After sinking into self-important tedium with its prior two overstuffed installments, Pirates of the Caribbean seemed destined for permanent burial at sea. And yet the soggy franchise and Johnny ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Back in 2003, Disney struck unexpected gold when it launched the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film franchise. Directed by Gore Verbinski, ...

First conceived as a theme park ride at California's Disneyland in the late 1960s, "Pirates of the Caribbean" has come a long way from its animatronic roots. Later going global with versions at other ...

At two hours and 16 minutes, “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” the fourth film in the ridiculously successful Disney franchise, is the shortest in the series. But it still feels overlong ...

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer serves up another five-course meal of cinematic fast food, with all the familiar ingredients in exact measurements and just enough flavor to make them palatable. In this ...

Let’s be honest: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is the movie everyone kind of wants to forget. Is it bad? Definitely not, but it just can’t match the emotional stakes of the other films.

In the early 2000s, Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean introduced moviegoers to one of the decade’s most iconic film characters: Johhny Depp’s quick-witted pirate lord, Captain Jack Sparrow. On the ...

In the abstract, I’m kind of giddy that the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has reached its fourth installment, On Stranger Tides. Critics aren’t supposed to think such things, let alone say them ...

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer serves up another five-course meal of cinematic fast food, with all the familiar ingredients in exact measurements and just enough flavor to make them palatable. In this ...