Ewan McGregor eyes 'Angels'
In talks to play an aide to the pope in the prequel
By Borys Kit
Hollywood Reporter - April 24, 2008
Ewan McGregor is in talks to square off against Tom Hanks in "Angels & Demons," Columbia's prequel to "The Da Vinci Code" being directed by Ron Howard and produced by Brian Grazer and John Calley.
"Angels" sees Hanks reprising his role as symbologist professor Robert Langdon who tries to solve a murder and unravel a plot by an ancient group, the Illuminati, to blow up the Vatican during a papal conclave.
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Friday, April 25, 2008
Guillermo del Toro 'Hobbit' deal closes
THIS IS GONNA BE SWEET! Be sure to rent "Pan's Labryinth," "Hellboy" and "The Devil's Backbone."
Guillermo del Toro 'Hobbit' deal closes
Will direct the film and its sequel in New ZealandStaff report
Hollywood Reporter, April 24, 2008
After protracted negotiations, Guillermo del Toro has closed his deal Wednesday to direct "The Hobbit" and its sequel for New Line and MGM.
The Mexican helmer will move to New Zealand for the next four years to work with "The Lord of the Rings" filmmaker Peter Jackson, who is exec producing, and his Wingnut and WETA production teams.
Del Toro will helm the two films back to back, telling the story of "The Hobbit," and its sequel, which will deal with the 60-year period between "The Hobbit" and "The Fellowship of the Ring," the first of the "Rings" trilogy.
Del Toro's next movie is the upcoming Universal release "Hellboy 2: The Golden Army."
Guillermo del Toro 'Hobbit' deal closes
Will direct the film and its sequel in New ZealandStaff report
Hollywood Reporter, April 24, 2008
After protracted negotiations, Guillermo del Toro has closed his deal Wednesday to direct "The Hobbit" and its sequel for New Line and MGM.
The Mexican helmer will move to New Zealand for the next four years to work with "The Lord of the Rings" filmmaker Peter Jackson, who is exec producing, and his Wingnut and WETA production teams.
Del Toro will helm the two films back to back, telling the story of "The Hobbit," and its sequel, which will deal with the 60-year period between "The Hobbit" and "The Fellowship of the Ring," the first of the "Rings" trilogy.
Del Toro's next movie is the upcoming Universal release "Hellboy 2: The Golden Army."
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Legacies of endurance
Cheers to Laura for completing the Boston Marathon. You go girl!!
From Laura: "I did it. Monday, I completed my 6th marathon with a personal best time of 4:09:14. It was a tough day and I really worked for it but knowing you were all supporting me kept me going. I saw many of you on the course and I know a lot of people were tracking me online as well. Thank you! You have no idea how helpful it is to see a friend out there encouraging me to keep going.
A highlight of the day was spotting Ann Linehan in Coolidge Corner. She and her friends were wearing liver gear, blowing whistles and jumping up and down screaming my name. It was a much needed reminder of why I was out there - to honor Ann's daughter Laura and celebrate my own life and ability to meet this challenge.
Adrian Walker of the Boston Globe did a wonderful job summarizing my experience in a beautiful article that ran today called Legacies of Endurance. I really can't beleive I'm being featured in an article titled Legacies of Endurance! "
The Boston Globe
By Adrian Walker
Globe Columnist / April 22, 2008
There's a song by The Calling with lyrics that stuck in Laura Dempsey's mind yesterday. The song is called "Our Lives" and it includes the following verse:
Cause these are the
days worth living
These are the years we're given
And these are the moments
These are the times
Let's make the best
out of our lives
Actually, the song wasn't just in her mind: the last line was written on the singlet she wore as she ran the Boston Marathon in memory of her late friend, Laura Linehan.
Dempsey has run the race the last three years to honor her friend, and to raise money for the American Liver Foundation; yesterday, she ran it in her friend's memory. Linehan, of Melrose, died during liver transplant surgery earlier this month.
"I had her in my mind the whole time," Dempsey, of Watertown, said after the race, which she finished in a little over four hours. "In some ways it was very motivating, and in other ways it was sad. I was very heartbroken that she wasn't going to be here physically. I just put one foot in front of the other. She was with me every step of the way."
