It was a good weekend for both Johnny Depp enthusiasts and Hunter S. Thompson admirers. “The Rum Diary” has arrived and serves as a genuinely entertaining film and a promise fulfilled. It’s no secret ...

Johnny Depp opens one bloodshot eye and surveys a trashed hotel room that looks, as the late, great Hunter S. Thompson once put it, “like the site of some disastrous zoological experiment involving ...

The stench of cheap booze, stale cigarettes, newsprint and pre-air conditioning sweat wafts off the screen in "The Rum Diary," Johnny Depp's second shot at paying tribute to his friend, the late ...

A new era is born.

The written words of Dr. Hunter S.Thompson are a part of the DNA of this magazine. From his first piece for Rolling Stone, in 1970 – he was 33 – to the publication of his suicide note in 2005, the ...

Guest host David Lazarus is joined by KPCC film critics Peter Rainer, Henry Sheehan and Charles Solomon to discuss this week’s new films, including In Time, Puss in Boots, The Rum Diary, Anonymous and ...

While the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial takes a break, fans have found a clip from the film, The Rum Diary, in which Depp and Heard starred together, that seems to forecast the pair's doomed ...

Paul Kemp goes to Puerto Rico to write for the local paper, ‘The San Juan Star'. But while searching for a story, he falls in love with the mistress of a tycoon and quickly gets caught in the ...

97 Original Scores Ruled Eligible for Oscars. Notable exceptions include Drive and Attack the Block, but Howard Shore is up for Hugo. Weekend Box Office: PUSS IN BOOTS Tops Weekend with $34 Million as ...

Based on the first novel by Hunter S. Thompson, the film stars Johnny Depp, who is joined by Aaron Eckhart, Amber Heard, Michael Rispoli, Richard Jenkins and Giovanni Ribisi. Bruce Robinson, who also ...