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...ancient China, a pudgy young panda named Po (voiced by Jack Black) dreams of "legends full of legendary warriors whose exploits are the stuff of legends." In these Technicolor daydreams, even the legendary Furious Five are no match for a panda's bodacity. In real life, or as real as a cartoon fantasy gets, Po is the waiter in the village noodle shop run by his father (James Hong) - who happens to be a goose, but never mind. When Po hears that the thousand-year-old turtle Oogway (Randall Duk Kim) is to anoint the Dragon Warrior that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cartoon Pandas, Animated Nightmares | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

...First of all, Gardner never touched a Rubik’s Cube in rise to the top floors of the Dean Witter brokerage firm, yet Smith’s character is found repeatedly whipping through that Technicolor obstacle course of cognition. Why? Well, plot development—Gardner needs to have his ‘prodigy’ moment, of course—and because Will Smith likes Rubik’s Cubes. Furthermore, Gardner’s son—five in the film—was only a toddler when he was chasing the office job:no existential...

Author: By James M. Larkin | Title: A Shameless Bust | 4/13/2008 | See Source »

...Neko Case perches wistfully on an antique chair and belts out to no one in particular, tapping her sneakers and sipping a magenta drink. As the kids touch, their hands slowly turn from black-and-white to color, a la “Pleasantville.” Suddenly, thick Technicolor goo starts spurting from every corner of the house—wall paintings, equestrian statues, baskets of fruit, and (yuck) their hands. Even the couch starts to bleed. And when they finally start making out, pinkness drips from their mouths like they’re diseased. Thankfully, reliable frontman...

Author: By Jessica R. Henderson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: The New Pornographers | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

...character was her red hair, a dramatic frame for her pale skin. For her three Colonel Blimp characters she had worn it in different shades and styles, from upswept scarlet to sensible russet. She was a natural for Hollywood in the postwar years, when more movies were made in Technicolor, and red was the fashionable tint for an actress. Yet in her most famous film role - anyway, film scene - she went platinum blond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Her to Eternity | 10/19/2007 | See Source »

...Arabic wedding night must be Technicolor," says the manager of the Al-Araba boutique - and that's pretty much what her shop reflects. It displays a bright red body stocking in its window; inside, it's almost like a party-supplies store, with its luridly colored feathers, fake flowers and faux fur. Fifty percent of the customers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Undercover In Damascus | 1/16/2007 | See Source »

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