Directed by Tim Burton Big Eyes is Ed Wood-lite, another dramatization of a true story about an artist with varying degrees of success. In the former Tim Burton movie, Ed Wood was a director of unmistakably bad movies, though undeterred by each subsequent success. He remained an optimist through and through. In Big Eyes the … Continue reading Big Eyes (2014)
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Ed Wood (1994)
Directed by Tim Burton Ed Wood is the original The Disaster Artist, a movie about a director, who shouldn't be a director, making possibly the worst movie ever made. Before Tommy Wiseau's The Room took home that dubious title, Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) held the honor. It's a horror film that brings together zombies, … Continue reading Ed Wood (1994)
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Directed by Ed Wood Jr. Plan 9 From Outer Space, once dubbed the worst movie ever made, combines Cold War era fear mongering with gothic era horror and a forced message about man's capability to self-destruct. All of these ideas, in their own way, offer something of value, but it is poorly held together, bursting at … Continue reading Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)