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...Monopoly Pricing Just in time for holiday gift buying, a British appeals tribunal upheld a ruling made by regulators against two retailers fined for fixing prices in conjunction with the toy firm Hasbro. The regulators say their earlier decision lowered the price of the board game Monopoly by about $8 a set. One retailer, Argos, said it might roll the dice and file a further appeal...
...costumes, sets and special effects are striking. The designers behind the scenes certainly succeeded in creating the Lemony Snicket aesthetic with eye-catching appeal. The costumes add to the fantastical ambience of the film without drawing too much attention away from the story or the acting. The sets—especially Aunt Josephine’s house balanced oh-so-precariously atop a cliff—are magnificent. The burned-down Baudelaire mansion is elegant, Count Olaf’s grimy house complements his slimy character perfectly and Curdled Cave fits seamlessly into the enchanting world of Lemony Snicket. (It?...
Despite its dark plotline, the film is filled with humor. Lemony Snicket is more or less a children’s movie, but the humor should appeal to people of all ages. The dialogue is witty and ironic, and the actors play their characters charmingly. Jim Carrey is especially impressive as the evil yet strangely endearing Count Olaf, whose appearances in all his disguises are equally hilarious. Meryl Streep lives up to her legendary reputation in the role of the neurotic Aunt Josephine; she is as bemusing in her phobias as she is touching in her delusions. Jude...
...caveat to the potential theater-goer: this movie is primarily aimed at children, so there is a certain degree of cornball moralizing that is to be expected. Nevertheless, the darker undertones and weighty themes should appeal to older audiences. Lemony Snicket has witty humor, aesthetic beauty, delightful characters and a certain “je ne sais quoi” that add up to a thoroughly enjoyable movie for all ages...
...message is more applicable now than ever. He says the book was an effort to make people understand his philosophy of “soft power.” He has described the term as “a country’s cultural or ideological appeal as a source of power and influence.” It provides, he argues, a healthier alternative to “hard power,” which consists of military intervention...