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Posts Tagged "Johnny Depp"

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Alice in Wonderland *** (2010, Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway) – Classic Movie Review 3715

Tim Burton’s sweet and nice 2010 Disney movie is a pleasant plod through English literature, aimed particularly at teenaged girls and their mothers. It is pleasing and lovely to look at but disappointingly mild, bland […]

May, 17

Public Enemies **** (2009, Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Billy Crudup, David Wenham, Marion Cotillard, Stephen Graham, Stephen Lang, Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi, Stephen Dorff) – Classic Movie Review 3353

Twinkling with dangerous devil-may-care charm, Johnny Depp impresses as public enemy number one John Dillinger in Michael Mann’s heart-pounding 2009 epic biopic of the Depression-era bank robber who became a celebrity criminal and number one […]

Feb, 13

Black Mass *** (2015, Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, Jesse Plemons, Adam Scott) – Movie Review

Johnny Depp is good, not brilliant, but good, cast against type as real-life diabolical sociopath Whitey Bulger, the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston. Director Scott Cooper’s fascinating but uneven 2015 gangster […]

Nov, 26

Corpse Bride **** (2005, voice of Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman) – Classic Movie Review 2,930

The deliciously entertaining 2005 animated fantasy musical feature film Corpse Bride comes from quirky genius Tim Burton. The deliciously entertaining 2005 animated fantasy musical feature film Corpse Bride comes from quirky genius Tim Burton. It’s […]

Sep, 28

The Man Who Cried ***½ (2000, Christina Ricci, Johnny Depp, Cate Blanchett, Oleg Yankovskiy, John Turturro, Harry Dean Stanton) – Classic Movie Review 2721

Writer-director Sally Potter’s 2000 drama stars Oleg Yankovskiy as a Russian peasant who heads for America, and promises to send for his daughter, Suzie (Christina Ricci). Later, on her way to the US to try […]

Jul, 19

Mortdecai ** (2015, Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, Paul Bettany, Olivia Munn, Jeff Goldblum) – Movie Review

‘Sophistication has a name’ is the dangerous claim in the tagline for this remarkably unsophisticated movie. Johnny Depp stars in director David Koepp’s caper comedy as roguish, debonair English art dealer Charlie Mortdecai, who has to […]

Jan, 22

Cry-Baby **** (1990, Johnny Depp, Ricki Lake, Amy Locane) – Classic Movie Review 2095

Writer-director John Waters’s infectiously campy 1990 spoof teen musical romantic comedy stars the young and sexily cute Johnny Depp, who was 26 but looks about 16. Depp radiates star quality as the tough teen rebel of […]

Jan, 21

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