I don't think there's too much to say, really, about "Toy Story 3." Anything Pixar touches turns to gold, and this film is no different. I will say that I think the long delay between sequels (due to squabbling between Disney and Pixar) did help make the plot more affecting. It might have seemed wrong if this movie came out in, say, 2003 with the same plot: young Andy is headed off to college and has to decide what to do with all of his childhood toys, a mix-up nearly gets the toys sent to the trash, they end up at a day-care center where things don't go as they expected, etc. But in 2010 it's almost perfect, ten years after the second movie. There are plenty of laughs and at the end I defy you not to tear up just a little. My grade: A.
Which do you think looks more realistic: the animation in "Toy Story 3" or Joan Rivers' face? (Yes, the only reason to merge these reviews into one post was to go for that cheap laugh.) The documentary "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work" begins with a much-hyped close-up of her plastic surgery-enhanced face without makeup. To be honest, I thought it would look worse. The movie follows a year in the life of the comedienne, with a major emphasis on the fact that she will go anywhere for a paying gig, while summing up some of the high and low points of her life (her first appearance on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson," Carson's reaction when Rivers decides to compete against him with a late-night talk show on the then-fledgling Fox network, her husband's 1987 suicide -- in Philadelphia). It's an interesting, almost unflinching film, and with a plenty of her one-liners and jokes throughout. Plus, at one point while on stage she gets heckled and she just eviscerates the man. If you're a fan, as I have been, this is a must-see. If you hate her perhaps you'd enjoy seeing her during some of her struggles -- this isn't a puff piece; there are some very melancholy, sad and almost pathetic moments. My grade: A-minus.
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