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The winner for last week’s quiz is Fathima Nezlin. CongratS! We’ll be in touch shortly.
(Writers, please note entries without contact details will not be considered.)
Last week’s answers
1. Friedrich Nietzsche
2. Our Lady of Angels hospital
3. The sun over the Ganges
4. Oman
5. The Snow Queen
DVD reviews
The Snow Queen (2013) (PG)
This is a Russian animated adventure that was dubbed in English to reach a broader audience. Like Disney’s Frozen, The Snow Queen is based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale about a world entirely covered by ice, courtesy the titular villain. Young siblings Kay (Miller) and his sister Gerda (Straus) are orphaned and then separated. The Snow Queen captures Kay, Gerda is left to try and save Kay, after she befriends the Queen’s henchman troll (Erholtz).
Genre: Fantasy/Animation/Children
What’s good: A heartening tale with a moral, enough to keep the kids’ attention
What’s bad: The movie’s animation lacks quality — little attention to background details, crudely rendered animals etc Cast: Cindy Robinson, Marianne Miller, Jessica Straus, Doug Erholtz
Rating: ***
Pain & Gain (2013) (PG-13)
This is the true story of the Miami-based Sun Gym Gang. Daniel (Wahlberg) and Adrian (Mackie) are fitness fanatics who turn to crime to make money, but it leads them deeper into the murkier world of kidnapping, extortion, and murder. Offering an interesting mix of action, fitness and crime, the film later takes some pretty strange turns, as the action and the fast pace heats up. A bit too brutal for everyone’s taste, the dark comedy nevertheless redeems the film.
Duration: 129 minutes
Genre: Action/Crime/Drama
What’s good: Top notch performances, good action scenes
What’s bad: The violence, corny dialogue at times
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub, Ed Harris, Rebel Wilson, Ken Jeong
Rating: ***
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