Word: scared
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Disney's new animated feature, Treasure Planet, is rated PG not so much to scare away little kids (nothing gamy here) as to alert teenage boys that there's enough gaudy action in the classic cartoon format to keep them happy. This space-traveler version of Treasure Island--replete with flying galleons and intergalactic pirates--splashes lavish special effects on a colorful palette without forfeiting attention to character detail. Example: the movie's protean robot as voiced by Martin Short is the most complex, delirious cartoon sideman since Robin Williams' Genie in Aladdin. Directors Ron Clements and John Musker...
...PEOPLE GET NERVOUS AROUND YOU AND START MINDING THEIR P'S AND Q'S? I certainly hope so! [Laughs.] But, no, I don't go around in my Miss Manners capacity where I would scare people to death...
...Asian movie fans know The Ring as Ringu. This ghost-story thriller?about a journalist drawn into the video mystery at the peril of herself and her family?was a novel, then a TV film, and then a big-screen scare show. It attracted huge audiences from Tokyo to Thailand and spawned both a sequel (Ringu 2) and a prequel (Ringu 0). The film's life-after-death continued past its theatrical release: who wouldn't want to see the killer-video movie on video...
...also charged with “serving alcohol to a minor,” according to The New York Times. Had these students not taken the initiative to call for help, however, the intoxicated student could have been in greater danger. Harsh punishments by local police and universities might scare students from making the call that the Ivy Club officers...
...respected war hero who lost both legs and an arm in Vietnam, would win Chambliss points in military-oriented Georgia. Nevertheless, since Chambliss has been on attack mode, he has been steadily closing the poll gap. Across the isle, Democrats across the nation have run similar ads trying to scare senior citizens into believing that Republicans wish to dismantle Medicare and Social Security...