Reviewing a filmmaker’s swing at the children’s genre is usually pretty difficult and on par with reviewing a musician’s Christmas record and trying to make sense of it with the rest of their catalogue. However, Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” is not like most children’s films. “Fox,” is based on the children’s book by Roald …
Reviewing a filmmaker’s swing at the children’s genre is usually pretty difficult and on par with reviewing a musician’s Christmas record and trying to make sense of it with the rest of their catalogue. However, Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” is not like most children’s films.
Reports say Meryl Streep is doing one of the voices in Wes Anderson’s upcoming animated movie, “The Fantastic Mr. Fox.” Streep will reportedly be replacing Cate Blanchett. Streep joins a pretty great cast. Already cast in the movie are George Clooney, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson, Michael Gamobn, Adrien Brody and Wes Anderson himself. This should …
Usually main characters have rather normal names. Jerry McGuire. John Shaft. Joe Black. Nothing too strange, nothing too out of the ordinary. However, sometimes an interestingly named main character is just the beginning of a sign that you’re watching a special movie.
Just out this week on DVD is Wes Anderson’s newest film ‘The Darjeeling Limited’ and I eagerly purchased it. I had recently watched ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ so I had high hopes for this Anderson creation. To say I was very pleased with the movie would be an overstatement, but I did enjoy it.