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'Cars 2': Movie Review
KickingTires???Cars 2??? is a faster, funnier film than its predecessor, and that's in part because racecar Lightning McQueen plays second fiddle to Tow Mater, the affable, bumbling tow truck. While ???Cars 2??? has a different visual feel from the first......Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Owen Wilson, Espionage and Intelligence, NASCAR
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Behind The Scenes of 'Cars 2'
KickingTires???I just adore cars.??? That one statement tells you why director John Lasseter felt compelled to follow up Pixar???s hit film ???Cars??? with a sequel. It seems that when Lasseter was traveling the world promoting the first film, he was......Tags: Vehicles, International Travel, NASCAR, Movies, John Lasseter
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Exclusive: 'Cars 2' Racers Get Real Specs
KickingTiresPixar???s ???Cars 2??? hits theaters on June 24 and is filled with new characters that should look familiar to race fans; the film???s World Grand Prix storyline features faces that take inspiration from real racing series. Pixar gave us an......Tags: Vehicles, Car Engine Repair, Vallejo, Movies, Germany
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Super Bowl Ad List: The Short Version
The TV ZoneSuper Bowl! With neither the Giants or Jets (fat chance, ever) in there, who cares? The Steelers will win. There. Now you don't have to watch. (Though the boys from Pittsburgh are maybe a little worried about Fitzgerald and......Tags: New York Giants, New York Jets, Coca-Cola Co., Anheuser-Busch, Pittsburgh Steelers
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Beautifully honest 'Beauty and the Beast' on Navy Pier
Few things are as pleasurable as sitting in a theater alongside those whose expectations are being well and truly exceeded. Such was the case on Navy Pier this weekend with director Rachel Rockwell's remarkably excellent 70-minute Chicago Shakespeare...
Tags: Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Music, Navy Pier
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'ParaNorman' poses a parental challenge
As someone who does not have kids, I can attest to the fact that parents of small children love being told what they are doing wrong by the childless. Whenever I offer advice, parents smile so broadly! And listen so closely! Occasionally, blinded by...
Tags: Psychologists, PG Rated Movies, Psychology, Finding Nemo (movie), Halloween
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'Oblivion' review: Pretty and pretty familiar
** (out of four) “Pixar's 'Wall-E' was pretty good. Imagine how great it would be if it were live action, starred Tom Cruise and unfolded kind of like Duncan Jones ('Moon,' 'Source Code') directing Independence Day!” From that hypothetical,...
Tags: Wall-E (movie), Tom Cruise, Moon (movie), Quantum of Solace (movie), Oblivion (movie)
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Show goes on for trio of theme park parades
Parade lovers will have one less option at Orlando's theme parks soon. The Pixar Pals Countdown to Fun, an afternoon staple at Disney's Hollywood Studios, calls it quits on Saturday. Walt Disney World decided last month that the Countdown, which...
Tags: Dance, Trips and Vacations, Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Entertainment Events
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'The Croods' review: Ice age, stone age, whatever
** (out of four) Do you want to see Emma Stone and Ryan Reynolds running around half-naked? Sorry, you'll have to settle for animated versions of the stars in “The Croods,” a 3-D family adventure that evidently exists to depict the invention...
Tags: Caves and Caverns, Landforms, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Cloris Leachman
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Pictures and sound
While the recording industry was grabbing the headlines last week with its subpoenas of folks caught illegally file sharing -- including college students, parents of teen-agers, even grandparents -- the film industry quietly began its own anti-piracy...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Apple Inc., Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, TiVo Inc., Music Industry
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'Argo,' you had me at hello
Dear members of the Academy, I am writing today because I just emailed my vote for best movie of the year and I hope you will join me in supporting “Argo” as the winner. For years, you have picked some of the most boring movies ever —...Tags: Redbox, Movies, Brad Bird, The Herald-Mail, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Disney-style princesses show staying power
Before I explain what it was like to be a childless man surrounded by Disney princesses and the parents who love (and bankroll) them, seated by himself at Disney on Ice and soaking in princess culture — a story: Once upon a time … There...
Tags: Chicago Public Schools, United Center, Minority Groups, Joni Mitchell, Amusement and Theme Parks
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