Zach Helm’s script for Stranger Than Fiction is pure delight. Not only does it capture the nuances of the creative process as well as Adaptation or Barton Fink, it is a serious and entertaining examination of the question, “What would you do if you knew for sure that you were going to die?” Harold Crick’s coworker Dave has a pretty simple answer: “You’re never too old for Space Camp.” Crick’s situation is a little more complicated than Dave’s. “There’s something very poetic in the understanding of one’s place in the world,” says Helm in the film’s production notes. “But it’s far more dramatic when such understanding occurs only days before that life ends.”

Brian Overland had the following feedback on our review of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette:

Your reactions seem to me more or less on target. But I would add the observation that Sofia Coppola’s choice of material is not by chance. Rather, I suspect that she chose it as symbolic of her own life. Essentially, she is […]

“For eighteen years I’ve been one of NFL Films’ freelance sound recordists,” says Rob Whitehurst. “My first job with them was to do the wiring of the players so you can hear what they’re saying when they’re on the field, and I still do that when needed. And it’s quite a challenge. It’s a different animal doing sound—especially for the NFL—when you’ve got 60,000 people screaming at the top of their lungs, to get audio that people will understand. It’s a whole different part of the business, and you have to learn the specifics of how to mic, and what equipment to use.”

There are no great morals to be found in Flushed Away. Basically, Roddy discovers that not everyone lives in a penthouse where every need is anticipated and met. The film is just plain hilarious and the abiding intent of this production just shouts “Let’s see how much fun we can have with this!” From the opening moments the viewer is literally assaulted with sight gags and visual puns that seem to include everything that could be thought of to lampoon. And, as the images fly by, the aural tale teases the ears with lively language, hilarious banter, and a very good and wholly appropriate musical soundtrack.