Linehan died at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., after battling liver disease for much of her life. She contracted liver disease as an infant. During transplant surgery when she was 2, she received a blood transfusion that resulted in her contracting Hepatitis C.
Her final days could not have been more wrenching. She was near death when her parents made a televised appeal for a liver. A donor liver was located at 5 a.m. the next morning - the miracle her family and many friends had been hoping for. But a few hours later, unable to withstand the surgery, she was gone. She was 20 years old.
Unlike most people of any age, though, Linehan left a legacy. She and her family became actively - urgently - involved in persuading the public to become organ donors, and her life has helped raise awareness about liver disease.
Ann Linehan, Laura's mother, was at her daughter's side for every gut-wrenching second of her ordeal. Yesterday she was on the course, in Coolidge Corner, cheering Dempsey on.
"I'm still trying to recover from three things," she said. "One, her death itself; two, the horrible 18 days she spent in (intensive care) before she died; and three, the past 19 years of living with liver disease. Now, it's all gone."
Her daughter's death has left her with a purpose. "I'm determined to have her life make a difference," Linehan said. "Although she can't continue on, our family will, and we want to raise awareness and find a cure for hepatitis."
Linehan went to a brunch at the Westin Copley Place Sunday saluting some of the runners. The team running for liver research - some 248 strong - was honored, and there were tributes to Laura Linehan.
"Laura would have been thrilled," Linehan said. "She and Laura were so close, and supporting her in her run was something Laura always wanted to do."
The Lauras, Dempsey and Linehan, got to know each other a few years ago, when Dempsey was preparing for her first marathon run. They formed an instant bond, one that has changed Dempsey's life. She worked in sales at the time, unhappily. Now she works as a fund-raiser for the American Liver Foundation.
"I learned a lot about liver disease during my first run," said Dempsey, 32. She raised $11,000 yesterday for research. "Everything in my life changed after getting to know Laura and to know about the ALF."
That song Dempsey quoted on her back had been played at Laura Linehan's graveside. The song is not about death, which is precisely why it reminds her of her late friend.
"It's not about dying, it's about living, and how we have to make the most of our lives," Dempsey said. "That's exactly what she did in her short time."
From Laura: "I did it. Monday, I completed my 6th marathon with a personal best time of 4:09:14. It was a tough day and I really worked for it but knowing you were all supporting me kept me going. I saw many of you on the course and I know a lot of people were tracking me online as well. Thank you! You have no idea how helpful it is to see a friend out there encouraging me to keep going.
A highlight of the day was spotting Ann Linehan in Coolidge Corner. She and her friends were wearing liver gear, blowing whistles and jumping up and down screaming my name. It was a much needed reminder of why I was out there - to honor Ann's daughter Laura and celebrate my own life and ability to meet this challenge.
Adrian Walker of the Boston Globe did a wonderful job summarizing my experience in a beautiful article that ran today called Legacies of Endurance. I really can't beleive I'm being featured in an article titled Legacies of Endurance! "
Legacies of Endurance
The Boston Globe
By Adrian Walker
Globe Columnist / April 22, 2008
There's a song by The Calling with lyrics that stuck in Laura Dempsey's mind yesterday. The song is called "Our Lives" and it includes the following verse:
Cause these are the
days worth living
These are the years we're given
And these are the moments
These are the times
Let's make the best
out of our lives
Actually, the song wasn't just in her mind: the last line was written on the singlet she wore as she ran the Boston Marathon in memory of her late friend, Laura Linehan.
Dempsey has run the race the last three years to honor her friend, and to raise money for the American Liver Foundation; yesterday, she ran it in her friend's memory. Linehan, of Melrose, died during liver transplant surgery earlier this month.
"I had her in my mind the whole time," Dempsey, of Watertown, said after the race, which she finished in a little over four hours. "In some ways it was very motivating, and in other ways it was sad. I was very heartbroken that she wasn't going to be here physically. I just put one foot in front of the other. She was with me every step of the way."
Linehan died at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., after battling liver disease for much of her life. She contracted liver disease as an infant. During transplant surgery when she was 2, she received a blood transfusion that resulted in her contracting Hepatitis C.
