I’ve always considered myself a fairly creative person and by creative I don’t just mean imaginitive. I like to create things. From making up stories to building websites and everything in between. As a kid I wanted to be an inventor, someone who took things around them and combined them in…
For the Love of Books
I attribute my love of books to my parents, who while they weren’t big readers themselves, always took the time to expose my sisters and me to the written word. It probably started with the Dr. Seuss & Friends book-of-the-month subscriptions back in the 70s before I was even school…
A is for Andy
For my kick-off post for the April A to Z Challenge I thought I would start by introducing myself and talking a bit about my name. Since my name begins with the letter “A” I figured why not use it to my advantage. My given name is Andrew, but growing…
A to Z April Blog Challenge
I never intended this blog to be about ONLY Johnny Depp movies. I wanted it to be about my writing and other passions in life, but have been slow to introduce other topics to the blog. Partly because I haven’t gotten over my initial shyness of sharing my thoughts publicly…
Benny and Joon (1993)
With Benny & Joon director Jeremiah S. Chechik delivers a timeless tale about ‘eccentric’ characters trying to find their niche and connect with those around them in a meaningful way. The movie features Adian Quinn as Benjamin ‘Benny’ Pearl and Mary Stuart Masterson as his sister Juniper ‘Joon’ Pearl. The adult siblings are…
Arizona Dream (1992)
Arizona Dream is one of those obscure films from Depp’s repertoire that I wasn’t familiar with until I started down this path of reviewing all his films. Directed by Serbian film maker Emir Kusturica, who is probably best known for Time of the Gypsies (1988), the film is a surreal…
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
In the same year that saw Depp hit the screens in John Water’s Cry-Baby, the actor was busy teaming up with another eccentric director with a very distinct style – Tim Burton. Having previously directed the off-beat and commercially successful, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) and Beetle Juice (1988), Burton was…
Cry-Baby (1990)
Up next in my year long tribute to Depp’s acting career is a review of his first movie role post-Jump Street. This time out Depp teamed up with a fellow outsider, director John Waters to make Cry-Baby a campy, musical send up 1950s juvenile delinquent films like Rebel Without a…
21 Jump Street (1987-1991)
When I started this journey of reviewing Johnny Depp’s acting career I said I was going to stick to his films, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized I couldn’t ignore his stint on the late 80s teen cop show 21 Jump Street. The show is…
Favourite Johnny Depp Character?
Still working on my review of 21 Jump Street which should be up in the next couple of days. In the meantime I leave you with this video of WatchMojo.com‘s Top 10 Johnny Depp Performances. As far as characters go, I think my favourite is Depp’s Raoul Duke in Fear…