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Vilok
Book Review
City of the Beasts
by Isabel Allende
City of the Beasts is about a boy named Alex who has a ruined
life. His mother is sick and must undergo chemotherapy,
and his dad can't cook anything except pancakes. So Alex's
parents decide to send him to his grandmother Kate. Alex
protests because he has had past experiences with his grandmother.
When he arrives at his grandmother's house in New York,
already having been mugged by a girl, he has to get ready
for a trip to the Amazon. He and Kate go to the Amazon in
search of the "Beast" and the Indians. To learn
about what happens during their trip, read City of the Beasts
by a New York Times best-selling author.
Article
by Joshua Tyler. http://www.rottentomatoes.com
12-14-03
Unbelievable Facts
- A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
- If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months, and 6 days, you
would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup
of coffee.
- Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, is allergic to carrots.
- Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their
hair.
- If you keep a goldfish in a dark room it will eventually
turn white.
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Preview
Harry Potter and the Prisoner
of Azkaban
- Release Date 6/4/04
"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is shaping
up to be something special. The series has a new director
(Alexander Cuauron), a new look, and hopefully a newer,
smarter style. At the same time, all the actors are back
(except Richard Harris who has since passed on) and the
story, according to Potter fans, is supposed to be the best
of the series.
Personally, I'm most cheered by the departure of HP1 &
HP2 director Christopher Columbus, whose record of mediocrity
has made the previous two Potter outings mildly amusing
kiddy fodder, instead of the dream stuff that they might
have been. Yeah, Columbus is great at working with kids,
but he has no vision. Rather than adapting the story to
fit the very different medium of film, Columbus just threw
things up on screen exactly as they were in the book. Look,
I suppose that's great for the purists out there, but books
and movies are very different things. Director Peter Jackson
has proven what you can do when you have the vision and
creativity to take existing material and truly translate
it to work in a different medium, while staying true to
the original story. So far, the Harry Potter series hasn't
been able to do that and so mucks about making a ton of
money off the sweat of parents and kids, but does little
else to make it all that memorable.
I blame Chris Columbus. The kids are great, the stories
COULD be interesting, the effects and cinematography have
been stunning. But Columbus has failed to give his stories
any life. Cuauron, on the other hand, has style, flair,
and from the looks of the most recent Harry Potter 3 trailers,
is willing to go that extra mile to make HIS Harry Potter
film unique. For the first time, I'm actually excited about
a Harry Potter movie..."
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