![]() ![]() In this reimagining of a Disney Fantasia short, Jay Baruchel and Nicolas Cage battle the forces of evil and awkward adolescence in a fizzy action-fantasy concoction. ![]() Image: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is available for digital rental or purchase on Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play, and Vudu. (We didn’t get a sequel for a reason.) - Matt Patches There are little gifts aplenty in this fantastical romp, even if the whole thing doesn’t gel. ![]() Jackson as a fanged, white-haired demon guy and lets him Go. While the movie mostly drifts from set piece to set piece, Burton goes to town with special effects, macabre design, and even a bit of stop-motion to bring the world of quirky Peculiars and evil monsters to life. Adapted from Ransom Riggs’ popular fantasy novel of the same name, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is basically X-Men for goths, following a group of superhuman children all taming their abilities under the eye of a shapeshifting headmistress (Eva Green). But in an era of homogeneous superhero movies, it pops. Tim Burton’s last truly great film might be Sleepy Hollow in 1999, so as a blockbuster cranked out by an aging visual artist running on steam, no, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is not top-tier. ![]()
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