Young director Reitman's follow-up to Juno also appears a cinch to be nominated Best Picture of 2009 when the noms are announced next year. It's reminiscent of Juno in that it's a crowd pleaser and has some indie-sounding songs on the soundtrack (most of them turning up in the film's second half), but the story itself couldn't really be further...   ...READ REVIEW

Clearly, James Cameron is a bit of an adrenaline junkie. From taking on the sequel to the widely-praised Alien, to relying on groundbreaking effects in The Abyss and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, we can safely assume that the man is uninterested in projects devoid of risk. How then can he possibly top himself after helming Titanic, the most expensive and ambitious film of all time? It took Cameron almost a decade to figure that out, and here is his answer.

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Book-to-film adaptations must inevitably walk a tightrope: they must be acceptable to devotees of the source material, yet accessible to anyone. Usually, striking this balance involves pinpointing the essence of the story and stripping away the subtle details that won't translate, and that the runtime can't accommodate. Wes Anderson's adaptation of Fantastic Mr. Fox goes in the opposite direction: it adds to the source, and finds unobtrusive ways to make it its own.

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The much-anticipated Musical with the all-star cast and the director of the Best Picture winning Chicago is a bit of a misfire. The big screen adaptation of the Tony Award winning Broadway hit of the early 1980s (starring the late Raul Julia) which was itself a stage adaptation of Federico Fellini's legendary 8½ (1963), which is itself a thinly-veiled bit of playful post modern autobiography about a director who can't seem to finish making his latest movie as the experiences of his...   ...READ REVIEW

It's been said that zombie films are about the inevitability of death; the undead are slow, relentless, and their triumph is inevitable. It's only a matter of time before you're surrounded. Zombieland, as the title alone indicates, is a notable exception to this idea. It's about the mutated ways that people maintain their humanity through even the most bizarre and horrific situations.

Zombieland is full of characters whose quirks and personal foibles are tailor-made for their po...   ...READ REVIEW

When I first heard the phrase "movie adaptation" attached to the beloved Maurice Sendak classic picture book Where the Wild Things Are, I instantly recoiled and my heart sunk. When I learned subsequently that it was being "adapted" by Spike Jonze, the music video genius turned feature relayer of Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich and Adaptation) my anger and apprehension turned to joyous anticipation. When the first images and trailer were released, th...   ...READ REVIEW