Sunday, May 20, 2012

Top 20 Johnny Depp Films.....so far!

Being one of my most favourite actors of all time, it was just a matter of time before I did this list. A very hard list to compile since there are many great films in Johnny Depp's career, with a few stinkers (Secret Window, Cry Baby). Here is Depp's 20 best, so far.





 The Top 20 Johnny Depp Films.....so far!!






#20  Finding Neverland (2004)

Plot Summary: The story of J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.












#19  Nick of Time (1995)

Plot Summary: Gene Watson arrives home in Los Angeles, after attending his ex-wife's funeral, with his daughter. Soon, his daughter is kidnapped. He is given a gun, and the picture and itinerary of a person, and told that if he hasn't killed that person in one hour and fifteen minutes, his daughter will be killed.







#18  Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Plot Summary: The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.










#17  Blow (2001)

Plot Summary: The story of George Jung, the man who established the American cocaine market in the 1970s.










#16  Dark Shadows (2012)

Plot Summary: An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection.






#15  What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

Plot Summary: Gilbert has to care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life.








#14  From Hell (2001)
Plot Summary: In Victorian Era London, a troubled clairvoyant police detective investigates the murders by Jack The Ripper.













#13  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Plot Summary: A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.








#12  Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

Plot Summary: Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too.









#11  The Rum Diary (2011)

Plot Summary: American journalist Paul Kemp takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico for a local newspaper during the 1950s and struggles to find a balance between island culture and the expatriates who live there.










#10  Dead Man (1995)

Plot Summary: On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Indian named "Nobody" who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world. 









#9  Benny & Joon (1993)

Plot Summary: A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.






#8  Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

Plot Summary: Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.









#7  Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Plot Summary: Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead. 








#6  Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Plot Summary: Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of 3 people with the culprit being the legendary apparition, the Headless Horseman.










#5  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Plot Summary: Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart for their own agenda as well.










#4  Donnie Brasco (1997)


Plot Summary: An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life to the expense of his regular one. 








#3  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Plot Summary: Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle. 






#2  Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Plot Summary: An uncommonly gentle young man, who happens to have scissors for hands, falls in love with a beautiful teenage girl.










#1  Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

Plot Summary: An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades. 


Friday, May 18, 2012

The Top 10 Movies of 1975!

For this list we go a long ways back. Even though '75 was 37 years ago, it still boasts a great list of great movies.




 The Top 10 Movies of 1975





#10  French Connection 2

Plot Summary: "Popeye" Doyle travels to Marsailles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York.






#9  Shivers


Plot Summary: The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are being infected by a strain of parasites that turn them into mindless, sex-crazed fiends out to infect others by the slightest sexual contact.












#8  The Count of Monte Cristo

Plot Summary: A young officer, falsely imprisoned by his jealous "friends," escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge.

#7  Jaws

Plot Summary: When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it.









#6  The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Plot Summary: A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter.



#5  Rollerball
Plot Summary: In a corporate controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of it's powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.












#4  Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Plot Summary: King Arthur and his knights embark on a low-budget search for the Grail, encountering many very silly obstacles.




#3  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Plot Summary: Upon arrival at a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients together to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched, a woman more a dictator than a nurse.







#2  Dog Day Afternoon
Plot Summary: A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.

#1  Death Race 2000

Plot Summary: In a dystopian future, a cross country automobile race requires contestants to run down innocent pedestrians to gain points that are tallied based on each kills brutality.