Her final days could not have been more wrenching. She was near death when her parents made a televised appeal for a liver. A donor liver was located at 5 a.m. the next morning - the miracle her family and many friends had been hoping for. But a few hours later, unable to withstand the surgery, she was gone. She was 20 years old.
Unlike most people of any age, though, Linehan left a legacy. She and her family became actively - urgently - involved in persuading the public to become organ donors, and her life has helped raise awareness about liver disease.
Ann Linehan, Laura's mother, was at her daughter's side for every gut-wrenching second of her ordeal. Yesterday she was on the course, in Coolidge Corner, cheering Dempsey on.
"I'm still trying to recover from three things," she said. "One, her death itself; two, the horrible 18 days she spent in (intensive care) before she died; and three, the past 19 years of living with liver disease. Now, it's all gone."
Her daughter's death has left her with a purpose. "I'm determined to have her life make a difference," Linehan said. "Although she can't continue on, our family will, and we want to raise awareness and find a cure for hepatitis."
Linehan went to a brunch at the Westin Copley Place Sunday saluting some of the runners. The team running for liver research - some 248 strong - was honored, and there were tributes to Laura Linehan.
"Laura would have been thrilled," Linehan said. "She and Laura were so close, and supporting her in her run was something Laura always wanted to do."
The Lauras, Dempsey and Linehan, got to know each other a few years ago, when Dempsey was preparing for her first marathon run. They formed an instant bond, one that has changed Dempsey's life. She worked in sales at the time, unhappily. Now she works as a fund-raiser for the American Liver Foundation.
"I learned a lot about liver disease during my first run," said Dempsey, 32. She raised $11,000 yesterday for research. "Everything in my life changed after getting to know Laura and to know about the ALF."
That song Dempsey quoted on her back had been played at Laura Linehan's graveside. The song is not about death, which is precisely why it reminds her of her late friend.
"It's not about dying, it's about living, and how we have to make the most of our lives," Dempsey said. "That's exactly what she did in her short time."
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Ang Lee making gay Woodstock movie
By Gregg Goldstein
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - "Brokeback Mountain" director Ang Lee is returning to the gay genre with a movie revolving around the Woodstock music festival.
"Taking Woodstock" centers on the colorful life of a Greenwich Village-based interior designer and part-time Catskills hotel manager who headed the Bethel, N.Y., Chamber of Commerce. He issued the permit for the legendary 1969 concert on his neighbor Max Yasgur's farm.
It is based on Elliot Tiber's 2007 memoir "Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life," which he wrote with Tom Monte.
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NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - "Brokeback Mountain" director Ang Lee is returning to the gay genre with a movie revolving around the Woodstock music festival.
"Taking Woodstock" centers on the colorful life of a Greenwich Village-based interior designer and part-time Catskills hotel manager who headed the Bethel, N.Y., Chamber of Commerce. He issued the permit for the legendary 1969 concert on his neighbor Max Yasgur's farm.
It is based on Elliot Tiber's 2007 memoir "Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life," which he wrote with Tom Monte.
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Monday, April 21, 2008
Emma Watson joins 'Napoleon'
By Borys Kit
April 17, 2008
Emma Watson is attached to star in "Napoleon and Betsy," a period drama being written and directed by Benjamin Ross.
Watson will play Betsy Balcombe, a young, impetuous noblewoman trapped on the isolated British Isle of St. Helena who falls in love with Napoleon, who is in exile on the island.
Watson is filling the shoes recently vacated by Scarlett Johansson, who stepped aside as the part skewed younger.
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April 17, 2008
Emma Watson is attached to star in "Napoleon and Betsy," a period drama being written and directed by Benjamin Ross.
Watson will play Betsy Balcombe, a young, impetuous noblewoman trapped on the isolated British Isle of St. Helena who falls in love with Napoleon, who is in exile on the island.
Watson is filling the shoes recently vacated by Scarlett Johansson, who stepped aside as the part skewed younger.
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Bai Ling joins 'Crank' sequel
Huh? Doesn't the lead die at the end? Are we to miraculously see him survive jumping from a plane with no chute and hitting the concrete?
