1) The Earl holds the U.S. Air Guitar Regional Championships.
2) The Robert C. Williams Paper Museum hosts an opening reception for El Papel del Chileno.
3) Patti Callahan Henry discusses her book, Driftwood Summer, at Decatur Library.
RUBBER MADE: Up's Carl Fredricksen forgoes the hassle of airports for the comfort of his own home.
There’s never a dull moment in a Pixar Animation Studios feature. Sometimes there’s scarcely even a chance to take a breath. In becoming one of the most beloved and reliable brands in contemporary pop culture, Pixar’s CGI classics, beginning with Toy Story 14 years ago, set a snappy, almost relentless pace of first-rate sight gags, one-liners and funny voice performances.
Recently, however, Pixar’s films have occasionally slowed down to savor more idyllic moments. Lightning McQueen and Sally took a detour along Ornament Valley’s byways in Cars. Remy the Rat rapturously blended one ingredient after another into mouth-watering entrees during Ratatouille. WALL-E danced to old show tunes and touched the glittering chips of Saturn’s rings. In these instances, the computer-generated images achieve a kind of living lyricism.
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Now that the long-anticipated, much-hyped pop epic Watchmen has reached theaters, we can finally get on with our lives… by anticipating the soon-to-be-hyped pop epic summer movies! Several studios have recently released a batch of new, full-length trailers for the would-be biggest blockbusters of the hot months, including the latest from Pixar and several relaunches of science fiction’s most lucrative franchises. Based on these clips, which do you most want to see?
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (May 1)
Oscar host Hugh Jackman stars in this prequel to the X-Men trilogy that fills in the backstory of Wolverine and should answer questions like, “How old is he?” “Why does he have a metal skeleton?” and “Why is Liev Schreiber portraying Sabretooth, a bad guy played by huge wrestler Tyler Mane in the first film?” Director Gavin Hood previously made some heavy dramas, including South African Oscar nominee Tsotsi and the homeland security thriller Rendition, but hasn’t helmed a huge Hollywood action franchise before. At any rate, it’s the season’s only big comic book movie.
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