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...Potter series, to be sure, but mainly the animated features from Pixar, Dreamworks and Aardman. These films did more than teach life lessons about the value of friendship, loyalty and initiative; they gave priceless instruction in what movies can be, and how to watch them. Seeing Finding Nemo, Kung Fu Panda and Chicken Run - not to mention this year's Up, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Coraline and The Princess and the Frog - should create in kids the demand that any movie aimed at them must be at least within shouting distance of those masterpieces. If the good doesn't drive...
...Anna Faris, smart comediennes all. As for the movie's writers - Jon Vitti, Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger - they've spent a decade or two creating clever words and strange thoughts for characters on The Simpsons and King of the Hill, and Aibel and Berger helped script Kung Fu Panda and Monsters vs Aliens. Writing funny for animals should not be a chore for these guys. What the heck happened? (Read "The Voices of Pixar...
...BEIJING Serving both tonic and general dishes, Zhong Wei Yu Yuan Fu Shan, tel: (86-10) 6282 9863, is famed for Kung Fu soup, which uses more than 20 herbs and must rest for 48 hours before serving...
...difficulties of war. The formula is part of an evolving mainland genre that has seen filmmakers incorporating more nuanced, entertaining storytelling into patriotic plots. "China is anxious to be part of the global community. There's a lot of concern over soft power right now," says Poshek Fu, professor of cinema studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "Movies are a strong projection of that desire...
...great importance. I, for example, am registered to vote in my hometown of West Windsor, N.J. Unless President Obama reinstates the draft tomorrow, my family’s day-to-day existence won’t change because of his relatively remote decisions. However, West Windsor Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh’s decision about the creation of a retail area around our town train station will directly influence day-to-day life in the place I go back to every Thanksgiving, Christmas, and summer...