A YouTube artist whips up a precise, shot-for-shot re-creation of Spike Jonze’s amazing music video using clips from the late, great Battlestar Galactica .

A YouTube artist whips up a precise, shot-for-shot re-creation of Spike Jonze’s amazing music video using clips from the late, great Battlestar Galactica .

I saw Spike Jonze’s exquisite Where the Wild Things Are weeks ago, long before articles over its budget and whether or not it kids would see it hit the press. We tried to get it into the magazine but scheduling didn’t work out. (If you follow my Twitter stream, you know that I’m a fan of it.) Apparently, Kanye West had something to do with it. In any case, I’m thrilled it opened big and that kids apparently are digging it. And, that dialogue about it is rippling beyond the film blogosphere. Jon Taplin is a movie producer who teaches media, so he’s not exactly outside the industry. Nonetheless, his blog is mostly concerned with politics, economics and macro cultural ideas. Which makes his endorsement of the film more striking. An…

by Ben Flanagan Tusk Writer Director Spike Jonze will walk away with at least one meaningless unofficial movie award this season. You may never see a better movie trailer for the rest of your life. We’ve seen some brilliance in two minutes or less before this, but Jonze upped the ante astronomically. Beautifully accompanied by a new version of Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up,” the…

BURBANK, Calif.—-In conjunction with the release of the highly anticipated feature film from director Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Legendary Pictures announce the Where the Wild Things Are videogame will be available on Wii™, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and …