Chicken Soup for "The Wild Thing"'s soul

10/17/09 2:14 PM

Every now and then a movie comes along that makes it’s audience rise with thunderous applause. Every now and then there is a movie that is more than ‘a little hyped up’, and it ends up exceeding your wildest expectations. For me, one of those films has come: “Where The Wild Things Are”.     I think we all knew from the second that first trailer hit the web that this film was going to be great, or at least, we were all hoping that it would. In the week that led up to my viewing of Spike Jonze’s newest film, I heard many things from the critics. Several people cited it as being ‘the best reminder of childhood that has been made into film’, and when the credits started to roll, as I wiped the tears off my face, I realized just... 4 comments

“[REC]” a milestone for the horror genre

10/3/09 1:57 PM

Maybe it’s just me, but over the last decade I’ve seen more and more Horror films that belong in the Comedy section of the DVD racks than in the actual Horror Section. The genre is dying, it’s just that simple.  But last night I saw a film that could single-handedly bring it back. That film, is called “[REC]”.     “[REC]” is a Spanish horror film, which was later taken and made into an American shot-for-shot remake entitled “Quarantine”. I went into the film not knowing this, but eventually recognized it’s resemblance to “Quarantine”. That being said…I’ve lost all respect for this American version, despite never seeing it.  Shot-for-shot remakes can be great, but only when...