Disney isn't pulling the plug on future Pirates of the Caribbean movies, and that means there's hope for a one-time lead actor in the franchise.

Amber Heard's defense claims that Johnny Depp was not truthful about his sobriety before filming the last Pirates film.

Seriously, what went down with Johnny Depp was nuts.

A movie's marketing campaign can make or break a flick. Even after an award-winning cast and crew has been assembled and months to years of planning and production wraps up, you've still got to get butts in the seats and eyes on the screen (and secure clicks / watch-hours in the modern mode of media consumption.) In this era of big-name franchises and "you're gonna watch it anyway" mentalities, a lot of marketing campaigns have slacked off, so it's nice to see some attention to detail here with the dual trailers for Noah Baumbach'…

1091 has released the Them That Follow trailer. The upcoming thriller is set in Appalachia and follows Mara (Alice Englert), who is torn between a secret love affair with a fellow church member (Thomas Mann) and following the wishes of her father and pastor (Walton Goggins), who presides over a community of serpent handlers. I caught the movie at Sundance earlier this year and was a bit let down by it. The cast is terrific, but as I said in my review: Them That Follow is more like a soap opera with dramatic secrets and love triangles, but without any …

CANNES – As critics begin to discuss films that will end up on their best of the decade list, many are including Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life in their internal debates. The 2011 drama won the Palm d’Or, became the auteur’s second film to earn a Best Picture nomination and was something of a comeback after the disappointing New World six years earlier. Frustratingly, his last three star-filled creations have been what can only be described as a mess. In Knight of Cups, To The Wonder, and Song to Song, Malick’s aesthetic technique of moving …