The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
When you're making an animated film, one of the big differences is that you can add scenes, change dialogue, and re-write as you're going along.
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | yesterday
Something aobut stop-motion animation, Roald Dahl and Wes Anderson seems like a perfect collision in aesthetics, sensibilities and quirk. Everything that's grown to annoy me about Anderson's old money-Owen Wilson-Bill Murray movies (Darjeeling, Life Aquatic) fades into memory with his...
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
"Quirky." "Eccentric." "Whimsical." Critics trot out the synonyms for "playful" and "odd" when talking about Wes Anderson. A 40-year-old director of wistful character comedies peopled with lovable screwballs - "Rushmore," "The Royal Tenenbaums" - he brings it all on himself, inviting the label "patron saint of moody hipster...
ThisNext Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
So, I’m all excited about Wes Anderson’s 6th film, Fantastic Mr. Fox . I mean, I’ve already seen it, but am still super stoked about it. It’s totally awesome and will easily win the statue for best animated film. It’s occurred to me though that maybe some people aren’t as familiar with the writer/director as they should be. So, i thought I’d remind you. This...
Flavorwire (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The popularity of Wes Anderson's films is surprisingly like the popularity of neo-classic cocktails. The styles are fastidiously retro but obviously new. The elements are excellent on their own, but make the whole a success. So why don’t cocktails play a bigger role in these films? Today, we aim to change that. Disclaimer: Unless you are Anderson-darling Bill Murray, please do not drink and drive...
Matt Dentler's Blog (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox is great. Still only in limited release, Anderson’s sixth feature officially ends his frustrating creative downturn. His career came storming out of the gate, with the one-two-three punch of Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, and The Royal Tenenbaums. But then he stopped writing with Owen Wilson, and his next two features (The Life Aquatic and The Darjeeling Limited)...
Divers and Sundry (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
I picked up the Criterion edition of The Royal Tenenbaums for The Husband because I had heard it was a good comedy but didn't give it to him because, as I read a bit about it, it just didn't seem to be his "type" of comedy -too much tragedy in the midst of it all, maybe. I ended up putting it in the stack with all the other to-be-watched DVDs, and the Younger Son picked it tonight. We liked...
US News & World Report (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
The following are capsule reviews of movies recently reviewed by the Office for Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Fox) Droll stop-motion animated adventure, in which the titular vulpine creature, now a respectable newspaper columnist with a wife and son, tries to recapture his wild past as a chicken thief, [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
At just 338 words, Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are must be among the shortest books in the canon of popular fiction.
[FashionRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | yesterday
How many ways is New Moon (the movie) better than New Moon (the book)? We ran the numbers , and the answer is 34. This is less a testament to the vagina-less Chris Weitz than it is a credit to Kristin...
Gift Rap | Gifts.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Roald Dahl is one of my favorite children's book authors. It's no wonder that his fantastic stories were perfect for the big screen. There was, The Witches, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, I could go on and on. That's why I'm super excited for the latest Dahl book to hit theaters, The Fantastic Mr. [...]
Persistence of Vision (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here's a interesting look at Wes Anderson doing video reference for Fantastic Mr Fox. I can understand how Wes Anderson wanted to make sure he got the performance that he needed for each take this was probably the best way for him to do that. I've seen video of Nick Park doing the same thing for Chicken Run, although he had his animators do the same thing. I wonder how much of the film Wes acted out,...
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | yesterday
Paste lists the best debut novels of the decade. Paste interviews David Rawlings about his debut solo album, A Friend of a Friend. Paste: You cover some songs on this record—including a medley of “Method Acting” by Bright Eyes and...
Movie Moxie (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hello Film Fans and Fanatics! Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday November 20, 2009! Big week this week with highly anticipated releases which all have ridiculously long film titles: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans , Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire and even The Twilight Saga: New Moon . What a mouthful! It's also a big week for animation with the claymation film...
mod*mom (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
the fantastic mr.fox movie (book by roald dahl )opens thanksgiving day!!! yay! i get to interview mr.fox's son ash ( jason schwartzman ) tomorrow :) here's what the movie pr person told me to share with mod*mom readers: fantastic mr. fox is visionary director Wes Anderson’s first animated film, utilizing classic handmade stop-motion techniques to tell the story of the best-selling children’s...
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wertjil | 13/11/2009
Based on the book by Roald Dahl, Mr. Fox features the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and Jason Schwartzman. The Fantastic Mr. Fox telling the story of a crafty fox who finds himself and his family targeted for death by the three dumb, pug-ugly farmers who tire of sharing their chickens with the critter.
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