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They did it again - Pixar hits hard with their latest animazination, Up!
Pixar’s tenth film decimated its opening weekend box office at $68.2 Million, placing a gap of $43 million between it and the second-ranking box office hit. While box office numbers may be skewed by the regular admission for the standard show and the anti-single-mom-with-low-paying-job-recessionista price (I paid $11 for an adult ticket at a fair-to-do Regal Cinemas) for the 3-D show, three weeks later–after school let the kids out–Pixar’s Up is still mezmerizing adults and children alike. Pixar’s animations have been long-deserving of their four Academy Awards for Best Animated Featured Film of the Year and its countless other awards and nominations.This year, Pixar delivers yet another masterpiece.
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DOUBLE DEAD salt and pepper shakers
When you’ve grown tired of the same old thing, season up your dinner table trinkets with Nightmare Before Christmas salt and pepper shakers, because you can’t have pork without a dash of Christmas Jack. This decor is sure to impress ghouls.
A playlist consisting of “This is Halloween” followed by “Making Christmas” is now playing in your head.
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Who Watches the Watchmen?
Although I am familiar with the story, I wouldn’t say I was particularly a fangirl of the comic books. I read them quite some time ago, probably when I wasn’t old enough to understand literature rife with the kind of intellectual banter and macrocosms like The Watchmen. Subtle details and choice lines of the movie drew me back the visual ingenuity and wonder present in the comic books and I want nothing but to read the series again. [ I’m trying to find the best deal to acquire the comic book. Amazon.com has it for $10.99, but the University Village Bookstore says “Spend $40 and get a figurine for free!” Jobert can ship it to me, or I can just ask to borrow the Office copy. ]
Strong Welcome for “The Uninvited”
The first psychological thriller movie of 2009 worth paying multiplex prices for at a student discount, The Uninvited features chillingly supernatural and well made up apparitions, a sharp cast, and a breathtaking plot that reminds you that remakes can be done right. Adapted from the Korean horror film Janghwa Hongryeon, the story centers around a teenager named Anna who is forced to adapt to her new family situation after an accident that changed her life. Attempting to recover from the tragic loss of her mother, she spends time in a psychological facility only to be released back to her party-go-lucky sister and confidante, a grieving yet insensitive father, and his father’s mysterious new girlfriend. When she returns to her astoundingly beautiful waterfront residence, she feels something terribly wrong within the house. Convinced that her father’s new girlfriend, Rachel, is the troubling presence, she desperately tries to put together the events that happened the night of the accident and uncover just who Rachel is. As the plot unfolds, the musical score peaks, and the ghosts reveal themselves, you’ll find yourself curling up in your date’s jacket to hide from the suspense.
