ya really can’t ask people to give you £25,000 for your fan fiction
“Kickstarter Pulls ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Sequel.” Of course they do.
Where the Wild Things Are
question of the day: What piece of music do you wish had been used in a movie so you could see the visuals and story that go with it?
Inspired by Tubular Bells II, and how cinematic the movements are. There are huge chunks of this I’d love to see onscreen…
Saturday cute: ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ bento box
To satisfy the wildest hunger: Anna the Red created this Where the Wild Things Are bento box for EpiCute. And check out her own site, Anna the Red’s Bento Factory: I love her features on Ghibli feasts, where she eats food featured in movies such as Spirited Away. It looks totally yummy! (Got a photo … more…
totally quotable! 2009
Here are the most quotable movie lines of the year 2009. No ranking — newer quotes are posted at the top. [Warning: May contain spoilers.] “I’m craving a burger. Is that strange?” –Sergeant Matt Thompson (Guy Pearce), as he puts on his bomb suit, The Hurt Locker “If he wasn’t an insurgent, he sure the … more…
U.K. box office: ‘A Christmas Carol’ was back on top last weekend…
…thanks to weak newcomers: 1. A Christmas Carol: £1.5 million 2. Where the Wild Things Are: £.883 million (NEW) 3. Planet 51: £.765 million (2nd week; drops 49%) 4. Paranormal Activity: £.759 million (3rd week; drops 59%) 5. The Twilight Saga: New Moon: £.750 million (4th week; drops 54%) (actual numbers, not estimates) It’s not … more…
North American box office: ‘This Is It’ ain’t all that
The Michael Jackson flick does well enough, but doesn’t approach the predictions: 1. Michael Jackson’s This Is It: $23.2 million (NEW) 2. Paranormal Activity: $16.4 million (3rd week in wide release; drops 22%) 3. Law Abiding Citizen: $7.4 million (3rd week; drops 40%) 4. Couples Retreat: $6.5 million (4th week; drops 39%) 5. Where the … more…
North American box office: ‘Paranormal Activity’ performs supernaturally
The little horror movie that could just keeps on keeping on: 1. Paranormal Activity: $21.1 million (2nd week in wide release; more than doubled its number of screens; up 8%) 2. Saw VI: $14.1 million (NEW) 3. Where the Wild Things Are: $14 million (2nd week; drops 57%) 4. Law Abiding Citizen: $12.4 million (2nd … more…
North American box office: ‘Wild Things’ goes wild
Where does the week go? 1. Where the Wild Things Are: $32.7 million (NEW) 2. Law Abiding Citizen: $21 million (NEW) 3. Paranormal Activity: $19.6 million (NEW in wide release; up 148% over last week’s limited release) 4. Couples Retreat: $17.2 million (2nd week; drops 50%) 5. The Stepfather: $11.6 million (NEW) actual numbers, not … more…
question of the day: Is ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ too dangerous for children?
I wondered in my review of Where the Wild Things Are whether the film wasn’t the beginnings of a shift away from overprotecting children from themselves and the world. After all, it offers a very dark portrait of the most secret workings of a child’s imagination, and it fully embraces of the fact that children … more…
October 16: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but there’s all this vengeance to be doled out and all those injustices to be put right. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, “Hey, … more…
