Posted by moviegeek916 on September 7, 2011 · 1 Comment
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) — After Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are this seems to be the year for quirky indie film directors tackling adaptations of beloved children’s classics. Fantastic Mr. Fox doesn’t hit as well as Jonze’s film though. In adapting a book by Roald Dahl, Wes Anderson joins the ranks of Tim … Continue reading →
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Where the Wild Things Are (2009) — Loved it. Maybe it’s just me (though from other reviews it seems not) but this movie seems to be one of the rare movies that really gets it. The “it” being childhood. I mean this movie understands it all: the wild mood swings, the fantasy world, the self-absorption … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 