Flicks Fridays - How Depp Is Your Love?

Before you (potentially) see Johnny Depp filming "Public Enemies" in Crown Point Monday, make sure you see him on the small screen.

Presenting The Five's Three Favorite Johnny Depp Flicks Of All Time.

Disclaimer - If you're the type of Depp fan who prefers "Pirates" to his weirder works, find a different list.

1. "Ed Wood" - Perhaps Depp's finest, and most undervalued, performance, where he lends a unique happy-go-lucky spirit and muted melancholy to his role as one of cinema's worst directors. "Wood" is director Tim Burton's best flick too.

2. "Edward Scissorhands" - Ok, so you've probably seen this one before. But it's always worth another look. This bizarre macabre fairy tale still has plenty of laughs, heart, and beauty, and the performance by Depp is a complete 180 from Ed Wood. Too soon to say "Scissorhands" is a classic? I don't think so.

3. "Dead Man" - Probably Depp's strangest film, this dreamlike, black and white Western is certainly for an acquired taste. But it's unlike anything else you've ever seen. From the very unique indie auteur Jim Jarmusch.

If you're itching to get out to the theaters instead, there's not much to recommend this weekend. "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns" and the horror flick "Shutter" weren't screened for critics - not the best sign.

Teen comedy "Drillbit Taylor," the week's biggest release, appears to be the first dud from red hot comedy producer Judd Apatow ("Knocked Up," "Superbad"), based on reviews.

"Diary of the Dead" seems to be the most promising of the bunch - a "Cloverfield" style zombie flick from the master zombie moviemaker George A. Romero (the original "Night of the Living Dead").

But I've seen this thing and I gotta admit - it's one of the worst films so far this year, a pretentious bore stuffed with slipshod political allegory and not a single scare. And the production values are straight to DVD quality, despite the very slick trailer. Its playing in Portage.

This week's "Film of the Future" is "Pineapple Express," opening in August, yet another comedy from Judd Apatow. So "Drillbit" is a dud. This stoner comedy looks to be one of his funniest yet.

Have a great weekend everyone!

*posttribune*