By Gregg Goldstein
Amy Smart, Dwight Yoakam and Efren Ramirez will reprise their roles in the Jason Statham action sequel "Crank: High Voltage," with Bai Ling joining the cast as a hooker.
The Lionsgate/Lakeshore Entertainment production revolves around the further adventures of hard-charging hit man Chev Chelios (Statham), his girlfriend (Smart), his concerned doctor (Yoakam) and the cross-dresser who loves him (Ramirez).
Bai Ling ("Love Ranch") plays Rai, a call girl obsessively pursuing Chelios for romantic reasons. She teams up with him to hunt down the Chinese mobster who has stolen his heart, literally.
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By Gregg Goldstein
Amy Smart, Dwight Yoakam and Efren Ramirez will reprise their roles in the Jason Statham action sequel "Crank: High Voltage," with Bai Ling joining the cast as a hooker.
The Lionsgate/Lakeshore Entertainment production revolves around the further adventures of hard-charging hit man Chev Chelios (Statham), his girlfriend (Smart), his concerned doctor (Yoakam) and the cross-dresser who loves him (Ramirez).
Bai Ling ("Love Ranch") plays Rai, a call girl obsessively pursuing Chelios for romantic reasons. She teams up with him to hunt down the Chinese mobster who has stolen his heart, literally.
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Stan Lee to launch superhero franchise
By Carolyn Giardina
LAS VEGAS (Hollywood Reporter) - Comic book legend Stan Lee, one of the forces behind Spider-Man and the X-Men, is helping to develop a new superhero property, "Legion of 5."
His production shingle POW! Entertainment has teamed up with Utah investment firm Brighton Partners and Vancouver-based producer Rainmaker Entertainment to turn the concept into a series of computer-animated films.
Details of the characters and story line are being kept under wraps.
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LAS VEGAS (Hollywood Reporter) - Comic book legend Stan Lee, one of the forces behind Spider-Man and the X-Men, is helping to develop a new superhero property, "Legion of 5."
His production shingle POW! Entertainment has teamed up with Utah investment firm Brighton Partners and Vancouver-based producer Rainmaker Entertainment to turn the concept into a series of computer-animated films.
Details of the characters and story line are being kept under wraps.
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Actresses vie to play fallen Austrian screen icon
By Bonnie J. Gordon
MUNICH (Hollywood Reporter) - America has Marilyn Monroe; Europe has Romy Schneider. Although the German-Austrian actress with French citizenship had her international breakthrough soon after the death of the U.S. screen icon, the same sultry potpourri of beauty, talent, vulnerability, fame and tragedy swirls around both.
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MUNICH (Hollywood Reporter) - America has Marilyn Monroe; Europe has Romy Schneider. Although the German-Austrian actress with French citizenship had her international breakthrough soon after the death of the U.S. screen icon, the same sultry potpourri of beauty, talent, vulnerability, fame and tragedy swirls around both.
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Lars and the Real Girl
Now on DVD.
I had trouble getting into this film. It moves slow and the characters are as about as engaging as a plastic doll.
A Lonely Guy Plays House With a Mail-Order Sex Doll
New York Times
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Published: October 12, 2007
Writing about American theater in 1957, the British critic Kenneth Tynan sounded a familiar note. Modern American drama, he had discovered, is a family affair. Always there is the “confused adolescent boy, just awakening to the eternal mysteries of stud poker.” There’s “a strange, stammering poetry” to this boy, who is right on track for “an emotional upheaval.” There is also “comic relief” in the form of friends and neighbors, though in time we learn that “their lives too are founded on pain and insecurity and lack of togetherness.”
Tynan could have been describing modern American independent cinema in the main; throw in more comic relief and you have “Lars and the Real Girl” in the specific. An indie wolf in old-studio sheep’s clothing, the film is about a sensitive young loner (“sensitive as a snail’s horn,” to steal another stinger from Tynan) who heaves hurt by the bucket, but finally burrows into the warm, welcoming embrace of his community. It’s part comedy, part tragedy and 100 percent pure calculation, designed to wring fat tears and coax big laughs and leave us drying our damp, smiling faces as we savor the touching vision of American magnanimity. It holds a flattering mirror up to us that erases every distortion.
