Search results matching tag 'Johnny Depp'

'Public Enemies' tries to make a few new friends

Anonymous — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:42:51 GMT

By Steven Zeitchik We're heading out for a few days so posting will be light, but before we do we're keeping a close eye on the box-office, where this July 4th finally offers a legitimate horse race. This date on...

Whose Johnny? Depp Tries a (small) reinvention

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:11:35 GMT

By Steven Zeitchik Johnny Depp has done playful, mischievous, childlike, soulful, creepy and pretty much any other mode you can imagine.The one thing he hasn't done is menacing -- true, bloodthirsty, win-at-all-costs menacing. His potentially nastier turns have been limited...

Odds: "I broke the code Tarantino invented."

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:17:14 GMT

To watch -- "Tarantino's Mind," a short from Brazilian directing duo 300ml in which a man (Selton Mello) explains his unified field theory of Quentin Tarantino to a skeptical friend (Seu Jorge, of "The Life Aquatic" and "City of God"). It all takes place, naturally, in a diner. (Hat tip -- Fimoculous.) Wong Kar-wai goes unsunglassed to Tony Leung and Carina Lau's wedding -- Movie City Indie has the picture, which is curiously deflating -- I'd always imagined the shades were permanently fused to his face, à la William Gibson How can the London Film Festival step up and compete with major premiere festivals like Venice and Toronto? Jason Solomons at the Observer thinks it needs a location change and a competition. Hello! magazine claims that Johnny Depp and Terry Gilliam are once more attempting "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote," the production that went so legendarily wrong that it...