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Dark Shadows—movie review

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • May 11, 2012 1:00 AM
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It makes sense that for Johnny Depp and director Tim Burton to get in on the current vampire craze, they’d have to approach it with a sense of humor. I doubt if many young viewers know that they’ve based their new film on a forty-year-old daytime TV drama, and it scarcely matters. Dark Shadows is an amusing piece of high camp, stoked by Depp’s deadpan star performance and the kind of elaborate trappings one would expect from Burton. (His longtime production designer, Rick Heinrichs, has done another beautiful job with both real and virtual sets.)
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More: Johnny Depp, Film Reviews, Tim Burton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Chloe Grace Moretz, Dark Shadows

The Rum Diary—movie review

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • October 28, 2011 1:55 PM
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I was not a fan of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, to put it mildly. While I have a mild degree of interest in gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, I have little patience for his drug-addled experiences—even with Johnny Depp as the writer’s fictionalized alter ego. Perhaps that’s why I responded better to The Rum Diary: based on another autobiographical Thompson novel, about his younger days, it’s Fear and Loathing-Lite, fueled more by alcohol than narcotics.

The setting is San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1960, where Depp shows up for a job on a local newspaper a day late, getting off on the wrong foot with ill-tempered editor Richard Jenkins. He agrees to room with fellow reporter Michael Rispoli and falls into a drink-sodden mist, occasionally fired up by the actions and musings of crazed—

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More: Johnny Depp, Film Reviews, Richard Jenkins, Michael Rispoli, Aaron Eckhart, Giovanni Ribisi, Rum Diary

In Praise Of Tonto

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • October 10, 2011 4:35 AM
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I respect Johnny Depp, but I’ve been chafing at his comments about Tonto as he prepares to play the famous Indian in an upcoming feature. I grew up watching The Lone Ranger and always considered Tonto a noble character, not an illiterate or a stooge. But I need say no more: Dawn Moore, the daughter of Clayton Moore, who played the masked rider opposite Jay Silverheels as Tonto on television and in two feature films,
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More: Journal, The Lone Ranger, Tonto, Jay Silverheels, Clayton Moore, Dawn Moore, Johnny Depp

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • January 8, 2010 4:20 AM
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Over the years, Terry Gilliam has become something of a brand name, leading moviegoers to expect a generous display of visual razzle-dazzle and an offbeat sensibility; the problem often lies in his story or screenplay. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, written by Gilliam and his frequent collaborator Charles McKeown, is one of his better endeavors: a bit rambling, but enjoyable. Christopher Plummer plays the title character, who...
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