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...Alice made its big bucks the same way: it took the pill that makes you larger and went wide in 3-D. Of its 3,728 North American venues, 2,063 were on 3D screens, plus another 180 in Imax 3-D. So Alice topped Avatar as the all-time biggest opener in the stereoptic format. "It also shattered Avatar's recently set IMAX record," the industry web site The Wrap reported, "selling out each of the 188 digital 3-D outlets on the way to a weekend total of $11.9 million." Overseas, Alice was just as impressive, ending Avatar...
...covers Alice's $200 million budget; it's the most expensive new movie since Avatar, and Disney probably spent another $100 million or so to advertise it. The Burton picture is unlikely to come near the $2.5 billion global gross of James Cameron's epic, which become the all-time top grosser in Energizer fashion, by just going and going and going. Alice got so-so reviews from critics, but it achieved a healthy A- rating from Cinemascore's poll of people who'd just seen the movie; and it should hang on through spring break until another...
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...talk of Avatar's nature-is-good-and-corporate-greed-is-bad message, it's probably fair to say that viewers like the movie because it's a feat of technology, not of political will. (And also because they probably liked the film the first time around, as Dances With Wolves or Pocahontas.) (See more about Avatar at Techland.com...
...outside, the interior of Cabot dining hall is cozy, and there are always seats available. The big windows overlooking the Quad let a lot of light in, and in the winter, you can watch the snow fall outside while drinking hot chocolate, which you can get at basically any time between meals because the drinks, cereal, and dessert are all outside the servery. Even if you want something more substantial between meals, you can usually convince a member of the dining hall staff to let you in, since Cabot’s dining hall staff, including the much-beloved...