Movie Review: As most probably did, I happened upon Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are in the 1st grade when I found it wedged on a shelf in the school library. I was reading a lot higher than the book’s level by that point, but the sumptuous color illustrations of monsters running about with a boy in [...]

A unique Sundance Channel interview with costume designer Casey Storm — a man who has worked on films including Being John Malkovich, Zodiac and The Onion Movie — has revealed some interesting details regarding Where the Wild Things Are‘s design and the process of director Spike Jonze. Storm pretty much glows about Jonze, as would [...]

Being one of the most anticipated films of the year, it would’ve been a surprise if Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are didn’t do well at the theater. Luckily this was not the case, as the movie not only met, but surpassed, the expectations that had been set for it. This past weekend’s release [...]

PHILIP BARRETT: What’s ironic about Where the Wild Things Are happens to involve a conversation I had with fellow critic Anders Wright of San Diego’s City Beat before the film. I kindly asked him what his expectations for the film where. “You know, Philip,” he said, “I’ve learned not to set the bar too high [...]

Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are, a 90-minute adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s 43-year-old children’s book which barely spans a handful of pages, is a thing of absolute beauty. It is beautiful in cinematography, beautiful in performance and dialogue, and beautiful in silent moments between every wild thing that occurs onscreen. It’s a family film [...]

For those of you who are interested in the upcoming movie from Warner Bros, Where The Wild Things Are, should be happy to know that today the soundtrack for the film was released. Here is the soundtrack music from Karen O And The Kids, and if you want to grab onto the full soundtrack on Amazon [...]

Warner Bros Pictures cropped up some wonderful individual posters of our favorite cuddly and terrifying monsters from Spike Jonze’s film Where The Wild Things Are. The film stars Max Records and including the voice talents of Catherine O’Hara, James Gandolfini, Forest Whittaker and many others. Take a look at the banners below, and this children’s [...]

The first trailer for Where the Wild Things Are, Spike Jonze’s take on Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book, was a thing of transcendent beauty. Scored to Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up” and only sparsely peppered with dialogue, the trailer hinted at a film of kinetic, childish wonder.