Wednesday, Season 2
(Netflix, 2025)
A bit of hodgepodge, plot-wise, though still highly bingeable on an episode-by-episode basis. Wednesday’s dark snark is overdone—the writers enjoying themselves too much—but the bodyswap episode does at least allow Jenna Ortega (and Emma Myers) to mix it up some.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
dir. Tim Burton (2024)
So determinedly kooky that it forgets to be anything else, Burton directing a bog-standard redemption arc that renders Michael Keaton dramatically anonymous and wastes Winona Ryder’s talents. Notwithstanding Jenna Ortega and Arthur Conti, who give genuine performances, only the music is worthwhile.
Wednesday
(Netflix, 2022)
Delightfully kooky teen coming-of-age horror/mystery series. The production values smack of feature filmmaking (iconic costume design and makeup; Tim Burton directs half the episodes). Jenna Ortega makes precocious antihero Wednesday Addams an instant favourite… even before her dance-out to ‘Goo Goo Muck’!