Tag: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Clichés or Archetypes? Trash or Transcendence?

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) – Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka gives Missi Pyle, James Fox, David Kelly, Freddie Highmore, et al. the guided tour. One man’s cliché is another man’s archetype. Tim Burton’s version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, like most of Burton’s work, is filled with clever ideas, but they are [...]

The Great Roles of Christopher Lee’s Maturity

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How can anyone not marvel that two of Gothic Cinema’s greatest performers, Christopher Lee and Vincent Price, were born on the same day? Christopher Lee was born on May 27, 1922. Price was born 11 years earlier on May 27, 1911. Today, Christopher Lee is 87. He has been an outstanding character lead since the [...]

Depp to Play Mad Hatter in 3-D Alice?

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When I learned, via GreenCine Daily, that Johnny Depp might be playing the part of the Mad Hatter in a Tim Burton 3-D version of Alice in Wonderland (financed by the Disney Corp.) my first thought was – Why? Hadn’t Depp already played that part – or a visual simulacrum of it – in Burton’s [...]