Tagged Johnny Depp

This film was previously reviewed in February 2020 as part of our Berlinale coverage. With today’s headlines, there could be a strong film made from the historical investigation, aided by an American...

After leaving The Crimes of Grindelwald, the tenth film in the Wizarding World cine-verse, your appreciation for J.K. Rowling may reach its lowest point yet. Oh, sure, Fantastic Beasts part one was delightful,...

INT. OFFICE CONFERENCE ROOM – DAY Two executives pace in a large conference room. Following Gnomeo and Juliet’s surprise success, the studio begin to plan for a sequel… EXECUTIVE 1: Gnomeo and...

Murder on the Orient Express has once again been brought back to life, this time with Kenneth Branagh both at the helm as director and as Poirot. Supported by an impressively strong cast, the film is packed...

Jack Sparrow – sorry, Captain Jack Sparrow – is back. Pirates of the Caribbean returns this month for the franchise’s fifth film in 15 years, with the malleable moniker Salazar’s Revenge or Dead Men...

Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge is at its best with its feet firmly placed on dry land. The first act features some inventive and amusing capers in the port of St Martin, but unfortunately the...

1. Doug Liman will live, die, repeat his mistake Did you watch All You Need is Kill? Maybe you knew it as Edge of Tomorrow when it was in cinemas? Or have you seen it since as Live Die Repeat? Whatever you...

It is difficult these days to associate Hollywood with pleasant surprises. Releases are so aggressively micromanaged and carefully marketed, pre-marketed, and teased out that even when a blockbuster you...

With Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first film in J.K. Rowling’s fledgling magiverse, hitting cinema screens this week, Warner Bros. have capitalised on the publicity with two casting...

Nearly all of us, if asked, could instantly point to a handful of films Tim Burton has directed, so distinctive is his style. Yet despite this distinctly privileged position, it's not hard to detect an...

1. Toronto International Film Festival kicks off with The Magnificent Seven This week the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) kicked off with Antoine Fuqua's The Magnificent Seven. Unsurprisingly for...

Say what you will about Tim Burton’s much-maligned Alice in Wonderland, but at least it was recognisably an adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s timeless novel. James Bobin’s sequel, Alice Through The Looking...

Mad Hatter: Have I gone mad? Alice: I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are. Nearly 150 years after Lewis Carroll published Alice’s Adventures in...

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Few actors working today are quite as paradoxical in their very existence as Johnny Depp. He is the man behind some of the most recognisable characters in modern popular culture, yet away from the cameras he...