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(This intention becomes expressly clear in the film’s sarcastic epilogue). And that’s kind of what The Rum Diary always was — a superhero origin story for romantic misanthrope writers ...

the whiff of trouble has hung over The Rum Diary for some time, so there is relief in discovering that the film is not so bad after all. Robinson wrote and directed one of the most memorable ...

“Absolutely nothing in moderation,” states the tagline for “The Rum Diary,” and Johnny Depp ... and use of mostly natural light, the film as a whole is best appreciated as a succession ...

"The Rum Diary" is based on Thompson's heavily autobiographical ... "I don't know how to write like me," he says, but by the end of the film, it's clear that Kemp/Thompson has found his legs.

US tycoon Edward H Harriman once said that much good work is lost for the lack of a little more – a perfect way of summing up Johnny Depp’s new film, a passion project portraying an early ...

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It’s not even the end of October, but I feel as if it’s time to start closing the book on 2010 and looking ahead to 2011. Yes, we’ve yet to see Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan or the Coen brothers’ True ...

Things are looking up for the long-delayed literary adaptation The Rum Diary, Johnny Depp‘s second run at writer Hunter M. Thompson. Whenever a movie sits on the shelf for long, it starts to ...

Helmer Jason Reitman is the guest artist for Film Independent‘s inaugural LACMA Film Series. Events include the world preem of “The Rum Diary” on Oct. 13, screenings of “Martha Marcy May ...

It would be easy to be be cute about the reasons Johnny Depp chose to make a film on a luxuriously sun ... t know how to write like me’, The Rum Diary can be read as a coming-of-age tale.

After being away from thoughtful, engrossing cinema, which he so aptly fits into, Depp’s role as Paul Kemp in The Rum Diary is a welcome change. In this independent film, written and directed by ...