Review: A delicious 'Rango'In this film publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, Spoons, left, voiced by Alex Manugian, and Rango, voiced by Johnny Depp are shown in a scene from the ...

The Johnny Depp-voiced movie "Rango" has won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Directed by Gore Verbinski, Depp's director in the first three installments of "Pirates of the Caribbean," the ...

Movie Review: Gore Verbinski's 'Rango,' starring Johnny Depp, is a groundbreaking animated film as well as loads of fun.

But first, Verbinski cleared up some plot details. Rango (Depp) is a pet chameleon who lives in a terrarium. “He’s a thespian in search of an audience,” says Verbinski.

“Rango” is the story of a chameleon suffering an existential crisis. It’s also pretty clearly about director Gore Verbinski’s own identity crisis.

Paramount’s ‘Rango’ Has Lit Up a Smoking Controversy A Conversation With … Anti-smoking group questions whether animated critters in Johnny Depp PG-rated film should be lighting up on screen ...

Conventional animation is, essentially, illustrations that move. Rango’s roots are in live action. “We treated it like any of our previous live-action collaborations with Gore,” says Knoll.

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Rango has the feel of a lark, of a film-lover’s spree in a playpen equipped with some of the world’s most expensive and expressive toys. Verbinski also enjoys the advantage of some highly ...

Breathe California's project "Thumbs Up! Thumbs Down!" has been keeping a tally of instances where characters in 'Rango' smoke, and Kori Titus, CEO of the nonprofit, says the numbers are up to 60 ...