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...films, and the Disney version in 1951, had their incidental pleasures but also an arch, starchy tone to the parade of Carroll's lunatics. What the author needed all along was a kindred cinematic soul: a grownup with the reckless imagination of a child or a nonsense artist, a director who'd impart a wonder to Wonderland...
...plot of many children's books, from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to The Lord of the Rings. But it also suggests that Burton has been making variations on Carroll his whole career. His new Alice in Wonderland is just the official version. (See the top 10 actor-director pairings...
...phone-signal exposure is intended to prevent RF radiation from heating tissue to the point that cells are damaged. Cell-phone RF radiation's "effect on the body, at least at this time, appears to be insufficient to produce genetic damage typically associated with developing cancer," Dr. Robert Hoover, director of the National Cancer Institute's Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, testified at a 2008 congressional hearing...
...Home Depot and Lowe's and insulation makers such as Owens Corning and Dow Chemical, as well as environmental groups and labor unions. Most important, the plan has a presidential seal of approval. "Everybody on the Hill knows that the President is interested in this," explains Steven Nadel, executive director of one of the groups supporting the deal, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. Both the White House and Doerr say they see nothing improper about a campaign donor with direct industry interests helping draft policy for the White House. "The industry people are there as representatives...
Kells, which is quite delectable in its esoteric way, was shown at children's film festivals in Providence and New York before it was seen in theaters. After the New York screening, there was a question-and-answer session with the director for all the petite Pauline Kaels. Do kids care about asking directors questions? Unlikely, especially since Kells' target audience is around 6 years...