Latest Burton/Depp team-up falls short

It’s always sad when a long-standing cinematic collaboration begins to run out of steam. It happens to the best of them, whether it springs from creative differences, personal issues or just overstaying their welcomes.

I hate to say it, but I think the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp pairing may have reached its sell-by date. The duo’s latest collaboration is “Dark Shadows,” based on the gothic soap opera that originally aired in the late 1960s.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t quite work.