From Hell: The Ripper Unmasked (Again)

Johnny Depp. Photo: 20th Century Fox When I was 16 years old, I wrote a paper on Jack the Ripper. I suspect my teacher worried about my choice of subject,…

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End 

Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is rescued from limbo, but our heroes have dangerous enemies to fight in order to preserve a future for the pirates of the Caribbean. The…

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest 

Will and Elizabeth (Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley) are about to marry when they suddenly find themselves facing the death penalty as well as getting mixed up again with Captain Jack…

Pirates of the Caribbean: Damned For All Time

Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom. Photo: Buena Vista Pictures One of the most groan-inducing ideas of the 1990s was turning video games into movies. This was decades before the genre…