Not So Funny After All
Was everything just funnier 40 years ago or is this sequel simply not funny? The answer may disappoint fans of the original Beetlejuice.
Plot and Characters
After a typical intro from director Tim Burton, the film zooms in on Lydia (Winona Ryder) who now runs her own ghostly TV show. The storyline revolves around Lydia dealing with her father's death and facing Beetlejuice's mischievous advances.
Missing Cultish Brilliance
The constant rotation of goofiness and gore becomes tiresome without the support of a solid storyline backbone to hold it up, and it shows none of the cultish brilliance it once did.
Firebrand - A Claustrophobic Thriller
Director Karim Aïnouz transforms a story of religious intrigue into a claustrophobic thriller with Jude Law as Henry VIII and Alicia Vikander as Katherine Parr.
Firebrand - A Claustrophobic Thriller
Henry is essentially a serial killer and Katherine his next victim. A strong supporting cast helps ramp up the sense of fear in this highly fictionalized account.
