“Murder on the Orient Express” is based on the iconic Agatha Christie novel, which was turned into a film in 1974 that earned 6 Oscar nominations and a Best Supporting Supporting Actress win for Ingrid Bergman. The best chance this new adaptation has for an Oscar nom may be for Makeup and Hairstyling – simply […]
I was a big fan of the original “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy: 2003’s “The Curse of the Black Pearl” (which earned Johnny Depp a Best Actor SAG Award), 2006’s “Dead Man’s Chest” (one of Disney’s highest-grossing movies ever) and 2007’s “At World’s End” (which didn’t feature Depp on screen for the entire first half-hour). Some thought […]
Six long years ago, Tim Burton took us down the rabbit hole for his live-action version of Disney’s 1951 animated adventure “Alice in Wonderland”. It was the second highest-grossing movie of the year ($1 Billion+ worldwide), though not because of the quality of the film (many critics, including myself, thought it was extremely dull). “Alice” […]
Johnny Depp has given a lot of great performances in his career…just not lately. With his portrayal of ruthless gangster Jimmy “Whitey” Bulger in director Scott Cooper’s “Black Mass” , Depp is generating the most positive buzz since he played Sweeney Todd on screen back in 2007. Often it’s the Depp performance that either makes […]
I never thought it was possible that an awful trailer for a film could turn out to be better than the actual movie. But, as he seems to do in every film – whether as a wacky character, or in a wild costume, or just with his performance – Johnny Depp has stunned me yet […]
After last Summer’s “The Lone Ranger”, I thought Johnny Depp couldn’t hit a new low in his career. But that was before I experienced “Transcendence”. This sci-fi romantic thriller immediately shoots right to the bottom of Depp’s long resume. Depp plays scientist Will Caster, the technology wizard behind the theory of Transcendence – the state […]