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FEBRUARY 2013
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THEMONTHAHEAD
SameNew, SameNew
This monthHollywood is rolling out a number of movies that
sound a bit similar, at least in terms of plot. See if you canmatch up
the elements below to create four would-be blockbusters.
COMMEDIA
DELL’PARTAY
They’re celebrating Mardi Gras
this month in New Orleans, an
annual event in which revelers
congregate on the street and
partake in the age-old tradition
known as “slopping your drink
all over yourself while whoop-
ing deafeningly.” Slightly less
whoo-hoo
-
y is the celebration
that started it all, the Venice
Carnival, which traces its
roots to the 12th century. Set
amid the splendor of what
might be the world’s most
photogenic city, it’s an 18-day
binge of minuets, masked
balls, theatrical performances,
sumptuous feasts and—on the
evening of the final day—the
Silent Water Parade, in which
a flotilla of candlelit gondolas
makes its way along the Grand
Canal. It’s a glorious spectacle,
lacking only the aural backdrop
of people shouting, “Beads!
Beads!”
JAN. 26–FEB. 12
“
MR. SWEET, SHE WOULD SAY AT THE TOP OF HER VOICE, HER
VOICE SOUNDING LOUDER THAN A TOWN CRIER’S, LOUDER
THAN AWARNING OF IMPENDING DISASTER … MR. SWEET,
CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE THE GARBAGE OUT?”
—
From
See Now Then
,
the first novel in over a decade from lauded Caribbean-
American writer Jamaica Kincaid.
feb. 5
ROLE
QUOTE
FILM
Stand Up
Guys
ACTION/COMEDY;
FEB. 1
Beautiful
Creatures
SUPERNATURAL ROMANCE/
DRAMA; FEB. 13
Warm
Bodies
HORROR/ROMANCE/
COMEDY; FEB. 1
Identity
Thief
ACTION/COMEDY;
FEB. 8
CHRISTOPHER
WALKEN
TERESA
PALMER
JASON
BATEMAN
EMMY
ROSSUM
“
We die twice:
once when the
breath leaves
our body, once
when the last
person we
know says our
name.”
“
He’s changing
…
he’s learning
to be human
again!”
“
This is crazy
…
you’re not
Batman!”
“
So I’m going
to be claimed
for the dark
no ma er
what?!”
Quirky con artist
contracted to kill
best friend
Human who falls
for a zombie with
a heart
Hapless victim
who chases down
quirky con artist
Witch with a
heart who falls
for a human
1:
C,
A,
A; 2:
A,
C,
D; 3:
D,
B,
C;
4:
B,
D,
B
