Recent viewing: March-April 2018
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Review: The Pirates: Band of Misfits (2011)
Director: Peter Lord
Cast: Martin Freeman, Hugh Grant, Imelda Staunton, David Tennant, Jeremy Piven,
Martin Freeman
Hugh Grant
Imelda Staunton
David Tennant
Jeremy Piven
Plot: The luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain is a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side, and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz to the much coveted Pirate of the Year Award. It’s a quest that takes our heroes from the shores of exotic Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. Along the way they battle a diabolical queen and team up with a haplessly smitten young scientist, but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: adventure!
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