I had trouble getting into this film. It moves slow and the characters are as about as engaging as a plastic doll.
A Lonely Guy Plays House With a Mail-Order Sex Doll
New York Times
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Published: October 12, 2007
Writing about American theater in 1957, the British critic Kenneth Tynan sounded a familiar note. Modern American drama, he had discovered, is a family affair. Always there is the “confused adolescent boy, just awakening to the eternal mysteries of stud poker.” There’s “a strange, stammering poetry” to this boy, who is right on track for “an emotional upheaval.” There is also “comic relief” in the form of friends and neighbors, though in time we learn that “their lives too are founded on pain and insecurity and lack of togetherness.”
Tynan could have been describing modern American independent cinema in the main; throw in more comic relief and you have “Lars and the Real Girl” in the specific. An indie wolf in old-studio sheep’s clothing, the film is about a sensitive young loner (“sensitive as a snail’s horn,” to steal another stinger from Tynan) who heaves hurt by the bucket, but finally burrows into the warm, welcoming embrace of his community. It’s part comedy, part tragedy and 100 percent pure calculation, designed to wring fat tears and coax big laughs and leave us drying our damp, smiling faces as we savor the touching vision of American magnanimity. It holds a flattering mirror up to us that erases every distortion.
Bloodgood lined up for "Terminator" sequel
Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:46am EDT
By Borys Kit
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Moon Bloodgood, who starred in NBC's short-lived series "Journeyman," is in final negotiations for the female lead in the fourth installment of the "Terminator" movie series.
She will join Christian Bale, Sam Worthington and Anton Yelchin in the "Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins," which is set for a summer 2009 release via Warner Bros.
Bloodgood will play a no-nonsense and battle-hardened member of the resistance who is carrying a lot of guilt over surviving the nuclear holocaust.
Principal photography is set to begin May 5, with "Charlie's Angels" director McG at the helm.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
WHY, OH WHY?!
By Borys Kit
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Moon Bloodgood, who starred in NBC's short-lived series "Journeyman," is in final negotiations for the female lead in the fourth installment of the "Terminator" movie series.
She will join Christian Bale, Sam Worthington and Anton Yelchin in the "Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins," which is set for a summer 2009 release via Warner Bros.
Bloodgood will play a no-nonsense and battle-hardened member of the resistance who is carrying a lot of guilt over surviving the nuclear holocaust.
Principal photography is set to begin May 5, with "Charlie's Angels" director McG at the helm.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
WHY, OH WHY?!
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
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This one is matinee-worthy. We only saw it because we were too late for the indie flick, but it had its laugh-out-loud moments.
Yahoo! Movies: " After a devastating break-up with his girlfriend, TV sitcom star Sarah Marshall, a heartbroken and depressed Peter heads to Hawaii for a little vacation to try his best to forget every detail of his relationship. But love laughs at Peter, because Sarah is vacationing in the same exclusive resort as Peter, along with her new boyfriend."
Juno
This is the best and funniest film of 2007!
Jacket: "Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) is a cool, confident teenager who takes a nine-month detour into adulthood when she's faced with an unplanned pregnancy - and sets out to find the perfect parents for her baby. With the help of her charmingly unassuming boyfriend (Michael Cera), supportive dad (J.K. Simmons) and non-nonsense stepmom, Juno sets her sights on an affluent couple (Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman) longing to adopt their first child."
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Lions for Lambs
Snoozer!!
IMDb: "Three stories told simultaneous in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a promising student to re-engage. Decisions press upon the reporter, the student, and the soldiers."
IMDb: "Three stories told simultaneous in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a promising student to re-engage. Decisions press upon the reporter, the student, and the soldiers."
new moon
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
"Shoot," I muttered when the paper sliced my finger; I pulled it out to examine the damage. A single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut.
It all happened very quickly then.
Edward threw himself at me, flinging me back across the table...
I tumbled down to the floor by the piano, with my arms thrown out instinctively to catch my fall, into the jagged shards of glass. I felt the searing, stinging pain that ran from my wrist to the crease inside my elbow.
Dazed and disoriented, I looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm—into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires.
