Dec 10th
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street**
US 2007. Warner Bros/Dreamworks/Zanuck Company. 116m.

Exiled barber Benjamin Barker returns to London to wreak bloody vengeance on the judge and constable who banished him.
The Sondheim musical-cum-opera goes through the Tim Burton Gothic treatment and comes out remarkably intact, in a world very similar in style to Sleepy Hollow (1999) with a similar thirst for blood and gore. The stars look too young for their roles, but rise to the musical challenge, and the songs retain their resonance.

Written by: John Logan, from the stage musical by Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler.
Producers: Richard D. Zanuck, Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, John Logan.
Director: Tim Burton.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Jayne Wisener, Edward Sanders, Laura Michelle Kelly.
Photography: Dariusz Wolski.
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim.
Production Design: Dante Ferretti.