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Link - Where the wild things are

In film, links on 19 July 2008 with no comments

Apparently Spike Jones’ Where The Wild Things Are adaptation is in trouble. Kids running from the theatre screaming trouble. Sounds great.
The LA Times has the run down - along with bonus test footage of a pre-Pixar John Lasseter WTWTA animation.

1001 books and films you must see before you die

In film, geek, media, meta on 14 May 2008 tagged lists with 1 comment

Inspired by Jason Kottke, I’ve been through 1001 books and films you must see before you die and ticked off my reading (28) and viewing (215). It’s fair to say I’ve seen more of the films than read the books on these lists- I tend to read more contemporary lit, and the list focuses [...]

Cross post - Open your own 80s video shop

In aucklandista, film, score! report on 18 February 2008 with 1 comment

The original is on the Aucklandista site
Remember video shops? Rewinding, fixing the tracking, due back by 12? As a lad, I’d spend hours in the corner video shop trawling the likes of Joysticks and Brewsters’s Millions to find the perfect tape for that weekend’s slumber party (it was a more innocent time back then, team).
If [...]

New Cloverfield trailer

In chartered trips, film on 19 November 2007 with no comments

Empire has the latest trailer for Cloverfield, the mysterious monster mashup movie that ’s got interweb nerds ordering an extra case of Mountain Dew and towelettes for extra long nights’ online debate. It’s bought to you by Lost’s JJ Abrahams, and has loads of hand held camera stuff, plus shit blowing up - The Blair [...]