The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) – So in the month since I’ve seen the latter, I’ve still not quite made up my mind whose film version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo I prefer: Niels Arden Oplev or David Fincher. The Swedish Dragon Tattoo is the only film of Oplev’s I’ve ever … Continue reading

Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

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