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Thursday, February 21, 2008
Archer County Advocate
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movie reviews
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Jared begins to notice
unusual things happening
around the old house, and begins
to investigate. He ignored the
warning of what turned out to be
the house “brownie,”
Thimbletack (Martin Short), an
enchanted creature that lived in
the walls of the manor. Jared
came upon a strange and poten-
tially dangerous book hand writ-
ten by his Uncle Arthur, Arthur
Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the
Fantastical World Around You.
Once opened, the book reveals -
and unleashes - a world sur-
rounding the Spiderwick Estate
inhabited by some odd, wonder-
ful (and scary) beings: a wily but
friendly hobgoblin named
Hogsqueal (Seth Rogen), a pack
of dangerous goblins and the
beautiful and mysterious fairies
and sprites. Only those who look
through a magical “seeing stone”
or have a hobgoblin like
Hogsqueal spit in their eye (the
gooey fate of each of the chil-
dren) can see these creatures.
But it is the crafty, evil
ogre, Mulgarath (Nick Nolte),
who poses the most ominous
threat. The children begin to re-
alize that the Field Guide is not
merely a work of their uncle’s
imagination, but the key to all
the fabulous beings they encoun-
ter, offering unbelievable power
to anyone who understands its
secrets. And Mulgarath will stop
at nothing to get his hands on it!
The Grace children make
desperate attempts to protect the
Field Guide and ensure it doesn’t
fall into the wrong hands, while
drawing on - and building -
their own strengths, with the
help of some extraordinary crea-
tures from the Unseen World.
This may be a little too
scary for the three to six year-
olds. David/A-; Lauren/A-
DEFINITELY, MAYBE
Reviewed by Lauren Mitchell
Universal Pictures; Rated:
PG-13 (for sexual content, in-
cluding some frank dialogue,
language and smoking); Release
Date: Feb. 14; Runs: Two hours,
2 minutes; Genre: Comedy.
I always love a good ro-
mantic comedy. In Definitely,
Maybe, have fun and enjoy the
cuteness of it all. It is a romantic
comedy with an unusual twist.
The movie spans more than one
decade, 16 years to be exact. You
are given more than enough time
to know each of the characters
along the way
Will Hayes (Ryan
Reynolds), is a soon-to-be-di-
vorced dad who relives his early
years as an aspiring politician,
while he tries to explain to his
10-year-old daughter, Maya
(Abigail Breslin) how he came
to marry the woman he is now
divorcing: her mother.
Our story begins in 1992
when Will leaves the Midwest,
and his college sweetheart, and
girlfriend number one, Emily
(Elizabeth Banks). She suspects
that he will not return to Madi-
son after working on the presi-
dential campaign to pursue his
political dreams.
One of the first people Will
meets upon his arrival in New
York City is girlfriend number
two, Summer Hartley (Rachel
Weisz), a sophisticated graduate
student who is having an affair
with her much-older professor.
As Will’s friendship with Sum-
mer develops into romance, she
kick-starts her journalism career
by following the political beat,
which eventually results in a con-
flict of interests for both Will and
her.
Another woman in Will’s
life is girlfriend number three,
April (Isla Fisher), an apparently
unmotivated nonconformist
whom Will meets while working
at the presidential campaign
headquarters. Unlike the others
at the office, April works there
simply to earn money. She is,
however, quite eager to share her
strong opinions with Will.
In telling the story of his
rather complicated romantic life
to his daughter, Will changes the
names of the three most influen-
tial loves of his life. This way,
his precocious daughter doesn’t
know which woman in the story
he ends up marrying—and then
divorcing—until he’s done with
her bedtime story. It’s a roman-
tic whodunit. With most roman-
tic comedies, you can usually see
where they’re going fairly early
on, with this one you will have
to wait until the end. Lauren/B;
David/B-
Have You Ever Had a Great Day?
By Durhl Caussey
The early morning breeze
was cool, as sunlight reflected in
sprinkles from lofty clouds. High
over Eagle Mountain, hawks
roamed skyward, wings set as
they drifted lazily on pocket-
filled air. Crows barked from
atop telephone poles and tall,
stately trees, while mockingbirds
filled the passing calm with in-
ventive sounds.
It was Wednesday, the day
before Valentine’s Day, and I
chose not to teach that day, but
rather attend a computer work-
shop in Oak Cliff. Which meant,
no kids, no lunch duty, no tutor-
ing, no after-school, and no
evening American History
classes.
What a great day!
The computer class was
filled with eager professionals,
being taught by competent, tech-
nically oriented instructors that
were helping us to understand
how the computer could be suc-
cessfully used to better educate
our students.
Wednesday is also the day
the Oak Cliff Lions Club meets,
and I got to attend. When the
Lions Club meets, I get to hug
all the ladies and consume two
pieces of dessert from the buffet.
Lions are engaging and just plain
friendly.
At each meeting I get to
laugh at the antics of Bill Melton,
listen to the impartial political
rhetoric of Dr. Bill Lawhom and
candid opinions of Mike Lott,
witness the lightning speed of
Corky Harris, and bask in the
beautiful smile of Lion Kathy
Frazier.
There were no fights dur-
ing the meeting, at least that I
could observe. I got to sit the en-
tire meal, and talk to adults with-
out being interrupted, or my
character assaulted, being ac-
cused of polygamy, or having to
justify the color of my under-
shirts. No one yelled at me, hit
me, or even questioned my gen-
der or religious affiliation.
We just talked and
laughed, shared stories of our
kids and grandchildren, pie reci-
pes, sports, and neighborly gos-
sip. The only sad part of the
meeting is having to leave.
Sometimes I linger after most
folks have left in order to take
one last sip of nourishment from
the dipper of friendship. Their
memories and voices are my sus-
taining ointment and armor
gathered for protection against
my sometime educational fail-
ures with my students.
The next day was
Valentine’s Day. The left over
happy drippings of today will
extend into the romantic inter-
ludes of tomorrow.
Preparation for this grand
day was completed. I had pur-
chased my sweetheart a brand
new tackle box filled with lures
from the famous Fred Winnie
Lure Company of Davenport,
Iowa. Naturally, there was a
companion minnow bucket in
matching pastel colors. But my
thoughts and remembrances
didn’t stop there. I had also pur-
chased a large candy bar from
one of those street comer vend-
ers that seem to be everywhere.
For a final touch, I bought a bou-
quet of slightly old, but brightly
colored flowers from the parlor
of Died and Sons Funeral Home.
Oh yes, what a grand day
it will be. These wonderful trea-
sures, along with the following
poem, went to my sweetheart. I
can hardly wait for my romantic
reward.
Sweetheart, I know you
think that I’m not particularly
bright, and a little on the side of
cheap.
That I occasionally have
less than a dime in my pocket,
and rarely hold a job for more
than a week.
But in my heart, you are
very special to me, and I ask you
to be patient you see,
Because just as soon as my
back gets well and my
workman’s comp is gone,
I promise to fine another
slick spot and take you sliding
along.
I pledge to get my car parts
out of your garage, and take a
bath ever week or so
And bring you flowers
from an unknown plot where the
owner is already gone.
Just remember how much
I love you and I will pay back
the loan, because without you,
there is no rhyme or reason for
song.
Durhl Caussey is a syndi-
cated columnist who writes for
publications across America. He
can be reached at this newspa-
per or at
dcaussey@sbcglobal.net, or fax
# 972-709-6989.
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