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‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’ Review: More of the Same, Less of the Charm

Philip Brown — Thu, 25 May 2017 19:00:35 +0000

It’s almost impossible to remember a time when a ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movie qualified as a pleasant surprise hinged on an eccentric Johnny Depp performance that audiences couldn’t get enough of. That happened exactly once, and yet here we are four sequels later squeezing the last few remaining drops of good will out of...

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‘Gods of Egypt’ Review: Visually Stunning, Otherwise Vapid

Philip Brown — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 14:00:43 +0000

Alex Proyas’ career started so well. Things kicked off with the stylistically iconic (if deeply tragic) ‘The Crow’ and then Proyas seemed to find depth to match his style with the delightful mindfuck ‘Dark City’. After that, it’s been a series of mind-numbing choices that make the filmmaker increasingly difficult to defend. Now we have...

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‘Minions’ Review: Meh, It’s Fine

Philip Brown — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 19:00:57 +0000

The ‘Despicable Me’ franchise might not have been perfect, but it produced some animated icons in the bumbling Minions. Sporting a simple design and sputtering out cute gibberish, the Minions were perfectly calculated to tickle children and sell plush toys, and dammit they deserved the attention. It should come as no surprise that the Minions...

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Now Playing: ‘Book’ Report

Bryan Kluger — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:00:11 +0000

20th Century Fox would like you to compare ‘The Book Thief’ to the Oscar-winning ‘Life of Pi’. The trailers even say, “From the studio that brought you Life of Pi.” Not the director or the writer… just the same corporation that financed both movies. The comparisons get even thinner from there. Sure, you can argue...

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Weekend Movies: ‘Pirates’ Set to Plunder

Luke Hickman — Fri, 20 May 2011 15:00:05 +0000

Aside from one behemoth studio tentpole, this is a pretty light weekend, as far as every other movie studio is concerned. Not even the small indie films want to open against Disney’s swashbuckling cash cow. Who can blame them? Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush and a few tiny characters return for ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On...

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Now Playing: Fourth ‘Pirates’ Sinks

Luke Hickman — Thu, 19 May 2011 20:00:16 +0000

Frankly, I’ve been fed up with the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ series since the second movie. The first film, ‘The Curse of the Black Pearl‘, is a Disney classic. But as often happens, Disney proved with the two subsequent entries, ‘Dead Man’s Chest‘ and ‘At World’s End‘, that the studio is completely incapable of pumping...

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