Saturday Matinee #8

Audiobook Reviews from Audiobook-Heaven
Presents Saturday Matinee

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Title: Cars
Starring: Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt
Narrator: Helen Vasey
Running time: 111 minutes
Released in: 2006
Genre: Animated
Filed in: Movie reviews

Lightning McQueen is one of the fastest racing cars around, and he knows it. Maybe it is because of his arrogance that he has no friends, and can’t find anyone to work in his pit crew. That’s okay, who needs friends when your famous. But when a twist of fate lands Lightning in a small isolated town where nobody knows how famous he is, he begins to realize, finally, the value of friendship, and maybe even love.
Cars is my very favorite Disney Pixar movie. The animation, the characters, the music, this film is top-notch all the way around. And talk about an all-star cast! To the three names above you can add Cheech Marin, George Carlin, and Michael Keaton.

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Title: Toy Story 3
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack
Narrator: Leilani Jones-Wilmore
Running time: 103 minutes
Released in: 2010
Genre: animated
Filed in: Movie reviews

We all knew this day would come. Andy is grown and leaving for college in a few days. But what will become of his beloved childhood toys: Woody, Buzz, Slink, and the rest? Mom has declared that anything that doesn’t go to college with Andy, or up into the attic, gets thrown out. Of course, Andy would never abandon his toys, but an honest mistake finds the toys donated to a day-care center.
Now, it’s a race against time as Woody and the gang try to escape from the Day-care (where the kids just don’t play very nice) and get back to Andy before he leaves for college. To accomplish this, they’ll have to escape the clutches of the twisted Lots-o-Hugs, a smelly garbage truck, and a fiery furnace!
Wow! This movie was amazing! Toy Story 3 has all of our favorite characters, plus some great new additions; my favorite was a Ken doll voiced by Michael Keaton (“I’m not a girl’s toy!) There is lots of action, adventure, and laughs just as in the first two Toy Story movies, and this one has an incredibly touching scene at the end when Andy bids a final farewell to his old friends. It will bring a tear to your eye for sure. This was the perfect ending to a perfect trilogy of movies. Assuming, of course, that this is the end.
As of this writing, Toy Story 3 has been out for just under a year, and has already grossed more than 1 billion dollars. That’s right, I said billion. Believe it or not, that only ranks #5 on the all time list, but the top four movies have been out for anywhere from 2 to 14 years. Toy Story 3 will move up that list quickly.

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