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Movie Review – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, 2017.Directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg. Starring: Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Stephen Graham, David Wenham, Keira Knightley, Adam Brown and Paul McCartney.SYNOPSIS:Captain Jack Sparrow is pursued by an old nemesis, Armando Salazar, who along with his Spanish Navy ghost […]

Johnny Depp is Hollywood’s most overpaid actor for the second year running

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2016 hasn’t been the greatest of years for Johnny Depp both personally and professionally, and now he’s rounded out the year by being named by Forbes as the most overpaid actor in Hollywood for the second year running.Forbes calculates its list by working out how much studios have earned in return for every dollar paid to […]

Hollywood’s Most Overpaid Actors Are Exactly Who You’d Expect

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This week, Neil Calloway looks at a list of actors who aren’t providing much bang for their buck…Even a person who only vaguely keeps up with film news could have had a decent guess at who would make the top ten most overpaid actors list, which was revealed by Forbes magazine a few days ago.With […]

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find the Material to Fill a Five-Film Franchise

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Henry Bevan on the Fantastic Beasts franchise…Hitler is everywhere in Hollywood movies. The Emperor is Space Hitler. Davy Jones is Sea Hitler. Loki is another Space Hitler. Harry Potter is not immune to the trend. Voldemort, with his blood status obsession, shares a creed with the 20th century’s big bad. Voldemort is Wizard Hitler. And […]

David Yates, David Heyman and J.K. Rowling defend Johnny Depp’s Fantastic Beasts casting

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Warning. Spoilers for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them follow…Earlier this month it was announced that Johnny Depp would be appearing in a major role in the sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, as well as making a brief cameo appearance in the first movie, with director David Yates subsequently announcing […]

Forest Whitaker joins Johnny Depp in Tupac/Biggie murder thriller LAbyrinth

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Forest Whitaker’s already busy schedule just got even busier, as Deadline reports that he has signed on to star alongside Johnny Depp in LAbyrinth, an upcoming thriller which follows the investigation into the 1996 and 1997 murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls, respectively.Depp has been attached to the project since September and will […]

Johnny Depp’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them role confirmed by David Yates

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Last week it was announced that Johnny Depp has been cast in the sequel to the upcoming Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and may potentially make a brief appearance in the first movie, which opens next week.Although Depp’s role was being kept under wraps, speculation pointed towards the character of […]

Johnny Depp joins Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel

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We’re still a couple of weeks away from the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but we now have our first piece of casting news for the second instalment, with Deadline reporting that Johnny Depp is officially joining J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World.According to the site, Depp’s role is being kept under wraps, […]

Movie Review – Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them (2016)

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Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, 2016.Directed by David Yates. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Colin Farrell, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Carmen Ejogo, Ezra Miller, Ron Perlman, Jon Voight, Ronan Raftery, Faith Wood-Blagrove, Jenn Murray, Zoe Kravitz and Johnny Depp.SYNOPSIS:In 1926 New York the visiting Magizoologist Newt Scamander must recapture his lost Beasts before […]