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...This summer, two multiplex options, Transformers, a tale of warring alien robot races, and the Bratz movie, a yarn about a group of girls united by a shared love of fashion, are based on popular kids' toys. Movies about G.I. Joe, the American Girl dolls, the animatronic robot toy Robosapien and He-Man are in the production pipeline. For movie studios and toy manufacturers, toy movies are a no brainer - the link creates a kind of branding blitzkrieg that leaves nearly every child in the targeted demographic hit by Bratz or Transformers lust. This summer, the Transformers movie has taken...
...stand-up comic, a black guy spouting one-liners designed to titillate a white audience suddenly attuned to the black outrage they had never before heard. That, however, was not Petey. And he knew it. He could talk fast, all right, but he was at heart a free-associating yarn spinner, a man who had to establish his own rhythms, not live by those of other people. He was never going to be Richard Pryor. Or Nipsey Russell...
...body. Precociously wise, Harry also seems prematurely tired, a wizened wizard at 15. And Radcliffe measures up to his character; his bold shadings reveal Harry as both a tortured adolescent and an epic hero ready to do battle. All of which makes Potter 5 not just a ripping yarn but a powerful, poignant coming-of-age story...
...comic book films today. But this year, an eclectic slate of movie musicals is challenging the notion that the genre exists so the mommy quadrant can drag the daddy quadrant out on date night. Opening over the next few weeks is Once, a scrappy, Irish guy-meets-girl yarn made for less than $200,000 and featuring Glen Hansard, the lead singer of the Dublin rock band The Frames as a busker/vacuum repairman trying to launch a recording career singing on street corners. In July comes Hairspray, with newcomer Nikki Blonsky, 18, and old-comers John Travolta and Michelle Pfeiffer...
...Expect to find everything from graphic skins for your iPod and customized sneakers to original artwork and necklaces and belts made out of knitted yarn. There are colorful patchwork bags, stuffed animals stitched together from discarded clothes, silhouette brooches fashioned out of black plastic and slippers decorated with animé-like cartoons. Look out also for demonstrations from the likes of graffiti artists and batik makers...