Word: underworlds
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...quest to find the Fountain of Youth, Tommy (21st-century Jackman) races against time to find a cure for his wife’s (Rachel Weisz) fatal cancer, and Tom (26th-century Jackman) meditates on the meaning of life as he floats towards Xibalba, a nebula/mythical Mayan underworld. If this sounds a bit trippy, rest assured, it is. But, there is something deliciously intriguing about the story, even if the clichéd search for the Fountain of Youth is one of the main themes (hence the title of the film). It can be an enjoyable challenge to connect...
...upper-class-English pet mouse. Kept in a literally gilded cage by a nice family in Kensington, Roddy has impeccable manners and a chipper demeanor that can't quite mask his loneliness. So when he's flushed down a toilet into the London sewer system, and discovers a complex underworld underground, he is at first horrified, then thrilled to join a plucky rodent named Rita (Kate Winslet) in her comrades' battle against the pompous toad king (Ian McKellen). This, Roddy realizes, is the bustle and agitation he's been missing-the agita and ecstasy of life...
...main mouse here is the one attached to a computers. The design of the underworld is pretty splendid, with an imaginative scope and attention to detail that might have taken decades to realize if each piece had to be constructed and painted, rather than simply texted and input. You certainly won't see thumbprints on the characters, as were occasionally visible in the fingers-on-clay movies. This one is as polished as a formica table top in the kitchen of a neat-freak housewife. The question is whether the Aardmen lost some of stop-motion's charm, its humanity...
...holiday known in Spanish as “el Día de los Muertos,” when observers honor dead loved ones. The Peabody event featured a Mexico City-based puppet troupe, ImaginArte, which performed a play about an Aztec god’s journey to the underworld. Members of a Harvard-based band, Mariachi Veritas, provided music. It was the third time that the consulate and the museum joined to host the event, according to deputy consul Rodrigo Marquez. The Peabody includes extensive collections of Mayan and Aztec artifacts. Death was on the minds of both...
...violent revenge on his enemies, and Saw III, which would require a blackout on 3,000 screens to keep it from being declared #1 on Sunday. But the very first weekend of January, Hostel emerged triumphant over King Kong and The Chronicles of Narnia. Two and four weeks later, Underworld: Evolution (a sequel) and When a Stranger Calls (a remake) reigned. In April, Scary Movie 4 giggled its way to $40 million, and the next week Silent Hill made $20 million...