approach to filmmaking.

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“It’s incumbent on you to come in there as precise and as sure as you want to do as [he is],” Jackson eleborated during the “Miss Peregrine” premiere on Monday night. “But still he expects you to come and create something that’s as unique and visual as what he’s doing.” The actor has worked with Tarantino a number of times,...

Sometimes the only way people can truly stand out and embrace their individuality is within a subculture where no one truly fits into the accepted norms of society. Finally finding a place where all unique traits are honored is a feat that’s celebrated in the new 3D family movie, ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children’ The fantasy adventure film is set to be released in theaters nationwide on Friday by 20th Century Fox, after it had its world premiere on Sunday at Fantastic Fest in Austin. The story is the latest literary work to be translated into a film by director Tim Burton. Screenwriter Jane Goldman adapted Riggs’ novel, which [ Read More ]

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Samuel L. Jackson talks his creepy character in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar ChildrenSamuel L. Jackson talks his creepy character in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar ChildrenBob Strauss - Cineplex Magazine9/28/2016 11:08:00 Am

Consider, for a moment, the walking, talking (and talking, and talking) literary archive that is Samuel L. Jackson.

The 67-year-old actor, who has more than 160 film and TV productions under his belt, has also brought a veritable library worth of books to life on the big screen, including works by Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park), John Grisham (A Time to Kill), Stephen King (1408, Cell) and Edgar Rice Burroughs (The Legend of Tarzan), not to mention multiple passes at comic book great Stan Lee — Jackson plays S.H.I.E.L.D. honcho Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

He even lent his incomparable swearing skills to the audio version of the bestselling children’s book parody Go the F--k to Sleep.

Tim Burton provides such a distinct look, feel, and texture to every one of his films — regardless of how you might feel about them — that he’s very much a genre unto himself. Taking a heavy influence from landmark German Expressionist films, he’s pioneering this generation’s brand of wacky, dark-tinged cinema as his creations have danced across the screen for more than a quarter of a century. Yet, as we’ve seen in his recent efforts, a little too much creative freedom — as in all of it — can yield the most unwieldy or disastrous of narratives. For his latest effort, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, the eccentric director gets to do what he does best: play in his macabre sandbox with endless whimsy and delight at his fingertips.

A mostly winning combination of the strange and unusual, the adventure is an entertaining, clever, and fun one.

Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.

This Past Weekend:

While the new movies reigned at the box office this past weekend, both Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven (Sony) and the animated Storks (Warner Bros.) didn’t fare nearly as well as our projections, both falling short by about $10 million. The Magnificent Seven, starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt, fared decently with $34.7million, which is about the average for Washington’s films, but the fourth highest opening for a Western after last year’s The Revenant, the animated Rango, and Cowboys and Aliens. Storks’ $21.3 million opening wasn’t great compared to other animated September releases with Sony still holding the September opening record with Hotel Transylvania 2, but it should continue to do well with no other animated movies opening for another month.

Exclusive: The funds will be garnered from preview screenings of Tim Burton’s Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children.

Twentieth Century Fox and the UK Cinema Association have committed to raise £100,000 to support new talent at the UK’s National Film and Television School.

The funds will be raised through preview screenings of Fox’s forthcoming release, Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, the new feature from Edward Scissorhands director Tim Burton.

The preview will be shown at more than 400 cinemas around the UK on Sept 29.

The money raised will go towards a variety of Nfts initiatives, including awarding two scholarships to Ma students on the newly-launched two-year Marketing, Distribution, Sales and Exhibition Ma, which was announced earlier this year and is due to start in 2017.

A short film made by Nfts students and graduates, which highlights Nfts talent that went into the making of Burton’s latest, will be shown...

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is a stuffy, supernatural period piece that fluctuates between “dull” and “exciting,” the latter description being lost in the former’s grasp. Tim Burton takes a more restrained route when adapting Ransom Riggs’ novel (screenplay by Jane Goldman), which is a breath of fresh air compared to previous endeavors like Alice In Wonderland and Dark Shadows (even Big Eyes to a degree) – but it’s still a tepid affair. What’s essentially X-Men: First Class meets The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (and women) takes entirely too long to uncover excitement, as the production opts for a dusty generational perspective instead of fantastical teen orphan adventure. Macabre fairy-tale-telling through strange character casting and minimal definition – certainly not the spectacle Burton hoped for.

Asa Butterfield stars as Jake Portman, an outcast Floridan whose best friend is his Grandfather, Abe (Terence Stamp). While at work one day,...

“Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” is a movie intended to challenge the idea that everything has already been discovered, that the world has been completely strip-mined of its wonder. If the message comes across as canned and unconvincing, perhaps that’s because director Tim Burton has spent a large part of the last 15 years ghoulishly repackaging some of the most exhausted stories in Western culture — at this point, his involvement in this project is like John Lasseter making a film that lamented the decline of hand-drawn animation, or Zack Snyder making a film that lamented the loss of quality blockbuster entertainment.

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Of course, the film — an adaptation of Ransom Riggs’ 2011 Ya novel of the same name — could have been a perfect fit. Burton, much like young protagonist Jake Portman, has been...

