'Where the Wild Things Are' and James Gandolfini's Defining Film Performance
'[He] delighted in scaring the kids on the block — and they loved him for it," Hanks says of author in a statement to MTV News.
Paramount's low-budget thriller wins the top spot, while 'Saw VI' fails to live up to the success of its predecessors.
Spike Jonze's adaptation is #1, as the Jamie Foxx/ Gerard Butler crime-thriller, 'Law Abiding Citizen,' comes in second.
Critics weigh in on whether Spike Jonze has made the film too grown up or perfectly childlike.
Before visiting Spike Jonze's fantasy land, see how the supposedly 'unfilmable' book came to life.
'It gave Spike [Jonze] room to create and to try to find something new,' Forest Whitaker says of director collaborating with Maurice Sendak.
Tom Hanks, Spike Jonze, Maurice Sendak and more bring children's classic to Lincoln Center.
'It was like a big, big deal, deeply embedded in our collective psyche,' Lauren Ambrose says of Maurice Sendak's 1963 classic.
While 'Watchmen' and 'Fear and Loathing' made it to the big screen, 'On the Road' and others are still Hollywood headaches.
Singer talks about Spike Jonze's controversial film of Maurice Sendak's book.