Tag Archives: Johnny Depp

‘Ed Wood’ at 30 – Review

Posted on October 7, 2024 by Sam S-P

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/ed-wood-at-30-review/ SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine | Tagged Biopic, Black Comedy, Drama, Ed Wood, Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Tim Burton | Leave a comment

30s Review: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Posted on March 8, 2019 by Sam S-P

Why do they keep trying to make Robin Hood gritty? Robin Hood is supposed to be fun! Folk heroes bring cultures together by passing on stories and teaching us lessons about ourselves. Trying to force a modern tone on them … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Film, Film, Film Review | Tagged Action Movie, Basil Rathbone, Classic Film, Claude Rains, Errol Flynn, Johnny Depp, Olivia de Havilland, Ridley Scott, Swashbuckling Film, The Adventures of Robin Hood | Leave a comment

Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

Posted on November 23, 2018 by Sam S-P

JK Rowling is just making this nonsense up as she goes along isn’t she? If that makes me sound like I’m anti-Potter, nothing could be further from the truth. As a 90s kid I devoured Rowling’s books and I see … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Alison Sudol, Blockbuster, Callum Turner, David Yates, Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Fantasy, Harry Potter, JK Rowling, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Katherine Waterston | 2 Comments

Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2017, Part 2

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Sam S-P

Before we press on with Part 2 of my Review of 2017 (Part 1 here), just a few honourable mentions that didn’t quite make the Top 10, but are worthy of recognition for one reason or another. It’s been a … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged A Ghost Story, Alex Garland, Avengers: Infinity War, Baby Driver, Black Panther, Blade Runner 2049, Bright, Clio Barnard, David Ayer, Denis Villeneuve, Edgar Wright, Get Out, Ghost in the Shell, Harrison Ford, James McAvoy, Johnny Depp, Jordan Peele, Logan, Lois Smith, Looney Tunes, M Night Shyamalan, Marjorie Prime, Marvel, Michael Bay, Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge, Ridley Scott, Ryan Gosling, Split, Suicide Squad, The Levelling, Transformers: The Last Knight, Wonder Woman | Leave a comment

Review in Brief: Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge (2017)

Posted on November 14, 2017 by Sam S-P

The fifth instalment of the ridiculously lucrative PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN franchise is cinematic flotsam. Actually, it’s probably more accurately jetsam because some panicked throwing overboard of everything from plot to character motivations was definitely involved in the making of … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Fantasy, Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge | 2 Comments

Review: Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Sam S-P

Six years ago it seemed like Tim Burton had found the perfect material to marry with his distinctive visuals and irreverent take on the world: Lewis Carroll’s Alice books. The resulting film, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, may have been colourful but … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Fantasy, Film, Helena Bonham Carter, HG Wells, James Bobin, Johnny Depp, Lewis Carroll, Mia Wasikowska, Movies, Sacha Baron Cohen, Terry Pratchett, The Time Machine, TIme Burton | Leave a comment

Review: The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Sam S-P

If there’s a film I never expected THE LEGEND OF TARZAN to remind me of, it was THE LONE RANGER. Both films are beautiful looking genre pieces with entertaining set pieces and shudder-inducing cultural insensitivity. Johnny Depp should never have … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Alexander Skarsgard, Christoph Waltz, David Yates, Djimon Honsou, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fantasy, Film, Guy Ritchie, Johnny Depp, Margot Robbie, Movies, Samuel L. Jackson, Sherlock Holmes, The Legend of Tarzan, The Lone Ranger, The Lord of the Rings | Leave a comment

We Need to Talk About Warner Bros

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Sam S-P

Warner Brothers have not had a good year at the movies. Between steadily disintegrating franchises like their relentlessly grim take on DC superheroes, villains and anti-heroes and complete non-starters like LEGEND OF TARZAN, it’s been ludicrously expensive with nowhere near … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature | Tagged Batman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Film, Harry Potter, Jared Harris, JK Rowling, Johnny Depp, Justice League, Kong: Skull Island, Marvel, Movies, Suicide Squad, The Legend of Tarzan, Warner Brothers, Wonder Woman | Leave a comment

Review: Black Mass (2015)

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Sam S-P

BLACK MASS is a frustrating beast. I’d recommend you just watch THE DEPARTED again instead as it’s a much better Boston gangsters and informants movie that was partly based on Whitey Bulger’s story anyway. In the 1970s and 1980s, few … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Benedict Cumberbatch, Black Mass, Crazy Heart, Drama, Film, Gangster Film, Gary Oldman, J. Edgar, Jesse Plemons, Jez Butterworth, Joel Edgerton, John Connolly, Johnny Depp, Mark Mallouk, Movies, Out of the Furnace, Scott Cooper, Sherlock, The Departed, Whitey Bulger | 1 Comment

Series Retrospective: Pirates of the Caribbean

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Sam S-P

I haven’t done one of these for a while, I don’t think since the first year of this blog. This is the segment where I pick apart a film series and see how well it’s aged, and how well it … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature | Tagged Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Bill Nighy, Blockbuster, Chow Yun-Fat, Disney, Family, Fantasy, Film, Geoffrey Rush, Hammer, Hans Zimmer, Hunger Games, Ian McShane, ILM, Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Keith Richards, Movies, Orlando Bloom, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Sam Clafin, Tom Hollander | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Johnny Depp

‘Ed Wood’ at 30 – Review

30s Review: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2017, Part 2

Review in Brief: Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge (2017)

Review: Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

Review: The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

We Need to Talk About Warner Bros

Review: Black Mass (2015)

Series Retrospective: Pirates of the Caribbean

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