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Friday March 20th 2009

From the ever-hilarious BBFC.

I’ll just leave this here…

Friday March 20th 2009

Screening Report: Monsters Vs Aliens

Thursday March 19th 2009

WARNING: Reviews of Monsters vs. Aliens are embargoed until March 21st. This post contains no indication of the film’s quality or merit.

I woke up very early (before 9:00) last Sunday to attend a screening of Monsters vs. Aliens, the upcoming animated thing from Dreamworks. I was supposed to be going with someone but they called me up at ten past nine and told me they were ‘too tired’ to come. I have shut them out of my life now.

Anyway, their loss because it was ‘a fun screening’. They had this guy at the door:

I wanted a photo of me with him but I was too embarressed. Instead, I went upstairs and took a seat next to 300 under-5s and their tired journalist parents. I was feeling a little tired myself but what I found in the drinks holder of my seat quickly woke me up…

They’re 3D glasses if you can’t tell. Amazing. All screenings should be in 3D, whether or not the films themselves feature a third dimension.

[HERE IS WHERE I WOULD TALK ABOUT THE FILM ITSELF]

I did get one last souvenir to make my no-show ‘friend’ feel jealous:

Incidentally, that video looks much more impressive in reverse:

Skills.

So that’s where all the wild things were

Wednesday March 18th 2009

After an infinity of waiting, all the good news has come at once…

BOOM! Where the Wild Things Are poster!

And as if that weren’t enough…

SMASH! Where the Wild Things Are trailer!

Crap blog (not crap enough to stop us stealing their news) Chud.com reported the other day that, according to ‘an insider source’, the first trailer for WTWTA would go out in front of Monsters vs Aliens. Whether this will be the case in the UK or not remains to be seen, although considering that MVA is out in the states a week before it is here, the Wild Things trailer will probably show up on the internet before then anyway.

Here’s what their ‘source’ had to say:

Not a teaser, full 3-min trailer, scored to ‘Wake Up’ by Arcade Fire (it fits beautifully)… Try as I might, I can’t verbalize how I felt about the trailer beyond the most grandiose superlatives: ‘beautiful’ and ‘gorgeous’ and ‘breathtaking’… The environments in particular (there’s a sequence of cutting between 4 shots of Max running through different environments that is absolutely magical) are a work of incredible vision, especially in light of the production methods Spike opted for.

Extra marks for referring to Spike Jonze on first name terms.

Here is a small space for you to imagine the trailer:

MUSIC:

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And finally…

KABLAMMO! Where the Wild Things Are release date!

16 October 2009 in the US.
11 December 2009 in the UK.

Not fair.

Let the Right One In

Tuesday March 17th 2009

In 2008, a vampire movie was one of the year’s biggest box office successes. You might have heard of it, it was called Twilight.

Here’s a moderately camp reminder:

A similar film is coming out in a couple of weeks. It’s called Let the Right One In and it’s pretty much the same except that the lead actors are shorter and less attractive.

It’s sort of an arty party, i.e. there are lots of moments like this:

But there are also plenty of incredible bits like this:

So it evens out quite nicely.

WARNING: Watching this trailer will spoil some of the best bits of the film.
WARNING: This film is so good that it features on our Best of 2009 list.
WARNING: It’s out on April 10th.