The Borrower Arrietty

The trailer for the new Studio Ghibli is here!  Excitement!  I'm actually halfway through watching Ponyo right now, and I'm amazed at how well chosen (and what profile) actors they manage to get now.  I guess the English version of Arrietty won't be with us for a while, but it will have some trouble being anywhere near as good as BBC's adaptation of The Borrowers with Beverley Callard's daughter, Shaun of the Dead's mum and Spiller's half-scissor...

Speidi breaks up

Heidi Montag poses for a photo shoot to commemorate the fact.

SADFACE

Where The Wild Things Are

You wouldn't think that the director behind Being John Malkovich and Adaptation could fuck up the film that produced one of the most amazing-est of trailers of ever.  But he did.  I  watched Where The Wilds Things Are last night and despite the consistent brilliance of Catherine Keener (who had all of 10 minutes screen time) and some pretty stunning monster designs, this was a colossal waste of time.  After watching this and Away We Go last week, I just wish Dave Eggers would steer clear of my film-viewing experience.