Carey Mulligan Doubles Up on New Roles


Updated 10/22/11 2:58 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Carey Mulligan to Star in Coen Brothers' Film

Carey Mulligan continues to rack up coveted roles with some of Hollywood's best directors. Once she wraps The Great Gatsby, Mulligan will star in the Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis. The '60s-set film follows a musician who tries to make it in NYC, though there's no word yet who Mulligan will play (or whether we'll get to hear her pretty voice). That's not the only deal Mulligan has in the Read more

Link Time — Spike Jonze's Trailer For Scenes From the Suburbs


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Trailer For Scenes From the Suburbs, Spike Jonze's Film With Arcade Fire

Watch the trailer for Spike Jonze's film with Arcade Fire — Vulture Is Catherine Hardwicke's Red Riding Hood just another Twilight? — Moviefone Insider scoop on Supernatural, including the show's buzzy Western episode — TV Squad 10 TV pilots that sound terrible — TV.com Josh Hutcherson is keeping his fingers crossed for the lead in Hunger Games — EW.com Matt Damon's Hereafter gets Read more

Music Video: Arcade Fire Joins Spike Jonze For "The Suburbs"


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Arcade Fire "The Suburbs" Music Video Directed by Spike Jonze

When Arcade Fire's latest album, The Suburbs, came out this Summer, the title track was one of my initial favorites (and it remains in my rotation). Now "The Suburbs" has a music video, and it's a stirring collaboration between the band and director Spike Jonze. We take to the actual suburbs for the clip, and follow a group of teen boys as they ride bikes around a cookie-cutter housing track. Read more

Do, Dump, or Marry? Spike Jonze


Updated 10/22/09 10:56 AM · Posted by TresSugar · 13 comments

Do, Dump, or Marry? Spike Jonze

Director, skateboarder and all-around Gen X superhero Spike Jonze was told that turning the beloved children's book Where the Wild Things Are into a movie couldn't be done without serious artistic compromises. Well, not only did he prove his naysayers wrong, his movie was number one at the box office over the weekend! This iconoclast has been doing his own thing for a while, though, starting out Read more

Video of the Day: Kanye West and Spike Jonze's "We Were Once a Fairytale"


Updated 10/19/09 1:39 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 1 comment

Video of Kanye West and Spike Jonze's "We Were Once a Fairytale"

Spike Jonze is the man today. After Where the Wild Things Are took the top box office spot over the weekend, the Internet is also buzzing with this new short film he made with Kanye West. I'm on a bit of a Jonze kick myself, so I was excited to check it out — especially since I liked their combined efforts on West's video for "Flashing Lights." This film is called "We Were Once a Fairytale," Read more

Where the Wild Things Are: A Passionate Ode to Childhood


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Review of Where the Wild Things Are By Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers 2009-10-16 04:30:00

There's been a bit of a controversy over how to market Spike Jonze's adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book, Where The Wild Things Are. Is it for kids? Adults? Adult hipsters? The answer is anyone who wants to feel what it's like to be a child, and not in the fun-loving, no-responsibilities way. As adults, we tend to forget the insecurity and fears we had as kids, which the Read more

NYC Is Where Spike, Blake, and Tom Check Out the Wild Things


Updated 10/14/09 7:04 PM · Posted by · 5 comments

Photos of Maurice Sendak, Max Records, Spike Jonze, Blake Lively, Tom Hanks, And Forest Whitaker at Where The Wild Things Are

Blake Lively was one of the few ladies at last night's NYC premiere of Where the Wild Things Are. It's only Wednesday, but this was already Blake's second red carpet of the week after turning out to support boyfriend Penn Badgley Monday at his screening of The Stepfather. Blake was in rather impressive company, as Tom Hanks and Forest Whitaker also turned out to see Spike Jonze's latest film. Read more