Tag: Johnny Depp

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Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – The Gentleman

Directed by Guy Ritchie, The Gentlemen follows an American marijuana kingpin (Matthew McConaughey) in England who is looking to sell his business, which sets off a chain of blackmail and schemes meant to undermine him and make his wealthy business open to be taken over. This is Guy Ritchie’s return to unhinged and hugely entertaining

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Reviews
Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Sleepy Hollow

Directed by Tim Burton, Sleepy Hollow, based on Washington Irving’s classic tale, follows the intelligent yet squeamish Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) as he investigates a paranormal conspiracy involving murders by the hands of the headless horseman. Crane is keen to prove that a person of flesh and blood is behind the horseman, but will soon

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Reviews
Leland Pierce

Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

A feeling of magic must be in the air because it’s time to return to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter with the Fantastic Beasts’ second installment in the franchise: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. It continues the adventures of Newt Scamander as he must decide to join the fight against the dark wizard Grindelwald or

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Review: Murder on the Orient Express

Hercule Poirot is back on the big screen with this newest version of one of one the greatest mystery novels of our time: Murder on the Orient Express, based on Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel of the same name. Directed and staring Kenneth Branagh as the world’s greatest detective, Poirot, the film is the fourth adaptation

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Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Once again Disney sets sail with another installment in the hugely popular Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. With their fifth film, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush reprise their roles as Jack Sparrow and Hector Barbossa, respectively. Also staring are newcomers to the franchise, Javier Bardem as Armando Salazar, Brenton

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Movie Issues
Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: Into The Woods

Rob Marshall is no stranger to directing a Broadway stage show turned live action movie, having directed Best Picture winner, Chicago in 2003. Going back to his musical roots and taking a stab at Stephen Sondheim’s 1986 stage classic, Into The Woods. For anyone not familiar with the show it has a very simple story:

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Movie Issues
Spooky

Movie Issues: TUSK

In film these days the three act structure is law and modern audiences get confused when movies don’t go the way their sub-conscious minds are used to. Stories rarely surprise people these days; now the best we can get are moments in a movie that may trick us, but the story always remains the same.

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Movie Issues
Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: The Lone Ranger

From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, the filmmaking team behind the massive blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, comes Disney/Bruckheimer Films’ The Lone Ranger, an adventure infused with action and humor in which the famed masked hero is brought to life through new eyes. Native American spirit warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounts the

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Reviews
Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: Dark Shadows Review

Based on the 1960s television show of the same name: Dark Shadows is the story of Barnabas Collins, a vampire turned after breaking the heart of a witch. Buried alive, he is accidentally set free in 19721 and returns to his beloved town and family home of Collinwood, now occupied by his dysfunctional descendants. Directing

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