Needcoffee.com (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Written by: Dave Eggers & Spike Jonze, based on the book by Maurice SendakDirected by: Spike JonzeStarring: Max Records, Catherine Keener, Paul Gandolfini, Lauren Ambrose, Forest Whitaker My Advice: Don't miss it. Max (Records) is a young, imaginative energetic boy. He has a sister (Pepita Emmerichs) and a mother (Keener). His father is not present. [...]
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Film review: The plot of debut writer/director Sophie Barthes' surreal comedy reminds you of The Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
The 19th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards kicks off the upcoming award season, presenting a series of honors for films released in 2009 that often forecasts favorites for Oscar contenders.
New York Post (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
The actress and "Six Feet Under" star, who most recently offered up her voice to Spike Jonze's "Where the Wild Things Are," will play a jazz show with her band tonight at Joe's Pub. For more information, call 212-539-8777. ...
Raise. Exhaustion. Deontological. Opiate. Lobotomy. (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
If you can't see this email, click here. Hi john! Here's your Flixster movie update for the week of October 22nd, 2009. OPENING THIS WEEK Saw VI Tobin Bell , Betsy Russell , Shawnee Smith 52% want to see Agent Strahm is dead and Hoffman (Mandylor) has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI's involvement forces Hoffman to set a game into motion, Jigsaw's grand...
ToughPigs (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
On those few occasions when we’re not talking about Muppets or Fraggles or Gordon’s mustache, chances are we’re taking a long, hard look at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. Usually that ends with a discussion about a flash-in-the-pan straight-to-DVD special that will be forgotten after your morning mimosa, but this time it surprised us with the cinematic epic that is Where the Wild...
Lylee's Blog (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE directed by Spike Jonze starring Max Records, Catherine Keener, voices of James Gandolfini, Lauren Ambrose, Chris Cooper, Catherine O'Hara, Forest Whitaker, Paul Dano adapted from the children's book by Maurice Sendak GRADE: A- Review coming soon
eFilmCritic (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
'You know, the book wasn't a joyless, lifeless jumble'
EclipseMagazine.com (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
Spike Jonez’s Where the Wild Things Are does what was thought to be impossible: it turns a forty page book with barely ten sentences [fifty-nine words] into a lovely, scary, fun film. Maurice Sendak’s children’s book treats children as though they are intelligent, perceptive and enjoy a good scare. He doesn’t underestimate kids – and [...]
Living in Cinema (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
Spike Jonze's adaptation of Maurice Sendak's beloved children's story should appeal to imaginative children and adults who still remember their own tumultuous childhoods.
Foolish Blatherings (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
Now you are king and you will be a truly great king. – Carol Based on the beloved children’s book of the same name, Where the Wild Things Are, director Spike Jonze and co-screenwriter, David Eggers expanded a ten sentence book into the feature length narrative. This was one of my most anticipated movies of the fall [...]
Tativille (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Spike Jonze's heavily anticipated, hipster Where the Wild Things Are , from a screenplay by Jonze and Dave Eggers , succeeds in nothing so much as the clarifying the substance of the director's authorship, thanks largely to Charlie Kaufman's absence in the film's pre-production (marking a first in the director's three feature career). Whereas both of Jonze's previous films supplied a distinctive sensibility...
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Where the Wild Things Are is beautiful, successful in its task, and moving. But you might not like it. It's darker than it is whimsical, sadder than it is sweet.
The Screening Log (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Seen on: October 16, 2009 The players: Director: Spike Jonze, Writers: Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers, Cast: Max Records, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose, James Gandolfini Facts of interest: Based on the book by Maurice Sendak. The plot: The film follows a young boy who imagines he's traveling to a big island inhabited by wild creatures. Our thoughts: Spike Jonze’s “Where the...
Baby Chums (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
6 Great Reasons To Go See, “Where The Wild Things Are”; Reviewing Where the Wild Things Are is no easy task, particularly as having such fond memories of a book leave open the concern that a film could dull a reflective memory pleasure. I can happily say that concerns can be pushed aside, at least in my [...] Source: Baby Chums
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