20th Century Fox / TNS The film “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” features a boy named Jake who uncovers a secret refuge for children with unusual abilities. By Lauren Chval ...

Jake’s vital to the plot because of his peculiar power, but he’s also our conduit into this fantastical world, and his muted reaction to the wonders around him and his responsibility is too ...

See the strong women of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children in action in the video above, ahead of the film's Sept. 30 theatrical bow. frameborder="0" allowFullScreen> ...

The very title “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” conjures a delightfully eccentric cross between Edward Gorey and the X-Men, and there was a time when one could expect that ...

Tim Burton is on macabre message in his latest offering — “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” — an adaptation of Ransom Riggs’ popular trilogy. The director flies his freak ...

No, it’s “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,” an otherwise amusing, frightening and eye-catching Tim Burton film based on a best-selling, if not at all original and apparently ...

Tim Burton’s MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN is the director’s freshest and most original film in years, while still being entirely within the director’s wheelhouse of quirky, colorful, ...

Spending 70 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list, Riggs’s book, “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,” suits director Tim Burton’s dark proclivities.

Its schoolmistress, Miss Peregrine (Eva Green), cares for the children, whose “peculiarities” are similar to those of the X-Men, minus the X-Men’s interest in saving the world.

Here’s how it works. With Tim Burton 's name above the title, I expected Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children to be more eccentric, more offbeat, and more original. Don't get me wrong.