Wes Anderson

News, Reviews & Features
  • Let's play Wes Anderson Bingo!

    Movie Trailer | Ali | 14th January 2012

    The trailer for Wes Anderson's new movie, Moonrise Kingdom, has just been released. Because I literally knew nothing about it, I decided to play a little game of Wes Anderson Bingo.

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox

    Movie Review | Anna | 26th October 2009

    Wes Anderson has always combined the neuroticism of Woody Allen with the visual flair of Michel Gondry to examine an assortment of fucked up families. Not exactly a winning formula for a kid's film, so it was a surprising move for Anderson to turn his attention to Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr Fox. It shouldn't, but the melding of the over-active imaginations of Dahl and Anderson just about works.

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox poster is quirky, colourful

    Movie News | Ali | 27th September 2009

    Shock: the poster for the new Wes Anderson movie features characters dressed in a quirky fashion, garish colours and Jason Schwartzman.

  • The Darjeeling Limited

    Movie Review | Ali | 18th November 2007

    Wes Anderson is one divisive dude. For every person who sees his movies as kitsch odysseys where dysfunctional families trade witty insults to an ultra-hip indie soundtrack, there's someone shrugging their shoulders, wondering why everyone is getting so excited by a scarf-wearing ponce making films about unbearably twee assholes...

  • The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

    Movie Review | | 27th February 2005

    Look up the word 'quirky' in your dictionary and chances are, there will be a nice little picture of Wes Anderson staring back at you, in his quirky glasses and with his quirky hair. It's probably not a label the guy will be happy with - it's one step away from being called weird - but with movies like Rushmore and The Royal Te...