Movie Reviews7.1/10
Ed Wood Review: Burton’s Biopic of the Worst Director Is a Sincere, Flawed Tribute
A strange, touching tribute to Ed Wood, the worst director in cinema, whose sincere failures still hold a mirror to our own.
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Movie Reviews2.7/10
Johnny Depp’s Goya Heist Chase in Mortdecai Still Earns a D-
A review of Mortdecai, a comedy-thriller about a stolen Goya and Nazi gold, which fails to cohere and wastes its cast.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
Doctor Parnassus Cheats the Devil — and the Audience
A review of Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, a flawed film of ambition marred by Heath Ledger's untimely death.
Movie Reviews4.6/10
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania Swaps Monsters for Humans, and the Joke Loses Its Bite
A monster hotel's spectre: when Drac and his friends become human, and Johnny a dragon, a quest for a crystal salvation begins.
Movie Reviews4.4/10
The Ninth Gate Review: Corso Hunts the Devil’s Book, and the Scares Arrive Late
A rare book hunter, a demon-summoning tome, and a chase across Europe gone wrong. A tale of dread and disappointment.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
‘Black Mass’ Review: Depp and Edgerton Make the FBI-Irish Mob Deal Feel Real
A true tale of Whitey Bulger, king of Winter Hill, and the FBI agent who kept him close, a dark drama of corruption and trust.
Movie Reviews4.6/10
Stephen King Adaptation Secret Window Squanders Its Promise Long Before the Credits
Secret Window (2004) review: Johnny Depp, Stephen King, and a thriller that's competent, watchable, and entirely forgettable. Rated 4.6 of 10.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
Lasse Hallström’s Gilbert Grape Finds Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp Adrift in Small-Town Iowa
A look back at Lasse Hallström's 1993 drama What's Eating Gilbert Grape, starring Johnny Depp and a 19-year-old Leonardo DiCaprio.
Movie Reviews5.2/10
Blow Review: A Glossy Rise-and-Fall That Never Quite Lands
Blow (2001), directed by Ted Demme and starring Johnny Depp as drug trafficker George Jung, is a glossy rise-and-fall crime drama that never stages the fall.
Movie Reviews7/10
Public Enemies: Michael Mann’s Cold, Procedural Crime Drama Earns Its 7.0
Michael Mann's Public Enemies (2009) casts Johnny Depp as John Dillinger and Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis, chasing the FBI's first Public Enemy No. 1.
Movie Reviews7.7/10
Donnie Brasco: Pacino’s Late-Career Peak in a Quiet Mob Tragedy
Donnie Brasco review: Al Pacino's Lefty Ruggiero and Johnny Depp's undercover agent in Mike Newell's 1997 mob tragedy about loyalty and being used.
Movie Reviews5/10
Terry Gilliam’s Vegas Trip Loses Its Way Once Raoul Duke Checks Into the Hotel
Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) is a cult classic that fails as a film. A review of the Depp and del Toro adaptation.