Sunday Sound-off: Is the movie ever better than the book?

Published Oct. 18, 2009 at 7:04 a.m.


This weekend, "Where the Wild Things Are" opened in theaters and, for some, it leads to the classic question that asks if the book is better than the movie, or the movie is better than the book. What do you think? Let the wild rumpus start!

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Saw VI opens October 23rd, 2009 (wide)

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Published Oct. 18, 2009 at 2:29 a.m.

The makers of the Saw films continue to make Rube Goldberg roll over in his grave with this sixth film in the series. SAW VI finds Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) the target of a FBI investigation, but that won’t stop him from continuing the murderous mayhem started by Jigsaw ...

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Stan Helsing opens October 23rd, 2009 (limited)

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Published Oct. 18, 2009 at 2:29 a.m.

The monster movie genre gets spoofed with this Stone Village Pictures and Essential Entertainment production written and directed by Bo Zenga, producer of the first film in the SCARY MOVIE franchise. The plot revolves around a video-store employee who has to save his town when it becomes plagued by six famous movie monsters on Halloween night ...

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Antichrist opens October 23rd, 2009 (limited)

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Published Oct. 18, 2009 at 2:29 a.m.

Only two actors, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Defoe, inhabit the space of this supernatural thriller directed by Lars Von Trier. The stars play a couple who attempt to grieve for their dead child by living in seclusion in the middle of a forest. But their story does not end there: in the forest, they encounter pure evil in Satan. With Von Trier at the helm, ANTICHRIST promises to be a challenging, intelligent film that doesn’t adhere to the conventions of cinema or religion ...

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Astro Boy opens October 23rd, 2009 (wide)

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Published Oct. 18, 2009 at 2:29 a.m.

Osamu Tezuka's classic character finds a home on the silver screen with this CG-animated film. Freddie Highmore (THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES) voices Astro Boy, a robot who is a disappointment to the man who created him to replace his dead son. Astro Boy leaves his home in the high-tech Metro City and has an incredible adventure, but he must return to save both his relationship with his father and the citizens of Metro City. ASTRO BOY also features the voices of Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland,

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Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis opens

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Published Oct. 18, 2009 at 2:29 a.m.

To an even greater degree than Oskar Schindler, Dr. Israel Kasztner played a key role in saving the lives of well over 1,000 Jews from the Holocaust (1,600 in Kasztner's case; 1,200 in Schindler's). However, a fascinating and deeply sad irony lies buried in the differences between the men's stories: Schindler was a Nazi party member who manipulated the Gestapo to save the said individuals, and he died a veritable hero. Meanwhile, Kasztner was a Jew who bargained with Adolf Eichmann for the

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Wedding Song opens October 23rd, 2009 (limited)

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Published Oct. 18, 2009 at 2:29 a.m.

Two young women find that their differences bring them closer during a difficult time in this drama from writer-director Karin Albou. Nour (Olympe Borval) and Myriam (Lizzie Brochere) grew up in the same neighborhood in Tunis, and as they've grown into adulthood they've stayed close friends, even though Nour is a Muslim and Myriam is Jewish. It's 1942, and Tunis is under occupation by Axis forces, which has made life difficult for both women: the German authorities have prevented Khaled (Najib

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Music and sports films highlight LGBT Film Fest

Published Oct. 13, 2009 at 5:08 a.m.


The Milwaukee Short Film Festival is behind us and the debut Milwaukee Film Festival is under our belt, too. But don't think for a minute that the film scene has quieted down here. No, now it's time for the 22nd annual LBGT Film / Video Festival, which takes places Oct. 15-25 at the UWM Union Theatre, the Oriental Theatre and the Milwaukee Art Museum.

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Maid opens October 16th, 2009 (limited)

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Published Oct. 11, 2009 at 2:30 a.m.

A woman feels she must fight to hold on to her place in the household where she's been a servant for much of her life in this drama from writer/director Sebastian Silva. Raquel (Catalina Saavedra) works as a maid for a well-to-do Chilean family, and has been with the household so long that she's come to think of herself as part of the family. However, Raquel is also aware of the distance between herself and her employers, and though she's fiercely devoted to Mundo Valdes (Alejandro Goic), his

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Metcalf's DVD Screening Room: "An American Werewolf in London"

Published Oct. 10, 2009 at 1:15 p.m.


For a while, "An American Werewolf In London" was the most popular video to rent or buy in the world. That was before DVD's, in the long ago days of videotape, back in the mid-1980s. It is still worth a look for several reasons. First, because it was the film that forced the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to start giving an Academy Award for makeup design. And, it marked a big step for writer/director John Landis.

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