As the trailer for the film adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s The Rum Diary makes its way around the internet and into the laps of Gonzo-followers, the premier looms and conjures previous imaginings of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson on the silver screen. Thompson – or more appropriately, his alter-ego Raoul Duke – has been portrayed in two films […]
Some might suggest that a movie like The Usual Suspects is overrated and garners undue praise because its narrative is predicated on a lie, namely one that Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey) weaves for the duration of the film. Perhaps the critics of this style are correct inasmuch as the final scene really amounts to a stylized “just […]
In a previous post, I determined that The Happening edged Taking Lives as the worst movie that I had seen in the first decade of this millennium, and moving forward, I’m proud—or saddened—to announce that I have a front runner for the worst movie I will see in the next ten years. Just to put this in […]