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The $100 million pirate movie box-office flop 1995 film Cutthroat Island that sank the Carolco studio is not remotely anything like as bad as its infamy suggests. Geena Davis is extremely sprightly and appealing as […]
Christina Hendricks provides the voice of naughty, misunderstood dust-keeper fairy Zarina, who steals Pixie Hollow’s vital Blue Pixie Dust and flies away to join forces with Captain James Hook (Tom Hiddleston) and the pirates of Skull […]
The 2003 movie Peter Pan is an exhilarating live-action version of James Barrie’s story about Peter Pan (Jeremy Sumpter), the boy who flies to Never Never Land with Wendy (Rachel Hurd-Wood) and fights Captain Hook […]
Effortlessly strange, the 2004 comedy The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is another crazy cult hit movie from Wes Anderson, the maker of Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums. It boasts a dazzling ensemble cast, who take […]
Yo-ho-ho! Director Brian Henson’s thoroughly entertaining, delightfully good-humoured 1996 pirate show brings the merriest of mayhem and music with the Muppets. Jim Hawkins (Kevin Bishop) sets off with a treasure map and the Great Gonzo and […]
Written by Chris Columbus and based on an original story by executive producer Steven Spielberg, this spiffing 1985 entertainment is a ripping yarn and an extremely likeable comedy action adventure. It’s bursting at the seams […]
Tom Hanks finds a perfect part as the real-life Captain Richard Phillips, a canny and experienced American seaman, who is sent to command the US-flagged container ship MV Maersk Alabama, in 2009. He has to steer […]