Like many singer-songwriters, Olivia Hally and Pepita Emmerichs are good at pouring their melancholy into their music. But that only hints at what makes the Australian duo, who record as Oh Pep!, so great. They’re even better at transforming mundane experiences into anecdotal gold, as heard on their recent LP I Wasn’t Only Thinking About You…, which features songs about waiting in line for a social security card and distancing yourself from your parents to form your own identity.
“Often when I’ve written a song, the audience hears it,...
“Often when I’ve written a song, the audience hears it,...
- 1/24/2019
- by Ilana Kaplan
- Rollingstone.com
Melbourne’s Oh Pep! make indie-pop with the emphasis on “pop”: Their songs are smooth-running, precision-crafted melodic machines that just happen to be written and performed by two or three people instead of a factory. The couple in their new single “Your Nail and Your Hammer” first meet at a government office while they’re waiting to get their Social Security cards. The flat grey boredom of the setting — like finding love at the Dmv — makes the romantic sparks seem a little brighter. “Bust through the ceiling and I...
- 10/16/2018
- by Simon Vozick-Levinson
- Rollingstone.com
Where are the wild things? The M&C offices? I.ll admit that when the review stack piles up I react much as the young protagonist of the movie (growling, biting, and screaming). Director Spike Jonze takes the Maurice Sendak picture book and transforms it into a thoughtful film that may be more adult than usual fare. Max (Max Records) is a child with some behavioral issues. One day he has built a snow fort and one of his older sister Claire.s (Pepita Emmerichs) friends accidentally crushes it with Max inside. The older boy asks if Max is okay before going off with Claire and her friends. Claire appears to say nothing to her friends about Max.s perceived...
- 3/3/2010
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
Starring: Max Records, Catherine Keener, Pepita Emmerichs, James Gandolfini, Paul Dano, Catherine O’Hara, Forest Whitaker, Chris Cooper, Lauren AmbroseDirected By: Spike JonzeWritten By: Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers, Maurice SendakGrade: A+Where the Wild Things Are has been one of the most cherished children’s books for decades and is a personal favorite of mine from my own childhood. It’s an...
- 10/21/2009
- by Kelsey Zukowski
Where the Wild Things Are
Directed by: Spike Jonze
Cast: Max Records, James Gandolfini, Catherine O’Hara, Catherine Keener
Running Time: 1 hr 41 mins
Rating: PG
Release Date: October 16, 2009
Plot: The cinematic representation of Maurice Sendak’s popular children’s story about a young boy whose animalistic behavior forces him to run from his domestic problems and into a world of his own creation. Amongst a forest in a distant land, young Max befriends a slew of brutish animals who help him realize his way.
Who’S It For? Anyone who’s parents haven’t exposed them to this story may not been too keen to explore this story. However, director Spike Jonze’ adventurous ways with the camera may be enough to lure even causal fans of the book to the theaters.
Expectations: There was so much buzz about this film going in, it was difficult to make a bold prediction one way or the other.
Directed by: Spike Jonze
Cast: Max Records, James Gandolfini, Catherine O’Hara, Catherine Keener
Running Time: 1 hr 41 mins
Rating: PG
Release Date: October 16, 2009
Plot: The cinematic representation of Maurice Sendak’s popular children’s story about a young boy whose animalistic behavior forces him to run from his domestic problems and into a world of his own creation. Amongst a forest in a distant land, young Max befriends a slew of brutish animals who help him realize his way.
Who’S It For? Anyone who’s parents haven’t exposed them to this story may not been too keen to explore this story. However, director Spike Jonze’ adventurous ways with the camera may be enough to lure even causal fans of the book to the theaters.
Expectations: There was so much buzz about this film going in, it was difficult to make a bold prediction one way or the other.
- 10/16/2009
- by Chris De Salvo
- The Scorecard Review
Rating: 9/10 Screenplay: Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers Book: Maurice Sendak Director: Spike Jonze Cast: Max Records, Wild Things, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, Pepita Emmerichs Voices: James Gandolfini, Paul Dano, Catherine O’Hara, Forest Whitaker, Lauren Ambrose, Chris Cooper, Michael Berry Jr. Studio: Warner Bros. Growing up, Maurice Sendak’s children’s book “Where The Wild Things Are” took a very special place in my big [...]...
- 10/15/2009
- by Chase Whale
- GordonandtheWhale
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