Well here's a project that went straight to "Must See Now" for me

Last night I was watching 24/7 (fantastic show, by the way) and Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale were watching Manny Pacquiao train and it made me wonder if they were researching roles- especially Bale. Then today I read this.

The fact that David Russell is involved adds a huge excitement/what-the-fuck/SWEET! aspect to it. I'm a huge fan of Bale's and have been for awhile, long before Batman and his work is nothing less than astounding. I'm also a big fan of Wahlberg's. He's a great actor who is capable of much more than he sometimes gets credit for as evidence in Boogie Nights, Three Kings, I Heart Huckabees and The Departed. David Russell makes fascinating films with a completely original spirit and tone. What he would bring to a movie like this intrigues me. Let the David Russell/Christian Bale flipout jokes commence, but regardless this movie could be something special and amazing.

As Good A Time As Any...

Clearly it's been awhile. Why do that have to date these goddamn things?! Anyway, Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are? FINALLY has a proper trailer. I'm interested in anything Spike Jonze's does and that fact that Dave Eggers (who happened to write one of my favorites books of all time) wrote it just fires me up even more.

I love this trailer. Love it. There's really nothing like letting image play to music, pulling you in, soaking up the vibe of what you're dying to watch for 2 hours (or thereabouts). Too many trailers give too much away and I hate that shit. This trailer is perfect. Somehow my anticipation is higher than it was 5 minutes ago.