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Posts Tagged "Johnny Depp"

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Arizona Dream *** (1992, Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, Jerry Lewis, Lili Taylor) – Classic Movie Review 1626

Co-writer/director Emir Kusturica’s 1992 American drama stars Johnny Depp as Axel Blackmar, a rebellious, naive young drifter tagging fish in New York as a naturalist’s gofer. He is brought back home to Arizona for his uncle’s […]

Sep, 02

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory *** (2005, Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor, Christopher Lee) – Classic Movie Review 1613

Director Tim Burton’s 2005 version of the Roald Dahl family favourite is supremely sleek, tasteful, glossy and likeable, providing a great deal of pleasure if no real surprises. But, though it is attractive and appealing, […]

Aug, 31

Blow *** (2001, Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ray Liotta, Rachel Griffiths, Franka Potente, Paul Reubens) – Classic Film Review 1193

Johnny Depp invariably boldly goes where few other stars would dream of, and usually it pays off handsomely. But this time back in 2001 he comes a bit of a cropper in this supposedly true, […]

May, 09

Transcendence ** (2014, Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Cillian Murphy, Paul Bettany, Kate Mara, Cole Hauser, Morgan Freeman, Clifton Collins Jr) – Movie Review

Johnny Depp stars as Berkeley genius scientist Dr Will Caster who is on the verge of creating an omniscient, sentient A.I. machine. But a rogue anti-technology terrorist group fights to stop him and they put him […]

Apr, 24

Chocolat *** (2000, Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Johnny Depp, Carrie-Anne Moss, John Wood, Leslie Caron) – Classic Movie Review 935

Director Lasse Hallstrom’s sweet 2000 heart-warming wallow easily entertains the romantically inclined but he overeggs the soufflé with a miscalculated charm attack. Oscar-nominated Juliette Binoche is a very tasty morsel as Vianne Rocher, a free-spirited confectioner […]

Mar, 18

Don Juan DeMarco **** (1994, Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, Faye Dunaway) – Classic Movie Review 909

‘There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? And what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the […]

Mar, 13

A Nightmare on Elm Street **** (1984, Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, John Saxon, Johnny Depp, Amanda Wyss, Nick Corri, Ronee Blakley) – Classic Movie Review 626

Wisecracking, dream-stalking, hacking slasher Freddy Krueger makes his terrifying screen début in 1984, slicing and dicing his way through teenagers’ nightmares in a welter of gags and gore, in A Nightmare on Elm Street. Robert […]

Jan, 04

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