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Johnny Depp Stars in Tim Burton’s ‘Dark Shadows'

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In today's show our movie critic Lisa Nesselson gives her take on two films about troubled dynasties. First, pop superstar Madonna's second directorial feature "W.E." about an extravagant love affair between American socialite Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII who abdicated his throne to marry her. Also up for review, Tim Burton's much hyped "Dark Shadows" featuring (who else?) Johnny Depp who plays an unwilling vampire who's been released after 200 years of entombment into 1972.

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