Word: beastes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...invited to consider whether truth is absolute or lies in the eye of the beholder. College professors and administrators might want to remember that fable when they take the measure of American higher education. Many of them, who tend to see only what they stand to lose, perceive the beast as wounded, suffering from the shocks of rising costs, dwindling resources and life-draining cutbacks. But foreigners, who compare America's universities with their own, often reach very different conclusions about the nature of the beast...
...that Beauty and the beast has become the first animated film to nominated for an Academy Award, a slew of cartoons will undoubtedly be produced for motion picture release within the next year. The first in this series comes from An American Tale creator Don Bluth. Unfortunately, Rock-a-Doodle tries to capitalize on Disney's success without matching its standard...
Like Beauty and the Beast, Rock-a-Doodle borrows from an older literary source, Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Edmond, a normal 1950s farm boy, drifts to sleep as his mother reads to him from an abridged version of the 13th century classic--undoubtedly a staple in barnyards across the nation. Understandably disoriented, the boy imagines himself into the body of a whiny kitten on the trail of modernized Chanticleer, Chaucer's rooster who makes the morning...
...cartoon is a musical , but the soundtrack lacks luster. Even Glen Campbell's voice cannot redeem the tuneless, beatless songs. The grade of animation is maybe one step above Saturday morning cartoons but nowhere near the vivid imagery of Beauty and the beast...
Maushard embarks from Boston in his "beast," a dilapidated car that takes him to southern Mexico. His $900 already wearing thin, Maushard makes a valuable friendship with a Nicaraguan franchise operator, Donald, who helps him to the Nicaraguan border. The acquaintance really pays off when this wealthy merchant provides Maushard with the food, shelter and information he needs to survive in Nicaragua's capital city...