****
Site: "For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is even more dangerous than Bella could ever have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of one evil vampire, but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realize their troubles may be just beginning...
Legions of readers entranced by the New York Times bestseller Twilight are hungry for the continuing story of star-crossed lovers, Bella and Edward. In New Moon, Stephenie Meyer delivers another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural twist. Passionate, riveting, and full of surprising twists and turns, this vampire love saga is well on its way to literary immortality."
This series just keeps getting better and better - Bean
Monday, April 14, 2008
Sydney White
A teen version of "Snow White", but this time it's Sydney White and her Seven Geeks. For most, this will be painful to watch. I don't know what my excuse is.
I really enjoyed the scenes where the geeks were hanging out and making fun of the frat greeks:
"She probably thinks Admiral Adama is a Cylon." (A Battlestar Gallatica reference which actually had me cracking up.) There are a few of these type jokes that only geeks like me will enjoy.
I really enjoyed the scenes where the geeks were hanging out and making fun of the frat greeks:
"She probably thinks Admiral Adama is a Cylon." (A Battlestar Gallatica reference which actually had me cracking up.) There are a few of these type jokes that only geeks like me will enjoy.
The Mist
Wow, I was so impressed. It isn't often a Stephen King story is effectively adapted to film. I also enjoyed the nod to "The Dark Tower" in the very first scene.
Be sure to watch the bonus features and tribute to movie poster artist, Drew Struzan. www.drewstruzan.com
Be sure to watch the bonus features and tribute to movie poster artist, Drew Struzan. www.drewstruzan.com
IMDb: "A freak storm unleashes a species of blood-thirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole-up in a supermarket and fight for their lives."
The story is less about the monsters outside than about the monsters inside, the people you're stuck with, your friends and neighbors breaking under the strain.
— Darabont on The Mist
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
twilight
I devoured this nearly 500-page novel my first two days on vacation. Now I'm off to Borders for the sequel (even though I already have it at home!)
Amazon.com: "Softly he brushed my cheek, then held my face between his marble hands. 'Be very still,' he whispered, as if I wasn't already frozen. Slowly, never moving his eyes from mine, he leaned toward me. Then abruptly, but very gently, he rested his cold cheek against the hollow at the base of my throat."
As Shakespeare knew, love burns high when thwarted by obstacles. In Twilight, an exquisite fantasy by Stephenie Meyer, readers discover a pair of lovers who are supremely star-crossed. Bella adores beautiful Edward, and he returns her love. But Edward is having a hard time controlling the blood lust she arouses in him, because--he's a vampire. At any moment, the intensity of their passion could drive him to kill her, and he agonizes over the danger. But, Bella would rather be dead than part from Edward, so she risks her life to stay near him, and the novel burns with the erotic tension of their dangerous and necessarily chaste relationship.
Meyer has achieved quite a feat by making this scenario completely human and believable. She begins with a familiar YA premise (the new kid in school), and lulls us into thinking this will be just another realistic young adult novel. Bella has come to the small town of Forks on the gloomy Olympic Peninsula to be with her father. At school, she wonders about a group of five remarkably beautiful teens, who sit together in the cafeteria but never eat. As she grows to know, and then love, Edward, she learns their secret. They are all rescued vampires, part of a family headed by saintly Carlisle, who has inspired them to renounce human prey. For Edward's sake they welcome Bella, but when a roving group of tracker vampires fixates on her, the family is drawn into a desperate pursuit to protect the fragile human in their midst. The precision and delicacy of Meyer's writing lifts this wonderful novel beyond the limitations of the horror genre to a place among the best of YA fiction." (Ages 12 and up) --Patty Campbell
Wikipedia: "Twilight is being adapted into a film by Summit Entertainment. The film is being directed by Catherine Hardwicke and stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson as protagonists Isabella Swan and Edward Cullen. It is set to be released on December 12, 2008."
Alvin and The Chipmunks
Get your squeak on.
Uh, again, for the under five set, but it had a few built-in laughs for us too.
The Screen Door: "Yes I know…but amazingly, not horrible. Predictable, childish and uneventful, but works if you have young children. B for kids, C+ for adults."
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