In this edition, take a closer look at Where the Wild Things Are VFX, listen to The Muppets tackle the first act of Hamilton, and more.
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In this edition of /Answers, the /Film crew gathers to discuss the best kids adventure movies, ranging from bonafide classics to newer gems.
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Sure, Mondo does posters for some of the biggest movies: Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Back to the Future and others. But the Austin-based company is at their absolute best when they make posters for smaller movies. This week, they're back on that kick. The incomparable Ken Taylor has tackled Spike Jonze's Where The Wild Things Are,…
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Glow in the dark inks on a poster can be hit or miss. In the best cases, they act as almost a night light, revealing a beautiful second image that's invisible in the day time. On the other hand, some are so subtle and light, it's almost as if they don't glow in the dark…
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Last week I took a shot at dissecting the allegorical significance of Sucker Punch, in which a troubled girl fights to take back control of her sexuality.
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What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 30 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. If…
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Warner Brothers has always been one of the most successful and cool studios in Hollywood. In the past decade, at the movies alone, they released the Harry Potter films, The Dark Knight, Inception, The Hangover, The Matrix, Watchmen and Where the Wild Things Are just to name a few of their geeky successes. They also…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE With his adaptation of the classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are, co-writer/director Spike Jonze took…
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This video from documentary filmmaker Lance Bangs shows the cast and crew of Where The Wild Things Are playing a practical joke on director Spike Jonze. They decided to hide the filmmaker's Vespa scooter, and covered him with yogurt and rice after he realized it was hoisted into the rafters of the sound stage. It…
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Fall 2023 trends aren't just about dark colors anymore. Embrace some sunshine with a beautiful butter yellow look. It's the new neutral.
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In this week's /Filmcast, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley praise The Inside Man, wonder why America can't handle miniseries, celebrate the joys of Glee, and explain the similarities between Where the Wild Things Are and Children of Men. Special guest Stephen Tobolowsky joins us for this episode. You can currently see Stephen on…
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Obviously, the staff at /Film collectively views Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are with a certain reverence. The film is simply a win all around, tastefully exploring and modernizing the notions of imaginative nostalgia and vice versa that are so often exploited these days in the name of "geekdom" and "hipsterdom." On a related…
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Note: The following will contain minor spoilers for the movie Where The Wild Things Are and will assume that you know the plot of the book it’s based on. Let’s get this out of the way: Where The Wild Things Are is not a film for everyone. While Warner Bros. might hope to position this…
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This weekend, Spike Jonze's adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are finally hits movie theaters after two and a half years of post production craziness. A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down wth another one of my favorite filmmakers, Spike Jonze, to talk about the struggle to bring this children's book…
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While in Ireland this week for a set visit, two of the more interesting dinner discussions amongst peers regarded the dismal state of studio poster art and the box office potential for Where the Wild Things Are. It's my belief that if WTWTA is a hit, it will signal a shot-call for a new era…
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Someone has created a trailer mash-up of Gremlins 2: The New Batch and Where the Wild Things Are and it's surprisingly A LOT better than you would think. And for that matter, a lot better than the real Gremlins sequel... Watch it after the jump.
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Where the Wild Things Are, which finally opens quite soon (October 16), is one of the only major studio movies that really fascinates me this year. So I'm torn on how to approach it. On one hand I want to know everything, I want to see all the production drawings and learn just how Spike…
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The Furies versus The Furries? Spike Jonze's official blog for Where the Wild Things Are, We Love You So, is currently running a fan art contest---prize: WTWTA skatedecks---and entries thus far have been rather inventive and/or delightfully hokey. For instance, while the above image is sans iconic creatures, the positing of the film's child character, Max, alongside…
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Who said sequins are just for holiday parties? Here are our favorite ways to style sparkly dresses, cardigans, and shorts for a glimmery on-trend look.
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More images that bottle a sense of "child-like wonder" and "child-like terror" have washed up on the 'nets courtesy of the New York Times. They nicely compliment a post yesterday on Sonny Gerasimowicz, the unlikely art director on Where the Wild Things Are. Grab a child-like blanket and prepare to curl up in the fetal position…
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As viewers and the media gear up for next month's release of Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are, we expect to read more articles and essays waxing on the film's relevance and meaning in pop culture. To me, the project already represents the ideal and inevitable amalgamation of two of the more important, influential,…
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Warner Bros has premiered four new awesome character banners for Spike Jonze's big screen adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are on MySpace. The new banners feature Carol (voiced by James Gandolfini), Judith (voiced by Catherine O'Hara), KW (voiced by Lauren Ambrose), and Max (played by Max Records). Check out all four posters after the…
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Hey guys, I'm in a little coffee shop in Telluride center, and I thought I'd do a quick post before my festival adventure gets started. A bunch of new movie posters have hit the interwebs today, including: Bad Lieutenant, Where The Wild Things Are, 2012 and Fantastic Mr. Fox. Head after the jump to check…
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How hungry are you to see new footage from Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are? At this point, anything from this movie is welcome, even if it's only a few seconds. The UK version of that Maurice Sendak featurette we saw back at Comic-Con has about ten seconds of stuff that previously had only…
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There have been a couple great filmmaker profiles released over the last 24 hours that I've wanted to recommend, one of which even mentions and quotes /Film. First up is a 7-page New York Times profile on Spike Jonze, which is framed using the struggle with Warner Bros over the big screen adaptation of Where…
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The first track from the soundtrack to Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are is available for streaming at MySpace. The song is credited to Karen O and the Kids, and in this case the name is quite literal. Karen O, from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, worked on the music with a host of different…
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The new movie trailer for Where the Wild Things Are Peter aluded to a few days back is now online, embedded after the break. After one of the more anxiety-racking development and production periods of recent geek cinema, Where the Wild Things Are will finally be with us in October. Can it possibly live up…
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