Fantastic Mr. Fox

Dir: Wes Anderson
Writ: Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach based on book by Roald Dahl

George Clooney … Mr. Fox (voice)
Meryl Streep … Mrs. Fox (voice)
Jason Schwartzman … Ash (voice)
Bill Murray … Badger (voice)
Wally Wolodarsky … Kylie (voice)
Eric Anderson … Kristofferson (voice)

If you haven’t seen this film then quick, go now. It isn’t that I’m going to spoil it on you, it [...]

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Tagged:  10 Stars, adaptation, Bill Murray, brilliant, Eric Anderson, Fantastic Mr. Fox, George Clooney, Jarvis Cocker, Jason Schwartzman, Meryl Streep, Noah Baumbach, Roald Dahl, RPG, stop-motion animation, Wally Wolodarsky, Wes Anderson

The Devil Wears Prada

Dir: David Frankel
Writ: Aline Brosh McKenna, based on the book by Lauren Weisberger

Meryl Streep – Miranda Priestly
Anne Hathaway – Andy Sachs
Emily Blunt – Emily
Stanley TucciNigel

I’d heard some fairly decent things about this film, and the trailer made it seem like good fun, but all in all I wasn’t impressed. Very average is perhaps the best [...]

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Tagged:  5 Stars, Aline Brosh McKenna, Anne Hathaway, average, based on book, comedy, David Frankel, Emily Blunt, forgetable, Lauren Weisberger, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, The Devil Wears Prada, unfunny

Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events

dir. Brad Silberling
Writ: Robert Gordon, based on books by Daniel Handler
* Jim Carey – Count Olaf
* Emily Browning – Violet Baudelaire
* Liam Aiken – Klaus Baudelaire
* Kara & Shelby Hoffman – Sonny
* Billy Connolly – [...]

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Tagged:  7 Stars, based on book, Billy Connolly, Brad Silberling, Daniel Handler, Emily Browning, Jim Carey, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Liam AIken, Meryl Streep, Robert Gordon, sff