All posts tagged "Johnny Depp"
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879Film & TVFilm Review: Jeanne du Barry
In 18th Century, pre-Revolution France. Jeanne Bécu the illegitimate daughter of a monk, hungers for culture and pleasure.
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850EntertainmentFilm Review: Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express is a generally fine adaptation of one of Christie’s most famous works, directed by, and starring as Hercule Poirot, Kenneth Branagh.
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998Film & TVFilm Review: Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales
When Jack Sparrow learns an old enemy has risen from the depths to kill every pirate, he goes in search of an ancient artefact to enable him to defeat his enemy.
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590Film & TVFrench Film Festival Review: The Dancer
In 1887, after her father’s death, 25-year-old Marie-Louise (Loie) leaves to join her mother in New York and pursue her dream of becoming an actress and dancer.
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796Film & TVFilm Review: Alice Through the Looking Glass
In this sequel to 2010’s Alice in Wonderland, Alice (Mia Wasikowska) once again finds her life at a crossroad, escaping into the whimsical fantasy realm of Underland, only to find her return is not as joyous as she’d hoped. In order to save her dear friend, the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), Alice must take a […]
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1.0KFilm & TVFilm Review: Black Mass
An FBI agent reunites with his childhood friend who is now head of the Irish mafia and finds he must choose between personal sentiment and career loyalty.
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633LatestFestival Review: Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton
For over twenty years, Danny Elfman has been linked to the TV theme of a certain animated dysfunctional family and to the scores of most Tim Burton movies.
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Film Review: Mortdecai
Charles Mortdecai is an impish British art dealer & con-man searching for a lost painting but the Russian mafia, MI5 and his interfering wife are just as eager.
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3.1KFilm & TVFilm Review: Transcendence
‘Absolute power corrupts absolutely’ is an oft-used phrase. The quest for knowledge and riches has seen conquerors rise and fall. The moral lessons of their endeavours have been used in stories for centuries. Transcendence gives this motif a high-tech spin. With computers replacing the swords and bombs of old, it has given new goal-seekers another […]
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Film & TV
Film Review: The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger is an entertaining mega-buck spectacle revelling in its over-the-top escapades with the masked hero celebrating his return to screens in fine style.
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Film & TV
Film Review: The Rum Diary
Co-written and directed by Bruce Robinson, The Rum Diary stars Johnny Depp as journalist Paul Kemp who left the loud insanity of New York in 1960 and travelled to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to work at the San Juan Star newspaper.
