Where the Wild Things Are

I’ve been stewing over my review of Where the Wild Things Are for a full seven days now.  Mostly I’m baffled at how much I enjoyed it, and how well it was done.   The book, I’m told, was one of my favorites growing up.  Still, I felt no allegiance to the film, and when everyone was blown away by the first trailer, I just didn’t get it.  Not to mention, it’s hard to get pumped about James Gandolfini as the voice of... Read More

Being John Malkovich

I’m ashamed that it’s taken me so long to see this fantastic film, directed by Spike Jonze.  I’m not sure what my hesitancy was in watching it, except for some bad memories of John Malkovich in that three musketeers movie from when I was, like, ten.  Anyway, this movie blew me away. Spike Jonze started out as a music video director.  Directing videos for Bjork, the Beastie Boys, and others, he developed quite the style, which... Read More