{"id":39318,"date":"2016-09-30T16:39:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T20:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=39318"},"modified":"2018-12-08T22:07:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T03:07:57","slug":"new-releases-september-30-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/30\/new-releases-september-30-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"New Releases: September 30, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"new-releases-miss-peregrines-home-for-peculiar-children-poster\"1. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Fox, 3,522 Theaters, 127 minutes, Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of fantasy action\/violence and peril, Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer rating at press time: 63% Fresh<\/a> [124 Reviews]): <\/strong>Jake’s grandfather used to tell him fantastic stories of children with superhuman abilities. Jake thought these were just fairy tales until a family tragedy brings him to a hidden isle with an unusual boarding school. There, Jake finds out the stories his grandfather told him were true. But if the heroic children are true, then so must be the terrifying villains too.<\/p>\n

Like I said at the beginning of the month<\/a>, it might be\u00a0easy to write this film off as a\u00a0“goth” version of the X-Men. <\/strong>However, the film is written by Jane Goldman,\u00a0a great screenwriter known for comic book films such as Stardust<\/strong>, the Kick-Ass <\/strong>films, and Matthew Vaughn\u2019s X-Films. <\/strong>It is directed by Tim Burton, the master of the quirky, weird and macabre, which this story just oozes. Both are an excellent fit for the material.<\/p>\n

The reviews might keep it from joining the ranks of the \u201cmust see\u201d I claimed it could be back then,\u00a0but the talent involved would make it interesting to watch.<\/p>\n