I must be the last to know that Johnny Depp will be starring in Tim Burton's remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Normally I would be horrified than anyone would remake such a delicious morsel of bizarre childhood goodness, but considering the major players, I have high hopes.

On the other hand, sometimes fabulous people make terrible movies. For instance, Jeanne Crain and Cary Grant made People Will Talk, an abysmal and pedantic tale of unlikely romance between a doctor (who once posed as a butcher so his backward patients would visit him for assistance) and a wayward young lady (impregnated by a soldier who died in battle without learning of her delicate condition). Seldom humorous (except unintentionally) and littered with ridiculous plot twists. Two hours of my life I will never get back.

Posted by Hilary at August 15, 2004 10:20 PM