The Rum Diary

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(2011)

Genre: Comedy/Drama

Director: Bruce Robinson

Writers: Bruce Robinson, Hunter S. Thompson

Producers: Christi Dembrowski, Johnny Depp, A.J. Dix, Tim Headington, Graham King, Peter Kohn, Robert Kravis, Patrick McCormick, Anthony Rhulen, Greg Shapiro, William Shively, George Tobia Jr., Colin Vaines

Synopsis: Based on the debut novel by Hunter S. Thompson. Tiring of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local newspaper, run by downtrodden editor Lotterman (Richard Jenkins). Adopting the rum-soaked life of the island, Paul soon becomes obsessed with Chenault (Amber Heard), the wildly attractive Connecticut-born fiancée of Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart). Sanderson is one of a growing number of American entrepreneurs who are determined to convert Puerto Rico into a capitalist paradise in service of the wealthy. When Kemp is recruited by Sanderson to write favorably about his latest unsavory scheme, the journalist is presented with a choice: to use his words for the corrupt businessmen's financial benefit, or use them to take the bastards down.  -- (Written by FilmDistrict)

Cast:

• Johnny Depp
• Aaron Eckhart
• Amber Heard
• Richard Jenkins
• Giovanni Ribisi

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Short Review: Supposed to be extremely different from the original Hunter S. Thompson book, which will be disappointing for some. But for those like myself who have not read the original material, it is quite an enjoyable film.

Dark Shadows

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(2012)

Genre: Comedy/Thriller

Director: Tim Burton

Writers: Seth Grahame-Smith, John August, Dan Curtis

Producers: Bruce Berman, Christi Dembrowski, Johnny Depp, Katterli Frauenfelder, Derek Frey, Nigel Gostelow, Tim Headington, David Kennedy, Graham King, Chris Lebenzon, Richard D. Zanuck

Synopsis: Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy...until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. -- (Written by Warner Bros.)

Cast:

• Johnny Depp
• Michelle Pfeiffer
• Eva Green
• Chloë Grace Moretz
• Helena Bonham Carter
• Bella Heathcote
• Jonny Lee Miller
• Jackie Earle Haley
• Christopher Lee

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21 Jump Street

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(2012)

Genre: Comedy/Action

Director: Phil Lord, Chris Miller

Writers: Michael Bacall, Jonah Hill, Patrick Hasburgh, Stephen J. Cannell

Producers: Stephen J. Cannell, Jonah Hill, Neal H. Moritz, Ezra Swerdlow, Channing Tatum

Synopsis: In the action-comedy 21 Jump Street, Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) are more than ready to leave their adolescent problems behind. Joining the police force and the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover in a local high school. As they trade in their guns and badges for backpacks, Schmidt and Jenko risk their lives to investigate a violent and dangerous drug ring. But they find that high school is nothing like they left it just a few years earlier - and neither expects that they will have to confront the terror and anxiety of being a teenager again and all the issues they thought they had left behind. -- (Written by Sony Pictures)

Cast:

• Jonah Hill
• Channing Tatum
• Dave Franco
• Brie Larson
• Ice Cube
• Ellie Kemper
• Jake M. Johnson
• Rob Riggle
• Johnny Depp (cameo)

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Ed Wood

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(1994)

Genre: Biography/Comedy/Drama

Director: Tim Burton

Writer: Rudolph Grey, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski

Producers: Tim Burton, Denise Di Novi, Michael Flynn, Michael Lehmann

Synopsis: The life of Edward D. Wood Jr., hailed as the worst director (of Plan 9 from Outer Space,Glen or Glenda and Bride of the Monster) of all time. (Written by Rogerio Santos)

Cast:

• Johnny Depp
• Martin Landau
• Sarah Jessica Parker
• Patricia Arquette
• Jeffrey Jones
• Bill Murray

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Rango

 

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(2011)

Genre: Animation/Adventure/Comedy

Director: Gore Verbinski

Writer: John Logan, Gore Verbinski, James Ward Byrkit
Producers: Mark Bakshi, John B. Carls, Adam Cramer, Shari Hanson, Tim Headington, Graham King, Nils Peyron, David Shannon, Gore Verbinski

 

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Synopsis: Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Johnny Depp
• Isla Fisher
• Abigail Breslin
• Ned Beatty
• Bill Nighy

 

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The Tourist

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 (2010)

Genre: Action/Drama

Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Writer: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Christopher McQuarrie, Julian Fellowes, Jérôme Salle

Nominee

Synopsis: Elise (Jolie) randomly sits next to an American tourist, Frank (Depp), on a train going to Venice. The police have been following Elise for two years waiting for her to contact her lover who embezzled over $2 Billion. Not only will they need to evade the police, but also the mobster whose money he stole. (Written by Douglas Young)

Cast:

• Angelina Jolie
• Johnny Depp
• Paul Bettany

 

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

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 (2009)

Genre: Adventure/Fantasy

Director: Terry Gilliam

Writer: Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown

Synopsis: In London, the sideshow troupe of Doctor Parnassus promises the audience a journey to the "Imaginarium", an imaginary world commanded by the mind of Doctor Parnassus, where dreams come true. (Written by RubyRed)

Cast:

• Heath Ledger
• Christopher Plummer
• Andrew Garfield
• Jude Law
• Colin Farrell
• Lily Cole
• Johnny Depp

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Alice In Wonderland

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(2010)

Genre: Adventure/Fantasy

Director: Tim Burton

Writer: Linda Woolverton, Lewis Carroll

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Synopsis: 19-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Mia Wasikowska
• Johnny Depp
• Helena Bonham Carter
• Anne Hathaway
• Matt Lucas
• Michael Sheen
• Alan Rickman

 

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