I’m actually not sure what the expectations were for Johnny Depp’s “The Rum Diary,” but it seems to have hit the “middle-of-the-road” mark with both critics and audiences, according to Rotten Tomatoes. While audiences have given it the benefit of the doubt by giving it a 60%, the critics weren’t too happy with it, giving it a rotten 51%. Want to know why they gave it such a bad rating? Check out some of the critics’ reasoning below. “There’s a reason why ‘The Rum Diary’ didn’t find a publisher until a late-in-life Thompson resurgence, and it’s clearer still in this adaptation–there’s no real drama here.”–Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger “Essentially an…

A discussion and review the week’s new movie release from your favorite entertainment and celebrity website. Hello everyone, this is episode 19 of the Movie Night Podcast. This week Rudie Obias and Perri Nemiroff discuss the new film from Andrew Niccol, “In Time” and J.C. Chandor, “Margin Call” and Bruce Robinson’s “The Rum Diary” starring Johnny Depp. Subscribe on iTunes or Download and Listen Here. “In Time” features Justin Timberlake, Olivia Wilde, Shyloh Oostwald, Johnny Galecki, Michael William Freeman, Alex Pettyfer, Amanda Seyfried and Cillian Murphy. It was written and directed by Andrew Niccol. “Margin Call” features Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary…

Title: The Rum Diary Directed By: Bruce Robinson Starring: Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Amber Heard, Richard Jenkins, Giovanni Ribisi Critically, Johnny Depp has been all over the map for the past few years, however, one thing remains consistent, the guy is dedicated. Give him an icon like J.M. Barrie, someone more eccentric like Jack Sparrow or even an animated character like Rango and Depp seizes the opportunity and gives the role everything he’s got. Then again, you can’t forget that acting is only one aspect of the moviemaking puzzle and while Depp stands tall yet again in The Rum Diary, he can’t keep the rest of the piece…

The box office results for the weekend of October 21st – 23rd brings in a lot of rewrite Activity to the record books. Meanwhile, a couple of foreign treasures fail to make bank in America. Here are the weekend actuals: 1. Paranormal Activity 3 ($52.56 million) 2. Real Steel ($10.82 million) 3. Footloose 2011 ($10.35 million) 4. The Three Musketeers 2011 ($8.67 million) 5. The Ides of March ($4.85 million) 6. Dolphin Tale ($4.21 million) 7. Moneyball ($3.98 million) 8. Johnny English Reborn ($3.83 million) 9. The Thing 2011 ($3.06 million) 10. 50/50 ($2.83 million) Analysis Rarely will a sequel out-do the original in content and/or box office performance. But…

Here’s a brand new promo poster for the upcoming film “The Rum Diary” by director Bruce Robinson (In Dreams, Return to Paradise) and starring Johnny Depp (Sin City 3, Alice in Wonderland, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus), Amber Heard (Zombieland, Pineapple Express) and Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight). Click Here for more photos, news and

“The Rum Diary,” starring Johnny Depp, has a new poster out, as well as a new website. The poster, featured below the post, is the final poster that will be released for the movie and the official site, which can be found here, is not as trippy as you’d expect a website about a film about a Hunter S. Thompson novel to be. But it’s very slick and stylish with the right amount of edge, fitting for such a film. Also below the post is the film’s trailer. “Based on the debut novel by Hunter S. Thompson, “The Rum Diary” tells the increasingly unhinged story of itinerant journalist Paul Kemp…

Paramount sent us this excellent behind the scenes video featuring the upcoming fantasy film “Hugo” directed by Martin Scorsese (Shutter Island, George Harrison: Living in the Material World) and starring Johnny Depp (The Lone Ranger, 21 Jump Street, The Rum Diary), Chloe Grace Moretz (Movie 43, Texas Killing Fields, Let Me In), Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Rise of the Guardians, Contagion), Michael Pitt (Funny Games), Christopher Lee (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey), Sacha Baron Cohen (The Dictator), Ben Kingsley and Ray Winstone. Synopsis: Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his…

Last Wednesday, the organizers of the New York Film Festival announced there will be a special “work in progress” screening to take place on the following Monday, October 10th. They didn’t announce what the film would be but they teased it by saying it was a movie that would come out later this year and it was by a legendary master filmmaker. That’s it! Tickets went on sale to the general public on that Friday, October 7th, and if you were a member of Lincoln Center then it would go on sale for you on that Thursday, October 6th. Now I am not a member of Lincoln Center, although I…

Ever wonder how many projects go into development only to never see a green light? Well, there’s a lot, but that doesn’t stop studios from announcing potential projects. Not only do we have a Farmville movie in the works, but one about Steve Jobs and one about Dr. Seuss, too. Of the bunch, the latter two are the most likely to come to fruition while Farmville could be a ways away. Then again, even if a Farmville movie does happen, how much of the narrative could really be based on the game? Also in the development stage is the big screen version of the TV show Friday Night Lights. While…

In celebration of the DVD, Blu-ray 3D and Hi-Def Blu-ray combo pack release of “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” Disney has offered up some treasure in the form of video clips from the film’s bonus features! You can view them, titled “Boy’s Dream Come True,”Johnny’s Return to Pirates,” “In Search of the Fountain: Intro” and “From Black Pearl to Revenge” below the post. Also below the post are some activities, crafts and recipes for the ultimate pirate experience. The official synopsis of “Pirates” involves Capt. Jack Sparrow trying to find the Fountain of Youth: “Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Rob Marshall, “Pirates of the Caribbean: On…