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AFI Fest: Fantastic and not-so-fantastic

AFI Fest reviews of FANTASTIC MR. FOX and EVERYONE ELSE

AFI Fest 2009: Launch!

Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray on the red carpet
outside of Grauman’s Chinese Theater for the North American premiere
of Fantastic Mr. Fox at 2009 AFI Fest. (REUTERS/Fred Prouser)
Before introducing filmmaker Wes Anderson last night to kick off the 23rd Annual AFI Fest, AFI President and CEO Bob Gazzale evoked the intertwined history of Hollywood [...]

AFI Fest to open with ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’

Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox has been announced as the opening night film of AFI Fest 2009 which runs in Hollywood from October 30 to November 7.
The film featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Willem Dafoe, Bill Murray and Owen Wilson opens in limited release [...]

Poster: Get Low

The poster for Toronto favorite ‘Get Low’ starring Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek and Lucas Black.

TIFF ‘09: Revolting youths, getting low and guardian angels

A look at Toronto reviews of Youth in Revolt starring Michael Cera, Atom Egoyan’s Chloe starring Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson and Amanda Seyfried and Get Low starring Robert Duvall and Bill Murray

Future DVD gewgaw: Fantastic Mr. Fox

Apple has an exclusive (well it was exclusive until it popped up on YouTube and everywhere else) behind the scenes look at Wes Anderson’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox.
It’s narrated by Jason Schwartzman (Mr. Fox’s son Ash in the film) who sounds like he’s speaking to the 7-year-olds at which the film is [...]

Trailer: Fantastic Mr. Fox

Here’s the trailer for Wes Anderson’s upcoming stop-motion animated Fantastic Mr. Fox featuring the voice talents of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman.

2nd or 3rd Look: Fantastic Mr. Fox

McPaper has a bunch more images of Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated adaption of Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray

First Look: Fantastic Mr. Fox

A really lame image of Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox featuring the voices of George Clooney Meryl Streep, Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman

Review: The Limits of Control (2009) ****

Isaach de Bankolé in The Limits of Control
Those who like their movies with a strong dose of plot are sure to be irritated by the latest film from Jim Jarmusch. Carefully structured but willfully lacking anything beyond the slimmest of narratives, The Limits of Control is more concerned with setting a mood and ruminating on [...]