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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, May 24-26, 2006 The Park Record C-4 1 'Hedge doesn't break animation mold THOMAS^ [ *a^^^E ^t-'f^j^ - ...@2006@- » By TOM LONG i Come Ride The Rails Tour \ classic storybook Engine chugs into A station Near YOU! May 25-29, 2006 (Memorial Day Weekend) 15 Minute Ride With Thomas Meet Sir Topham Hatf Heber Valley Railroad 450 South 600 West Hcber City, UT 84032 Enjoy storytelling, Live Music & Much More! www.hebervalleyrr.org For tickets and Information, visit any SmlthsTix outlet or call 800.888.8499 Tickets are $14 for ages two and up. /YJ \ ^ Adrart<a purcha»ii recommended. Ticket iat«iara final. Events arc rain or thlna. f £ j ^ MediaNews Group Wire Service ^Over the Hedge" is a sufficiently entertaining, formulaic piece of computer-generated, modern cartoon-making that will keep both kids and grown-ups occupied for about an hour and a half. And then it will spurn the requisite amount of mindless consumption Bedsheets! Lunch boxes! Backpacks! _ that makes these sort of movies such steady moneymakers. Hooray for Hollywood. But in truth, the glitter seems gone from most computer-animated kid films. The stunning visuals are now simply the standard. And the wit and daring that powered the ' "Shrek" movies, the mad middleclass mojo behind "The Designer clothing Incredibles," the basic heart that drove "Finding Nemo," all have been run through the Tinseltown meat grinder to create product such as "Over the Hedge." Let's sec, we have animals that talk like people and display human characteristics. Those animals come into rough contact with civilization. They take on spirited senses of individuality and courage when they venture outside their standard domain. And they discover that family is more important than personal satisfaction. Welcome to "Over the Hedge." And, to one extent or another, "Madagascar," "The Wild," "Ice Age," "Ice" Age: The Meltdown," "Nemo," "Hoodwinked," "Shark Talc," "A Bugs Life," "Anlz," etc. Wacky shenanigans ensue when our "natural" critters run into the outside world, be it an African jungle, an aquarium or, in this case, suburbia. But everyone, of course, lives happily ever after, despite encroaching global warming, overdevelopment and all the road kill Americans see alongside the highway. That all happens to other still gamers the most laughs. ; This crew has awakened to find critters, not these. The central piece of non-road the forest they live in all but overkill in "Hedge" is RJ (voiced by ridden with tract homes. Deceitful Bruce Willis), a conniving raccoon RJ soon introduces them to the who tries to steal the junk food practice of stealing food from stash of hibernating bear Vincent humans. They think they're saving up for the winter, but RJ plans on (Nick Nolte) but gets busted. Vincent gives RJ one week to stealing their eventual booty to bail gather an equally huge stash of himself out with the bear. food as appeasement or else he'll Understand, all the voices are bite off RJ's head, or sentiments to fine, the animation is appropriately that effect. eye-popping and the jokes are RJ then stumbles onto a con- solid if unspectacular. "Over the venient community of foragers just Hedge" will delight your kids, coming out of their own hiberna- especially the small ones who will tion. Led by turtle Verne (Garry watch it 14,000 times in a row when Shandling), they are a predictably it comes out on DVD. And only the Grinchiest adults will be able to cute and mixed lot. There's play-dead possum Ozzie make it through the film without (William Shatner) and his perpetu- smiles. ally embarrassed daughter, But ultimately "Hedge" is deja Heather (Avril Lavigne), stink- vu all over again, a computer-genbomb skunk Stella (Wanda Sykes), erated work of wonder that could a clan of porcupines (led by have come out last year, last month Eugene Levy and Catherine or two months from now, a film so O'Hara) and a nervous squirrel reminiscent of other films it almost named Hammy (Steve Carell), immediately dims in the memory. who seems almost directly bor- You'll have fun, but it's the same rowed from "Hoodwinked" but fun you've had before. 