Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (Walt Disney Pictures, PG-13)
Off-kilter can be charming, but the main problem with this film is that its central draw is not the likable pirate that he once was.
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Black Mass (Warner Bros., R)
At best the result is a generic crime thriller that comes nowhere near its potential.
Into the Woods (Walt Disney Studios, PG)
Director Rob Marshall opens up Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s stage musical nicely, making it feel sufficiently cinematic and not just like a filmed play.
For No Good Reason (Sony Pictures Classics, R)
It’s a classic case of a director not trusting his material.
The Lone Ranger (PG-13, Disney)
Armie Hammer’s version of the Lone Ranger simply isn’t cool.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, PG-13)
The novelty of Depp’s performance as Captain Jack Sparrow has worn off, which makes the audience all the more aware of how bad the movie really is.
Denis Meikle | Johnny Depp: A Kind of Illusion (Titan Books)
It is also hard to take seriously an author who gets so many facts so very wrong.
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Rango (Paramount Pictures, PG)
Here, Depp’s voice is the only tool he can use in his performance. Without fail, he does so expertly and creates a character so vivid and lifelike that it’s easy to forget he isn’t real.
The Tourist (Columbia Pictures, PG-13)
One can only assume that Depp wanted to work with von Donnersmarck badly enough to ignore the glaring deficiencies in the script.
Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, PG)
This notion is fairly idiotic to begin with, and is about as welcome as all of those abhorrent novels that keep coming out about the further adventures of Pride & Prejudice’s Mr. Darcy.