There's no reason why kids who love the "Toy Story" films and are looking forward to "Toy Story 3" (coming out next June) won't enjoy seeing the first two films digitally remastered with 3-D effects. The difference is mainly that the colors (as is often true with 3-D) seem a bit washed out. But the cowboy doll Woody (voice of Tom Hanks) space traveling doll Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) and their buddies are all still lovable. And their adventures as part of a little boy's toy collection -- which comes to life when he's not around -- is still comical and occasionally poignant and occasionally slightly scary. Made in 1995 and 1999, respectively, the pioneering Pixar films look just a bit out of date today, because the technology develops so fast. But it is the story that must be strong enough to hold kids' attention, and it's still there.
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"Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" (PG). Deliriously funny and ingenious in its use of 3-D, this animated comedy will tickle kids 6 and older. In fact, the hilarity will delight all ages. A few things could scare the littlest ones: a dangerous spaghetti tornado, an avalanche of leftovers and an out-of-control food-flinging machine. There is mild toilet humor, and one character swells up after eating peanuts. In a little island town off the Atlantic Coast, inventor Flint Lockwood (voice of Bill Hader) creates a machine that converts water into food. Only he can't control it. It blasts into the sky and rains cheeseburgers, steaks, ice cream and more onto the town. The mayor senses a tourism bonanza. A perky TV weather reporter, Sam Sparks (Anna Faris), covers the story and Flint senses a kindred spirit in her, but then the pasta twister hits and they must stop his machine!
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"Bright Star." The romantic poet John Keats, in love with his London neighbor Fanny Brawne, is torn between his art and his heart in this lovely fact-based film. High-schoolers of a dreamy or literary bent ought to find the story irresistible, though they could be put off at first by the Brit-Lit sound of educated Londoners, circa 1818. As the love between Fanny (Abbie Cornish) and Keats (Ben Whishaw) grows serious, it remains chaste, though there is kissing, cuddling and a clear sense of longing. His crass friend Charles Brown (Paul Schneider) tries to get Keats to drop Fanny. There are scenes of people sick with tuberculosis. There is an out-of-wedlock pregnancy, social drinking and brief smoking. Source washingtonpost.com
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