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by Raj Ranade The best works of writer Hunter S. Thompson adhere to a simple three-step pattern. Step 1: Thompson is assigned by an editor to report on some

Horror movies tend to arrive in waves and phases according to what feeds the audience appetite for fear at the time -- exorcism, vampires, torture porn, zombies, Japanese

by Raj RanadeMoneyball has languished in movie development limbo for years and focuses on a story that's a decade old, but it's hard to imagine a movie that

In updating Sam Peckinpah's 1971 Straw Dogs, Rod Lurie tries to use a scalpel where his predecessor always went for the axe (to spectacular effect). Dustin Hoffman's nebbishy

Movie Briefs: I Don't Know How She Does It The takeaway from the latest Sarah Jessica Parker movie, I Don't Know How She Does It, will inevitably be

by Raj RanadeIt's baffling to me why so many comedians insist on making real movie-movies out of their movies. Consider Steve Coogan's latest movie The Trip, which effectively

Bridesmaids opens with a (literal) bang -- a slapstick sex scene between (actress, co-producer, co-writer) Kristen Wiig's soon-to-be named maid-of-honor, Annie, and her "friends-with-benefits" Jon Hamm. (He addresses

by Raj RanadeAny nerd worth his calculator watch can tell you that the term "source code" refers to the set of instructions that make up a computer program.

by Raj RanadeThree cheers for John C. Reilly and the wonderfully, willfully weird path his career has taken! The path that Hollywood generally lays out for actors is