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...they should be. With statements like that, the film doesn't allow for anyone's actions to speak; somewhat like a dimestore romance novel, it hits its audience over the head declaring the different sensibilities of Anna and the king loud and clear. These sentiments are bannered across the screen, although in the two hour, 40 minute movie, there is plenty of time to allow them to unfold naturally...

Author: By Joyce M. Koh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Anna and the King a By-the-Numbers Epic | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...made sure that Buzz, Woody, and all their friends were everywhere. It wasn't merely a money-maker either. Pixar handled the animation and writing side and achieved critical success. Toy Story is the first animated feature to ever be nominated in the Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen category and it received numerous nominations and awards in the areas of animation, music, direction, special effects, and more. As Peter Scheider, president of Walt Disney Studios explains, "Disney and Pixar have been partners for over ten years now and the relationship is a seamless one. Clearly they...

Author: By Vivian Song, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cinemanic: Pixar | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...PfoHo dining hall isn't a place one immediately thinks of for a rock festival, even a quasi-festival. Sure, visuals of soundwaves were projected onto a screen, but the chairs stacked to the sides were an unmistakable sign of the hall's regular function. The shortcomings of the location were more than aesthetic. Due to the layout of the hall, the drums and bass would often drown out the vocalists, despite the obvious vocal power on display...

Author: By Daryl Sng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Concert Review: Rocking The Party: Quadapalooza | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...Sylvester Stallone locks himself in a room and comes out three days later with an Oscar-winning script. Hallelujah! The Screen Writers' Guild protests, insists he make Rockys II through...

Author: By Cheryl Chan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hurricane Bouts, Blows Hot Air | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...deeper meanings of these ashes and what they signify would be pointless in this weak cinematic adaptation of the book. What works for the book--different incidents from McCourt's childhood that connect to create a rich, moving mosaic of his life growing up in Ireland--fails miserably on-screen. Episodic and unsatisfyingly static, the film is bound to disappoint fans of McCourt's memoir...

Author: By Myung Joh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Movie Mangles McCourt's Memoir | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

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