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Culture Warrior: Through a Child’s Eyes

Culture Warrior: Through a Child’s Eyes

In Where the Wild Things Are, childhood logic is never illogical and to act as a child is not the same thing as being childish.

By Landon Palmer on October 20, 2009 | Comments

Review: Where The Wild Things Are

Review: Where The Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are is beautiful, successful in its task, and moving. But you might not like it. It’s darker than it is whimsical, sadder than it is sweet.

By Bethany Perryman on October 16, 2009 | Comments

Meet Max Records: The Heart of Where the Wild Things Are

Meet Max Records: The Heart of Where the Wild Things Are

Meet Max Records. His performance is the special center of Spike Jonze’s movie Where the Wild Things Are, the linchpin that brings it all together so wonderfully…

By Neil Miller on October 16, 2009 | Comments

Kevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card for 10.16.09

Kevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card for 10.16.09

Kevin Carr takes a look at this week’s movie releases, including Where the Wild Things Are, Law Abiding Citizen and The Stepfather.

By Kevin Carr on October 16, 2009 | Comments

Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 136 – Where the Fat Things Are

Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 136 – Where the Fat Things Are

Neil and Kevin go Where the Wild Things Are and take a look at Law Abiding Citizen and The Stepfather.

By Kevin Carr on October 16, 2009 | Comments

MoMA Looks Back at Spike Jonze: The First 80 Years

MoMA Looks Back at Spike Jonze: The First 80 Years

Attention, New York Rejects! In anticipation of this weekend’s release of Where The Wild Things Are, the Museum of Modern Art in New York has created the first ever retrospective of Spike Jonze’s work. Spike Jonze: The First 80 Years.

By Bethany Perryman on October 13, 2009 | Comments

7 Reasons To Go See ‘Where The Wild Things Are’

7 Reasons To Go See ‘Where The Wild Things Are’

I loved Where The Wild Things Are. It’s a reminder that life as a kid is magical and difficult, so I’ve pinpointed seven reasons why I personally fell in love with this film.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on October 12, 2009 | Comments

Enter Our Amazing Where the Wild Things Are Contest!

Enter Our Amazing Where the Wild Things Are Contest!

Things you should do today: enter our epic Where the Wild Things Are giveaway.

By Neil Miller on October 12, 2009 | Comments

See The Where the Wild Thing Are Soundtrack Come to Life

See The Where the Wild Thing Are Soundtrack Come to Life

Starbucks and Warner Bros. have released a brand new behind the scenes featurette for Where the Wild Things Are, this time showing us how the soundtrack came together.

By Neil Miller on October 10, 2009 | Comments

4 Gorgeous New ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ Posters

4 Gorgeous New ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ Posters

The marketing campaign for Where the Wild Things Are continues its hot steak of creating beautiful ads that get our hopes up for a fantastic film.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on September 13, 2009 | Comments

Indie Bands Tabbed for ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Soundtrack

Indie Bands Tabbed for ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Soundtrack

It’s difficult to find the right music for any movie. Where the Wild Things Are is no different.

By Joe Ngo on August 25, 2009 | Comments

Where the Wild Things Are Trailer: Magic is Happening

Where the Wild Things Are Trailer: Magic is Happening

Warner Bros. has released the second — and much longer — trailer for Spike Jonze’s upcoming children’s book adaptation Where the Wild Things Are, and without a doubt it is one of the best trailers of 2009.

By Neil Miller on August 7, 2009 | Comments

SDCC: Where The Wild Things Are Footage

SDCC: Where The Wild Things Are Footage

Prepare to lose your geek minds and have your inner child take over, because this new Wild Things featurette will revert you back to 6-years old.

By Scott the Intern on July 24, 2009 | Comments

SDCC: Where the Wild Things Are to Debut in IMAX

SDCC: Where the Wild Things Are to Debut in IMAX

In a presentation today preceding Comic-Con, Warner Bros. Pictures and IMAX Corporation announced that Where the Wild Things Are will be released to both IMAX and conventional theaters.

By Scott the Intern on July 22, 2009 | Comments

Daily Diversion: Spike Jonze’s ‘Wild Things’ Focus Group

Daily Diversion: Spike Jonze’s ‘Wild Things’ Focus Group

Director Spike Jonze has begun blogging over on his own site, We Love You So, where he is chronicling his own experiences as he brings Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s tale Where the Wild Things Are to life. And with it comes this awesome little video.

By Neil Miller on May 12, 2009 | Comments

Cool New Poster for ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Peeks At You

Cool New Poster for ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Peeks At You

Yahoo Movies has debuted a brand new poster for Spike Jonze’s highly anticipated film Where the Wild Things Are, adapted from the children’s book of the same name by Maurice Sendak.

By Neil Miller on April 6, 2009 | Comments

‘Where The Wild Things Are’ Trailer is All Kinds of Fun

‘Where The Wild Things Are’ Trailer is All Kinds of Fun

The first trailer for Spike Jonze’s film Where The Wild Things Are debuted online this morning on the Ellen show and has since popped up online. And we’re more than happy to bring it to you…

By Neil Miller on March 25, 2009 | Comments

10 Awesome New Photos Show Us ‘Where The Wild Things Are’

10 Awesome New Photos Show Us ‘Where The Wild Things Are’

At this point we can’t even wrap our minds around the concept of not being excited about Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. Therefore, we are super jazzed over these new photos.

By Neil Miller on March 23, 2009 | Comments

New ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ Poster Is Brilliant, Awesome, Furry

New ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ Poster Is Brilliant, Awesome, Furry

Nick Magazine recently revealed the new advance poster for the upcoming film adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are and it is beautiful.

By Rob Hunter on March 19, 2009 | Comments

See the Monsters of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ – Now in Skateboard Form!

See the Monsters of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ – Now in Skateboard Form!

The Wild Things Are on the decks of skateboards. Now you can 50-50 grind on their faces.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on January 16, 2009 | Comments