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CORPSE BRIDE

By | September 2005

IN THEATERS! With “Corpse Bride” and this summer’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” Tim Burton is batting a thousand for 2005. His latest is a visual triumph, and also a work of surprising warmth. No small accomplishment for a bunch of cadavers…

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CORPSE BRIDE

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