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WILD Things. It made my heart sing. It made everything...groooovehh. Which is just as well, frankly.

Image from the movie 'Where the Wild Things Are'. Puppets are spreading to other performance genres and Canada is quickly becoming a hotbed for art puppetry.

The thinking director's actor ... Keener hit her peak at 46. Photo: Reuters Latest related coverage Trailer - Genova A family in the throes of finding new lives after the sudden death of their mother.

Garishly dark comedy, if that's imaginable, set in the cutthroat world of children's television.

"Where the Wild Things Are" as a film runs just over an hour and half, standard fare when it comes to cinema.

Music video maestro Spike Jonze was the perfect choice to adapt the children's classic, "Where the Wild Things Are" to the big screen.

You don't need magic to be magical. "Where the Wild Things Are" is the least fantastical fantasy and the most raw, honest, personal and magical film about childhood angst since ever? "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Wizard of Oz" covered different ground.

Clive Owen attends the premiere of "The International" on Monday, Feb. 9, 2009 in New York.

Where the Wild Things Are aims for the adults-and-kids double-whammy Friday when the PG-rated fairy tale hits screens.

Genre: Drama, Action/Adventure, Children's, Sci-Fi/Fantasy Cast: Max Records as Max; Catherine Keener as Mom; Mark Ruffalo as The Boyfriend; Voices of James Gandolfini as Carol; Paul Dano as Alexander; Catherine O'Hara as Judith; Forest Whitaker as Ira; Michael Berry Jr.

Max declares himself king of the "wild things." " /> Max enjoys a "wild rumpus." Directed by Spike Jonze.

In the beginning, monsters were lean, mean, scary machines. Over the years, they've been given comic sensibilities, but few look or act like the monsters in "Where the Wilds Things Are," Maurice Sendak's wildly popular children's book that has now been transformed into a wonderfully touching film by Spike Jonze.

David Schwimmer will direct Clive Owen and Catherine Keener in "Trust," a dark drama about the damaging effects an online sexual predator has on a family.

The opening sequences of Spike Jonze's "Where the Wild Things Are" - a live-action feature based on Maurice Sendak's 1963 children's classic - are sensationally good.

Best bets: Go - Where the Wild Things Are' Our picks for this week's top TV, movies, DVDs, CDs and more Maurice Sendak's classic book comes to the big screen.

That must have been what it felt like when filmmaker Spike Jonze first screened a rough cut of his adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are after shooting the bulk of the film in Australia in 2006 and editing it through much of 2007.

Sadly, the film is one of the most pretentious and impenetrable films I've seen in a long time, despite the presence of a strong ensemble cast and some typically thought-provoking ideas.

Spike Jonze and Alexander on the set of Where The Wild Things Are. Photograph by: Chris Searl, Handout BEVERLY HILLS a ' Occupying time with peculiar creative projects has been a Spike Jonze trademark.

Warner Bros. Pictures just released this new movie poster featuring Max Records as Max from the upcoming fantasy film "Where the Wild Things Are" by director Spike Jonze and starring Forest Whitaker , Paul Dano , Catherine Keener and James Gandolfini .

James McAvoy has checked into Mandate Pictures' comedic adaptation of the Will Reiser novel "I'm With Cancer." Nicole Holofcener will direct, and the pic will co-star Seth Rogen, who is also producing.