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...Thanks to conniving from the usual slimy coven of agents and network execs - and a tumble of coincidences nearly as endearing as they are preposterous - Bolt is shipped to New York City, where he strikes up a quick animosity with a sassy cat named Mittens (Curb Your Enthusiasm's Susie Essman). Their itinerary will be no secret to the youngest of viewers: cat and dog, joined by Rhino (Disney animator Mark Walton), a hamster who travels in a Plexiglas ball. Through Rhino, a diehard fan of the TV show, Bolt realizes that his powers aren't so super...
...viewed in 3-D. While this makes for some great action scenes of Bolt blowing up scary robots, the effect is mostly gimmicky. Projectile objects and Bolt himself fly at the audience, leaving me to marvel at how much braver children have become since I was five. As usual, the movie makes a few nods to the 18- to 35-year-olds in the audience. One of the highlights is a sequence in which two gay pigeons appear with their personal assistant, Billy, in tow. They pitch an episode idea to Bolt: aliens. When they think he?...
...little, interest-free. No credit card required. Tired of dry-cleaning bills? Ann Taylor Loft promotes the fact that most of its clothes are now washable. And if you suffer buyer's remorse, more than half of retailers say their holiday return policies will be more lenient than usual, up from 35% who said so last year, according to NRF's return-fraud survey...
Adding to the pressure on retailers is a shorter window to shop and a suddenly thrift-minded shopper. Black Friday--when the holiday shopping season traditionally begins, the day after Thanksgiving--falls on Nov. 28, far later than usual. Compared with last year, stores now have five fewer shopping days and one less weekend between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Looming layoffs and tightening credit have crushed consumer confidence, making shoppers more discerning than ever. Before buying a gift, 71% of shoppers ask themselves, Is this a smart use of my money? according to an October survey on how America shops, conducted...
...Cornwell departed from her usual fiction writing to advance this argument in her book “Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper-Case Closed.” She used forensic research techniques to argue that Sickert, an English painter, was, in fact, the serial killer...