So straitened circumstances have mitigated against my cinema trips and CD buying (illegal downloading is bad kids ... yeah, right) - where's my loyalty to Matching Curtains you say?! There's a recession on!
Anyway, there's a lot on/coming up at the cinema at the moment which cries out to be seen in a nostalgic, whimsical kinda way. First up is Wes Anderson's stop-motion adaptation of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr Fox. Whilst this was never my favourite Dahl (Matilda and The BFG always vied for that accolade), I am excited by the idea of Wes Anderson directing a kids story, thrilled by the idea of George Clooney voicing the titular Mr Fox -Disney's foxy Robin Hood was HOT and a rare example of my forgiving anthropomorphism, so things can only get better with the Silver Fox himself on vocal duties - and frankly overcome by my favourite popstar Mr Jarvis Cocker starring in the movie - and contributing 'Petey's Song' to the soundtrack. I will now have a brief Heat magazine-like moment (if Heatwas similarly obsessed with the gangly one) and coo over the following picture: oooh, doesn't little Albert look cute? And so much like his dad?! And one more thing ... he looks like he should be starring in a Wes Anderson film, bless his cotton socks? Jarvis, I'm available for babysitting and a drive home with you afterwards, if you're still single :-)
Anyway, before I sound too much like a scary stalker, I will move on to Spike Jonze's adaptation of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are. To be honest, the book always scared me a bit as a kid, but heck this has James Gandolfini voicing one of the Wild Things so what more can you ask for?! It seems to have the patina of melancholy I always associated with the book, but with a more adult orientation. I'm especially intrigued by the movie given it's chequered history: when test footage was leaked to mixed reactions, the movie was delayed for a year whilst Jonze continued to work on it. Will it be worth it?! I can't wait to find out. In the meantime I will content myself with listening to a track Karen O recorded for the soundtrack (Ms O is Jonze's ex, in case you were wondering where the shameless sleb gossip I began this post has disappeared to). Check out 'All Is Love', below:
Oooh, the next few weeks I'm going to be in cinema heaven!
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