“Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride” doesn’t really need the first two words in its title. After all, who else’s corpse bride might this be confused with? “Garry Marshall’s Corpse Bride”? “Chris Columbus’ ”?

wed some innovative, 21st-century animation to a centuries-old story about life, death, and devotion. More than 10 years in the making, the breathtaking film began filming during one of the busiest ...

Did anyone apart from Joe Orton squeeze so much theatrical fun from an embalmed corpse dressed in a WVS uniform and then undressed? Was the gruesome majesty of death, with one glass eye and some ...