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Review: Where the Wild Things Are by DrChocolate

DrChocolate sees the movies I can’t afford to see in theaters and reviews them, so this site can stay more up-to-date. Where the Wild Things Are is not safe. It is not sanitized. It’s not cutsie and it’s definitely not the product of corporate meddling. In other words its just like the classic book it [...]

Favorite Video Friday – The Perfect Video

I come from the school of thought that for any given moment of time, there is one piece of art that will fit that moment more perfectly than any emotion or thought we possess ever could. Whether it be music, literature, film, photography, or fine art, my life is nothing but a quest to find [...]

Favorite Video Friday – The Mini-Movie Music Video

This week: Mini-Movies MC 900FT Jesus – If I Only Had a Brain (language warning) Another classic from the great Spike Jonze. U.N.K.L.E. feat. Thom Yorke – Rabbit in Your Headlights This one’s more of a short film than a music video. Brutal. Muse – Knights of Cydonia Man I love Westerns, especially Space Westerns.

This Week in Movies – 9/8/08

I think the Fall movie season might be starting. Finally, some decent movies! In Theaters: Burn After Reading – Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, and Tilda Swinton all mixed together by the Coen Brothers. Need I say more? Righteous Kill – Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino team up again in a cop [...]

Favorite Video Friday – Skateboards

I almost just brushed this week aside, but with the recent props from Mooney, the pressure was on. I decided to go back to the music video roots, or at least the roots of my favorite music video director, Spike Jonze. While he hasn’t featured skateboarding in any of his videos that I’m aware of [...]