Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

Tim Burton's answer to Harry Potter and The X-Men is based on the first of a series of novels by the author Ransom Riggs (great name). Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children tells a story about a group of "Peculiar's", a stand in for mutants or magical folk, housed in a school located on a small island off the coast of Wales. The story principally concerns the grandson (Asa Butterfield, Hugo and Ender's Game) of a alumni of the school (the ordinal General Zod, Terrance Stamp), who after his grandfathers death tries to figure out where the fantastic stories he was told as a child end, and where the truth begins, and sets off in search of granddads reportedly still living former headmistress Miss Peregrine (Eva Green at her warmest). A charming family adventure film this really won me over, the best Tim Burton film in a long, long time (maybe since Big Fish). Not to spoil too much this movie plays with time in a way I really liked, it's quite creative. A capable ensemble cast, including newish comer Ella Purnell, who I am confident we will be seeing much more of in the future. ***