Pirates

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Pirates-related Paul McCartney puns that should have been taglines

Movie Feature | Matt Looker, Ali Gray, Ed Williamson | 28th June 2017

With all the fuss about Wonder Woman being an important step forward for feminism in cinema, and the current question of Disney curbing creative authorship on big studio projects, I really feel like some finer movie news is passing us by without enough comment. Like PAUL MCCARTNEY WAS IN PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, GUYS.

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These movies are old and so are you

Movie Feature | Ali | 1st January 2013

Happy Mortality Awareness Day!

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The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists

Movie Review | Ali | 29th March 2012

There are two things guaranteed in this life: 1) Hugh Grant is so debonair he could charm the pants off a concrete nun, and 2) No one does animation quite like Aardman. Put these two sure things together and it's no surprise that The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists is the first truly great animated film of the year: a painstakingly-modelled laugh riot that boggles the mind while tickling the funnybone.

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Hugh Grant > Johnny Depp

Movie Trailer | Ali | 26th October 2011

New Aardman trailer makes Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides look like Cutthroat Island, and makes Cutthroat Island look like an actual Somali pirate. So you know it's good!

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5 brilliant new plot ideas for Pirates Of The Caribbean 5

Movie Feature | Ben | 15th July 2011

So Johnny Depp is in talks to play Jack Sparrow once again for more hijinks on the high-seas, but what could possibly be in store for Pirates Of The Caribbean next? Let's dredge the bottom of the barrel!

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Johnny Depp in talks for Pay-raise 5

Movie News | Ali | 6th July 2011

In news that will surprise precisely nobody, it's been reported that Johnny Depp is in talks to reprise Jack Sparrow for a fifth Pirates Of The Caribbean movie. Because artistic integrity.

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Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Movie Review | Matt | 16th May 2011

Franchises don't usually recover well from a post-trilogy hiatus when coming back for a fourth instalment (I'm looking at you, Indy - and you McClane), but Pirates Of The Caribbean has the added obstacle that each previously released film got progressively worse anyway, ending on a bloated CGI mess of a finale. So has the studio learned its lesson and made a worthy reboot? Of course not â€“ it's utter 'yarrr'se.

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Pirates 4's action scenes are intense

Movie News | Ali | 3rd May 2011

Who'd have thought the director of musicals like Chicago and Nine would be able to pull off such belting action scenes? [Editor's note: this is sarcasm. I think I forgot how to use it properly.]

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5 things worth seeing on the cool new Pirates 4 poster

Movie Feature | Ali | 14th March 2011

There's a new Pirates movie coming out, which probably explains this poster for a new Pirates movie. Look closer and you'll see 5 interesting things hidden in it... see? Okay, look close-lier...

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Set eyes to goggle: the inevitable Superbowl trailer round-up

Movie Trailer | Ali | 7th February 2011

You want trailers? We got fuckin' trailers. We got big trailers, little trailers, blockbuster trailers, titties in trailers, robot trailers, alien trailers, avenger trailers, cowboy trailers! Just to reiterate: we got trailers.

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