Tag: Johnny Depp
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Tusk (*) Boring and gross
So do you need to see this film? Do you want to see this film? Do you have two hours to waste? No you don’t.
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Murder on the Orient Express (***1/2) – It’s never about whodonit
Murder on the Orient Express – 2017 Director Kenneth Branagh Screenplay Michael Green based on the novel by Agatha Christie Starring Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Derek Jacobi, Leslie Odom Jr., Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Tom Bateman “Lies – and again lies. It amazes me, the amount of lies we had told to us this morning.” (said Bouc) “There are…
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (***1/2), but the movies never stop
There will be no preaching about this film one way or the other. I can tell you that as the series goes, this is one of the better efforts, if for no other reason the youngsters are different than in films 2 and 3. Why that matters is of personal taste. I just liked seeing…
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Black Mass (**) is not moving
Someone messes up, they go for a car ride, they get whacked. Someone gets arrested, they talk (or don’t) they go for a car ride…you know.
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22 Jump Street: Does Blanche do heroin?
22 Jump Street – 2014 Directors Lord and Miller Starring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Peter Stromare, Ice Cube, Amber Stevenson, Jillian Bell, Wyatt Russell Screenplay Michael Bacall, Oren Uziel, Rodney Rothman Conventional wisdom tells us the story about most sequels, and it tells even more about those who review sequels. Many sequels are made on some sort of auto…
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Dark Shadows: Tim Burton is strange, but still knows how to cash in
Dark Shadows – 2012 Director Tim Burton Starring Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Helena Bonham Carter, Jackie Earle Haley, Johnny Lee Miller, Chloë Grace Moretz, Bella Heathcote, Gulliver McGrath, Alice Cooper, Christopher Lee Screenplay Seth Grahame-Smith based on the TV show by Dan Curtis Anyone who’s seen Beetlejuice will instantly recognize a family dynamic demonstrated in the early part…
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21 Jump Street takes a different, better turn
21 Jump Street – 2012 Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller Starring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Ellie Kemper, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle, Ice Cube Screenplay Michael Bacall It’s not that I did not ever watch the original television show, I just didn’t ever make it a point to watch 21 Jump Street. All of the hullabaloo…
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The Rum Diary: Notes on a life full of exits
The Rum Diary – 2011 Written and Directed by Bruce Robinson Starring Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Giovanni Ribisi, Amber Heard, Richard Jenkins I had always wondered whether I should read any of Hunter S. Thompson’s stuff. I had a quirky friend who had read him in High School and, before he went off…
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I Don’t Have A Vote: Cool Papa E Picks The 84th Oscars
2012 Academy Awards Please don’t let this be the year that the gimmicky French film wins. I would prefer that the real masterpiece that took place in Paris, France take home the gold. The rush to crown The Artist as Best Picture feels a little like the time we anointed Brokeback Mountain the movie of our times. If it…
Ebert Did It Better: Gasbag Reviews 