Tag: Johnny Depp
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REVIEW: Waiting for the Barbarians
Despite the strong cast and being beautifully filmed, this film adaptation of J. M. Coetzee’s novel lacks strength in delivering the story. Directed with great resonance by Cirra Guerra, J.M Coetzee’s novel telling the story of how a magistrate presiding over an unspecified part of the colonial outpost in the middle of the desert, suddenly […]
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REVIEW: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
This latest film in the series nicely begins to tie in the Harry Potter links but can be slightly overwhelming with all the new characters it contains. Much darker in tone in comparison to the first Fantastic Beasts film, The Crimes of Grindelwald also seems a much more settled and self-confident film than the first, […]
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Review Round Up: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
The second film in the Fantastic Beasts series sees Johnny Depp and Jude Law joining the cast alongside Eddie Redmayne. Here’s what critics have been saying about it… The Guardian: *** “This Fantastic Beasts film is as watchable and entertaining as expected and it’s an attractive Christmas event, but some of the wonder, novelty and […]
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First Impressions of…Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
There is already controversy surrounding the film given Johnny Depp’s involvement but this trailer has also angered some fans – here’s what Love London Love Culture thinks of this first trailer…. This second instalment in the spin-ff from the Harry Potter films is not due to arrive in cinemas until November, but now the first […]
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Review Round Up: Murder on the Orient Express
Kenneth Branagh directs and stars as Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery is brought to the big screen with an all star cast. Here, Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews… Empire: *** “The mystery that Branagh has to solve as director (and leading man) is how to recount a murder story from 1934 in […]
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Review Round Up… AliceThrough the Looking Glass
Johnny Depp and Mia Wasikowska return to Wonderland in the sequel to the 2010 Tim Burton film, now directed by James Bobin. But is it a trip too far for the critics? Hit Fix:”So much muscle, so much effort, so much raw talent on display, and all in service of demographic-and-merchandise-driven garbage that sullies the name […]
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First Impressions of Alice Through the Looking Glass Trailer
Disney’s live action version of Alice in Wonderland is now followed up with the sequel to the original book by Lewis Carroll – Alice Through The Looking Glass. So what kind of a film can we expect to get just by looking at the trailer. With Tim Burton involved, you can almost expect something that […]