Word: classics
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Warner Bros., the studio behind Wild Things, had been plenty apprehensive about director Spike Jonze's ages-in-the-making version of the 1963 Maurice Sendak classic, which is essentially a kid-size retelling of the Tarzan or Sheena-style fable about a white person becoming the monarch of a remote land. This was no sure-shot, cuddly animated feature but a spikier live-action fantasy - essentially an art-house fairy tale - whose special effects were, as co-screenwriter Dave Eggers, marvels, "just people in big suits." Think of the beasties as members of the Snuffleupagus family, with a Catskills...
...opus, “The Golden Calf.” It’s simple enough to be disregarded as a joke, but its relevance permeates the story. With a perfect mesh of timeless wit and political metaphor, “The Golden Calf” is a comedic classic, the recent translation of which only serves to emphasize its timelessness...
...vapidity and self-satisfaction embody the concept of ignorant bliss, serves as one of two models for Jenny as she contemplates her future life. The other is her bookish teacher, Ms. Stubbs, played by Olivia Williams (who essentially reprises her role as Rosemary Cross in another coming-of-age classic, “Rushmore?...
This feeling is perpetuated by the aesthetics of the Web site itself—a classic black and white backdrop, accented with gold. Surveys confirmed the name’s popularity. “We realized that Gilt was such an easy name to remember both for men and women,” Wilson adds...
...Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend, The Movie, is part of a long evolution in the Ultra series, which first began with a television show that aired in the 1960s. For decades, the episodes showed extraterrestrial beings fighting to protect Earth from alien and monster invaders with live-action scenes and classic Japanese special effects. (Read about the man behind the Ultraman special effects...