Sunday 27 May 2012

DarK ShadowS

                                                  Every Family Has Its Demons

                             Johnny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer returned to the big screens for "Dark Shadows"









Staring: Johnny Depp ... Barnabas Collins
               Jackie Earle Haley ... Willie Loomis
               Bella Heathcote ... Victoria Winters
               Eva Green ... Angelique
               Helena Bonham Carter ... Dr. Julia Hoffman
               Michelle Pfeiffer ... Elizabeth Collins


Synopsis: In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet—or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy...until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), to help with her family troubles. Also residing in the manor is Elizabeth's ne'er-do-well brother, Roger Collins, (Jonny Lee Miller); her rebellious teenage daughter Carolyn Stoddard (Chloe Moretz); and Roger's precocious 10-year-old son, David Collins (Gulliver McGrath). The mystery extends beyond the family, to caretaker Willie Loomis, played by Jackie Earle Haley, and David's new nanny, Victoria Winters, played by Bella Heathcote.



Review: A brilliant comedic performance by Johnny Depp since "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies
               4 stars **** by Frank o Sullivan

                  Director Tim Burton is back with a back by Frank o Sullivan

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