'Dream life' marks novelists auspicious debut for Men & Women that a personal driver, spacious apartment and hired help. Smug with his accomplishments and prepared to enter into the highest echelons of Soviet society, Sukhanov believes that he has put the uncomfortable memories of his (AP) Moving among dreams, art past behind him. and reality, Olga Grushin draws a And yet, from beneath the dizzying picture in her first novel veneer of luxury' and distinction that that leaves the reader with the sensa- he has painted over his personal histion of having witnessed something tory, the cracks and fissures of a just short of miraculous. darker past slowly begin to emerge. Set in Moscow in 1985, "The As the novel advances, the readDream Life of Sukhanov" presents er learns about the decision that Anatoly Sukhanov, a successful art Sukhanov made early in his career to critic who was once a young artist abandon his art under pressure from with promise of a brilliant future. the party. During a scries of purges Grushin begins her book at the by Soviet officials in the 1960s, the end of the story, describing young mans paintings were deemed Sukhanov's comfortable life as a subversive by the authorities and he Soviet "apparatchik1' __ a party offi- was forced to decide between concial with all the privileges, including tinuing his work in squalor or toeing Gets You N o t i c e d ! the parly line. Left with "no other choice but to step away into anonymity, into comfort, into the minute preoccupations of an uninspired, private existence," Sukhanov begins writing for a staterun art journal, "The Art of the World", where he must denounce his former artistic ideals in favor of staid artwork glorifying the struggles of the proletariat. The entire novel revolves around this fateful decision. Did Sukhanov sell out, or did he simply make the best decision for his future and for his family? There arc no easy, clear answers in this book, as different shades of meaning blend to produce a complicated picture. Deftly weaving memories, dreams and flights of fantasy into a maddening tableau of deception, betrayal and disappointment, Grushin lakes the reader through a series of images and scenes that at times resemble a visit to a posh art gallery, and at others, a ride through a carnival freak show. The descriptions of events and places are brilliantly colorful and ornate; Grushin's literary palette;is rich almost to a fault. At times, the adjective-heavy sentences show, a first-time novelist who is eager ;to prove her linguistic muscle _ a judicious bit of editing would have helped in spots. Despite these slight imperfections, " T h e Dream Life of Sukhanov" is a wonderfully original and subtle work that promises ,to leave a haunting memory in the minds of readers. "The Dream Life of Sukhanov." By Olga Grushin. Putnam. 354 Pages. $24.95. ' Publishing industry had strong 2005 A perfect place to get a gift for Mother or the Graduate!!! WASHINGTON (AP) The publishing industry enjoyed a strong year in 2005, with increases in both revenues and the number of books sold. But projections for long-term growth remains limited because people increasingly don't read, according to a study released Friday. Over the past few years, the number of books published has soared even as sales fell. That changed in 2005. A recent report by statisticians R.R. Bowker projected that the number of books released actually Visit our website! www. parkrecord.com dropped last year, to 172,000. The Book Industry Study Group, a nonprofit trade association, announced Friday that the number of books sold in the United States increased by 3.8 percent, to 3.1 bil: lion; '' :" '.'Jv\>'•' •'"'"I think it was overall an impressive year." saitTAIGreco, a senior researcher for the Institute for Publishing Research who cited increased sales for religious books, children's titles and educational works. In actual dollars, net revenue Research, based in Bergenfield, N.J. increased 5.9 percent to just under "Given that the older population $34.6 billion. But the study group tends to be heavy readers, as that expects a slow market for the rest of population ages further, we're probthe decade, citing an emerging gen- ably going to see a further decline eration thai doesn't read as much as overall in how much time is spent 'the previous one. ' ' " •'"dft .TMtiks"as opposed to other "The average amount of time media." and money spend by the general The 2005 statistics were weightpopulation on books has been ed to include sales for smaller and declining and we don't see anything middle-sized publishers that had that's going to change that,1' said been previously left out because of Bob Wharton, also a senior a lack of reliable data. The study researcher at the Institute for Public group last year issued "Under the Radar," a report which estimated that such companies brought in around $11 billion in annual revenues. Redstone 8 Cinemas The L.A. 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