Tag: johnnydepp
Cannes 2023 Review: In JEANNE DU BARRY, Johnny Depp Returns in Subdued Supporting Turn
Johnny Depp, performing in French for the first time, plays Louis XV in a historical biopic about the king's mistress.
Review: WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS Leaves Us Wanting More
Nobel Prize-winning, South African author J.M. Coetzee’s 1980 novel, Waiting for the Barbarians, always seemed ripe for a big- or small-screen adaptation. Equal parts allegorical, metaphorical, and satirical, Coetzee’s trenchant critique of imperialism and colonialism contained the kind of Big...
WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS Trailer: More Like, Waiting For Something to Happen
Big stars, big story, big production values, and a trailer that is so restrained it feels lifeless. Sorry, I don't mean to be unkind, but I've watched the new Waiting for the Barbarians trailer twice now, and I'm not sure...
Arrow Video Reveals November Lineup, You'll Buy These For A Dollar! (Or More)
November is going to be another expensive month for cult home video fans with today's announcement of their upcoming slate. US and Canadian collectors can looks forward to new editions of Paul Verhoven's classic Robocop in both a regular and...
10+ Years Later: EDWARD SCISSORHANDS Still Makes the Cut
So, I was right about this one. It was a chilly day in late 1990, and my younger brother and I got into a disagreement. We could only see one movie. I was a high school geek far before being...
Destroy All Monsters: Mad As A Hatter And Half As Fun
Imagine a world where a man like Johnny Depp, having been accused of battery by his wife, Amber Heard, the details of which have been released publicly, and who is also suing him for divorce and has photographic evidence of...
Review: ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, Curiouser And Curiouser
Six years ago, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland caught the early wave of the modern 3D era and became a big financial success, fairly demanding that a sequel would be forthcoming. Now the generally darker sequel has arrived, based on...
Edgar Wright And Johnny Depp Board Adaptation Of Gaiman's FORTUNATELY, THE MILK
Holy moly are there four great names attached to this project! You ready? THR is reporting that Edgar Wright will direct Johnny Depp in Bret McKenzie's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's children's book Fortunately, the Milk. Jaw. Dropped. Edgar Wright's Coronetto trilogy is one...
Toronto 2015 Review: BLACK MASS, A Work Of Power And Impact
The real life rise and fall of James "Whitey" Bulger already seems the stuff of cinema. He's the gangster who grabbed South Boston by the throat, leading his Winter Hill mob to gain control over much of the city....
Destroy All Monsters: Leave Johnny Depp Alone
OK, seriously: what did Johnny Depp ever do to you? I know, I know. It's just fashionable to hate him right now and lord knows, fashion is our main deal in these parts. The rise and fall and rise again...
Review: INTO THE WOODS Ventures Into A Musically Dark Thicket
"Beware the tale you tell Children will listen" Just what is Disney up to with Into the Woods? Widely cited as "nobody's favorite Sondheim", this Tim Burton-esque adaptation of the 1987 Broadway stage musical is sing-songy, yes, but it's also intensely...
Your First Look At Smith And Depp In Smith's YOGA HOSERS!
Kevin Smith continues to work on his 'True North' trilogy in Los Angeles with his follow up to Tusk, Yoga Hosers. And THR had your first look at it's two female leads this morning. The films stars Smith's daughter Harley Quinn...
Johnny Depp Joins Kevin Smith's YOGA HOSERS
Johnny Depp is teaming with Kevin Smith? Yup. Smith had this to say about Yoga Hosers in July: "There are two characters in a convenience store in Tusk that you see for five minutes, very much Ronsencrantz and Guildenstern. I've...
Review: TRANSCENDENCE Tries Too Hard, Fails Utterly
Most of the ingredients are here for something special - a decent enough cast, the man behind the visuals of most of Christopher Nolan's works, and a high-concept sci-fi thriller that delves into such heady topics as "neo-ludites" and the...
Trailer for TRANSCENDENCE Tackles Big Sci-Fi Concept
Cinematographer Wally Pfister has not been behind the camera for Christopher Nolan's heady 2014 science fiction blockbuster Interstellar, because he has been busy with his own directorial debut, Transcendence. The even heady-er (if that is a word) project aims to...
Destroy All Monsters: World War C (Critics vs. Celebrities)
I'll be the first to go to the mat saying that The Lone Ranger didn't get a fair shake in a lot of circles. I can do that because I'm in one of those circles, and not standing in the...
THE LONE RANGER: Tonto Meets Pronto!
The Lone Ranger continues to roll out around the world. It opened in Spain and Taiwan this weekend, and will open in Japan, France, Germany, Ireland, and the UK in the coming weeks. The film's principals have been working hard...
AnarchyVision: Jason Gorber Talks PACIFIC RIM, 20 FEET FROM STARDOM and THE LONE RANGER
After skipping last week, Twitchvision is back with a look at Guillermo Del Toro's big budget Robots-on-Monsters romp, Pacific Rim, as well as a look at the fabulous doc 20 Feet From Stardom and the quite exceptional (if needlessly scorned...
Destroy All Monsters: THE LONE RANGER and (Despicable) Me
Hollywood loves a bomb almost as much as it loves a hit, and no bomb has been pre-approved for consensual bombhood like The Lone Ranger since last year's John Carter (formerly Of Mars). Scraping a measly $49M off a very...
Review: THE LONE RANGER Rides Hard Against History
There's a cliché that they don't make movies like they used to, with the implication that they're just not as good as they used to be. Sure, with the advent of CGI, epic films have gone by the wayside, but...