For at least the first hour, perhaps a bit more, Tim Burton seems well on his way to making one of his best films in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. The director, whose style has remained distinctively recognizable across 18 features in 30 years even as his inspiration has varied, seems entirely in synch with the most pertinent aspects of Ransom Riggs' 2011 young adult best seller, especially with the odd vintage photographic elements the author so spookily employed, and the eccentric British setting is right up the director's alley. But, alas, then the beauty and the bane of

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Born in London in 1970, screenwriter, producer and author Goldman began her writing career aged 16 when she left school and became a journalist, initially working as a showbiz reporter for the Daily Star. That same year she met Jonathan Ross in a nightclub, married him in Las Vegas aged 18 and went on to have three children with him. While the children were young, Goldman published several nonfiction guides for teenagers and, in 2000, her first novel, Dreamworld, before making the switch to films as co-writer on 2007’s Stardust. The movie was the first of several successful screenwriting collaborations with Matthew Vaughn, namely Kick-Ass (2010), X-Men: First Class (2011) and Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015). Her latest project is an adaptation for director Tim Burton of Ransom Riggs’s Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,...

Next week sees the opening of “Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children,” Tim Burton‘s 18th feature film. Based on the delightful novel by Ransom Riggs, which is itself inspired by Riggs’ collection of vintage photographs, the film displays the sort of themes that you might, possibly foolhardily, immediately associate with Burton, as it features haunted children, gothic undertones, themes of solidarity among freaks and the noble but lonely plight of the eternal outsider.

Continue reading The Best & The Rest: The Films Of Tim Burton Ranked at The Playlist.

New trailers for Collateral Beauty, A Monster Calls and Underworld: Blood Wars make our weekly news roundupNew trailers for Collateral Beauty, A Monster Calls and Underworld: Blood Wars make our weekly news roundupScott Goodyer9/9/2016 3:00:00 Pm We hope you have some tissue handy, because a new trailer for Collateral Beauty was just released and it looks like heartstrings are going to be tugged hard this December. Will Smith stars as Howard, a New Yorker who retreats completely from his life and friends after a personal tragedy. When his friends (including Edward Norton and Kate Winslet) discover he's using a unique coping mechanism to deal with his grief, they decide to help him, and they enlist Helen Mirren and Keira Knightley to assist.

Grab a Kleenex and check out the trailer below:

Underworld: Blood Wars Underworld fans rejoice! The new trailer for Underworld: Blood Wars is finally here! Kate Beckinsale...

On paper, Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children is smack bang in the middle of Tim Burton’s wheelhouse, what with its fantastical elements and gothic themes, so it’s a wonder it has taken the filmmaker so long to adapt Ransom Riggs’ beloved novel for the big screen.

But with a theatrical release penciled in for the end of the month, fans of Burton’s Mo won’t have too much longer before the decorated filmmaker cordially invites us all into the twisting corridors of Miss Peregrine’s most peculiar abode. There’s still ample time for 20th Century Fox to stoke excitement, though, and sure enough today brings forth a pair of thrilling new clips designed to introduce a handful of those remarkable children. It’s tantalizing stuff, and we’re hoping Tim Burton’s latest can strike a balance between the whimsical and the fantastical in a few weeks’ time.

New Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children clips show more of Tim Burton's visionary worldNew Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children clips show more of Tim Burton's visionary worldScott Goodyer9/6/2016 10:15:00 Am

Excited for the new Tim Burton movie? Well, 20th Century Fox has just released two new Miss Peregrine clips to tie you over before the movie comes out!

Based off the popular Ransom Riggs’ novel of the same name, the story follows a young boy named Jacob - who discovers clues to a mystery that spans different worlds and times, including a strange orphanage for...peculiar children with special powers.

The impressive cast includes: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Chris O’Dowd, Ella Purnell, Allison Janney, Rupert Everett, Terence Stamp, with Judi Dench and Samuel L. Jackson.

Watch the clips below and catch Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children in theatres September 30th!

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In the world of author Ransom Riggs’ Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, every day is the same, frozen in time on September 3, 1943, and when it coincides with the real, not so peculiar, calendar we all follow, that… Continue Reading →

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Fans of Ransom Riggs’ original novel will know that September 3rd is an important date in the world of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, and this new clip of Tim Burton’s upcoming adaption explains way, laying out the concept of Loop Day and how it protects this group of super powered kids from the outside world. Check it our below. Released: 30th SeptemberSynopsis: When Jacob discovers clues to a mystery that spans different worlds and times, he finds Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. But the mystery and danger deepen as he gets to know the residents and learns about their special powers.

Last month author Ransom Riggs took us on a tour of the set of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, but this new video is a bit different… in a clip from the film, Eva Green’s character takes Jake (and… Continue Reading →

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Sully, Deepwater Horizon, and Storks top our What to Watch Guide for SeptemberSully, Deepwater Horizon, and Storks top our What to Watch Guide for SeptemberAmanda Wood9/1/2016 10:00:00 Am

September might mean cooler weather and kids heading back to school, but it also means something else: tons of cool movies to look forward to in theatres.

We know September is a busy month, so we’ve put together another one of our handy What to Watch guides to help you figure out what to see at the theatre when you want to kick back and relax with a good movie.

With the end of the summer comes the end of the CGI-heavy blockbusters, so we’ve got quite a bit of variety on this list: animated, drama, comedy, sequels, adaptations… we’ve got it all this September.

Check out the list below!

The Light Between Oceans

Release Date: September 2nd

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A couple of new videos have arrived for the upcoming Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, one a conversation from this past June’s VidCon 2016 featuring book author Ransom Riggs and the other a new TV spot in which you… Continue Reading →

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