Just as the cowboy archetype has endured for decades in cinemas worldwide, so too has that of the pirate. From romanticized depictions of its period piece golden age to more modern takes on piracy, ...

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 ...