Trailer For The Rum Diary, And It’s Awesome

Johnny Depp loves all things Hunter S. Thompson, and I love all things when the two of them are mixed. In The Rum Diary, Depp plays a New Yorker who moves to Puerto Rico to work as a journalist. As per Hunter standards, he quickly discovers there’s a comically darker side to paradise. Behind Depp, there’s a killer cast that promise to make Diary unmissable, including Richard Jenkins, Aaron Eckhart, Amber Heard, and Giovanni Ribisi. The... Read More

Let Me In

So an American remake of a great foreign film didn’t suck. It was bound to happen, with Hollywood trying so very often. So now what? I’m not even sure what to make of it, or where to go from here. As the truth is now, Matt Reeves has made a very good, and satisfying vampire film. For all you that think you’ve been vampired-out, make room for something that isn’t dosed in cheesy teenage sexuality, or overt, HBO-style hedonism.... Read More

The Visitor

It’s difficult to summarize ‘The Visitor.’ When you say it’s about a lonely college professor learning to play the drums, it sounds like lame. When you say it’s about immigrants and their plight, it sounds lame. Yet ‘The Visitor’ is anything but lame. This film is written and directed by ‘The Wire’s’ Thomas McCarthy, and despite his inexperience in directing, this film will move you. The... Read More