Star-Crossed Lovers: Johnny Depp and Daddy Issues

star-crossed lovers: Johnny Depp is back as Jack Sparrow, as is Geoffrey Rush as a well-bearded Barbossa, looking a lot like the Cowardly Lion, and his faithful capuchin monkey, according to The Chronicle Herald. Newcomers include Golshifteh Farahani as a pretty cool, punky witch, and Kaya Scodelario and Brenton Thwaites, who play young star-crossed lovers with serious daddy issues, adding vitality and maybe future franchise possibilities. A weary, battered fifth chapter Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales lumbers into theatres this summer high on CGI tricks but with a hopelessly muddled plot and recurring characters basically running on fumes. The bad guy this time is Javier Bardem as a ghost ship captain and he proves to be an extraordinary actor because he comes across as a very believable ghost ship captain. The film also features the returns of Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley but in tiny cameos only as the lovers Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. His full-throttled, single-minded fury recalls Ricardo Montalban in The Wrath of Khan. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.