Word: roald
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...Where the Wild Things Are” is the first in a series of prominent children’s book adaptations that will hit theatres in the coming months, including Wes Anderson’s take on Roald Dahl’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and Tim Burton’s live-action remake of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” Thankfully, Jonze steers clear of the common, sanitized book-to-film route that so many directors have followed in the past...
...Burton's" was actually Henry Selick's; he directed the film under Burton's supervision. Selick next directed James and the Giant Peach, which managed to improve on the Roald Dahl children's book, and Monkeybone, a pretty frantic mix of live-action and animation. All these films owe less to the chipper confections of Disney, Pixar and DreamWorks than to Euro-cartoonery like The Triplets of Belleville and the work of Czech animator Jiri Trnka...
...biggest influences are probably Roald Dahl, The Simpsons and The Golden Girls. But I also read a lot of horror, like Stephen King, Richard Matheson, and Edgar Allen...
...Arabel’s Raven”: The stories of lonely English schoolgirl Arabel and her pet raven, Mortimer—who solves mysteries and incites mass upheaval in Arabel’s household while continually croaking, “Nevermore!”—resemble Roald Dahl’s “Matilda” but are about five thousand times better, thanks to their wry tone and clever literary allusions. —Mary A. Brazelton ’08 is the outgoing Arts Monday editor. She baked several pies to land her position...
...policy experience, and his vague statements on Iraq coupled with his ignorance regarding the recent National Intelligence Estimate on Iran’s nuclear program only bolster this criticism. Despite these shortcomings, I believe Huckabee will win the Republican nomination, if only because he is like Charlie Bucket in Roald Dahl’s book, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory:” There is nothing particularly spectacular about him, but the rest of the children vying for the grand prize are too insufferable to ever be chosen. To begin with, Ron Paul, Tom Tancredo, Sam Brownback...