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...charmingly simple drawings. A polar-bear cub ventures out of the cozy den where her mother sleeps, drawn by "something in the moonlit stillness [that] quietly beckons. What is it?" The air of expectancy and mystery builds as she passes other sleeping animals--walrus, seals, whales--and arrives atop a mountain of snow, where "she waits, wondering." The moon, her companion, waits with her. Then a spectacular shower of shooting stars lights up the world and the other animals, and the little bear shines bright too. After this moment of mystical harmony with nature, she trudges home to her mother...
...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’s no wonder the “look?...
...after having a cup of beer thrown on him while he was inexplicably lying atop the scorers’ table during an in-game skirmish, he flew into the stands and proceeded to carry out a sequence of events that will now be forever known as “Pulling a Ron Artest.” In one fell swoop, he proceeded to pummel a succession of drunken, painfully unathletic fans—a skinny guy and a fat guy, in fact—as an entire crowd of Motor City hooligans descended upon...
With 7:13 remaining, Michel Léveillé, perched atop the left circle, sent the puck careening through the congestion in front of Grumet-Morris, receiving at least one fortuitous redirection off a skate that guided the shot past the blinded netminder to tie the game at four...
...percent...Tomorrow night’s contest pits the ECAC Hockey League and Hockey East against one another in the Commissioners’ Cup, a six-league, 21-game series that will unofficially determine the nation’s top conference. The ECAC and Hockey East are currently tied atop the standings with six points...