If you’re looking for a way to spend time with family members without actually interacting with them, do as you did on those dates back in high school: go to a movie. There are plenty of feel-good flicks conveniently released for the holiday season; bond with your little brother while watching The Adventures of Tintin or fill out an entire row in front of Matt Damon and ScarJo in We Bought A Zoo. Too many opinions? Tickets to the movie with too many plot lines, please — New Year’s Eve!

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[Ladies, meet Meredith, the newest addition to the CollegeCandy team. She's a BU student, a movie buff, and an all around fantastic chicadee. She'll be our resident movie gal, givings us the ins and outs of the new releases and telling us whether or not its worth it to fork over $12 for the latest flicks.]

I live in a small town in New Hampshire. This means that my friends and I drove an hour and a half to get to the nearest IMAX theater to watch Toy Story 3. Thanks to modern technology, our GPS took us on an hour-long detour to the wrong theater about five minutes before our 7PM movie was about to start. We arrived at the correct place five minutes after our showing had started and entered the theater to see that there were only three seats available. Not together. And all had jackets on the seats and drinks in the cup holders. We decided to attend the 9:40 movie instead, so we got home at around one in the morning.

Overall, we devoted about nine hours of our lives to this film. Was it worth it?

Absolutely.

Toy Story 3 is Pixar’s latest work of art. Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and all of the characters that we know and love are back for a third adventure. This time, Andy is heading off to college. He attempts to store his toys in the attic, but they accidentally end up getting donated to a local daycare. At first, the toys are ecstatic that they will finally be played with once again, after years of being ignored, but they soon discover that their situation is less than desirable. We meet Lots-O-Huggin’ Bear, Ken, and a new bunch of toys at the daycare that’s much less “sunny” than it promises. As always, Pixar packs its film with comedy, action, and just enough heartbreak. More importantly, they’re not afraid to provide new characters with the same amount of substance and depth that the returning characters have.

If you have the chance, see the film in 3-D IMAX; it is such an experience. Everything is so immersive and huge that you might find yourself thinking you’re a toy for a minute or two. The voice talents are equally amazing. A year ago, I saw the animated film, Bolt and it is impossible to watch that movie without thinking about the main character being voiced by Miley Cyrus. On the other hand, when Woody and Buzz Lightyear are on the screen, they are Woody and Buzz and no one else. Unlike the thoughts of Hannah Montana that came to my mind when I was watching Bolt, I promise that Toy Story 3 will never let you think about Forest Gump or Tim the Tool Man Taylor. Read More »

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Ryan Gosling, my future husband, walked away from a major film project this week, citing simply “creative differences”. The Peter Jackson helmed “ The Lovely Bones” will begin shooting today with Mark Wahlberg replacing Gosling.

“Lovely Bones” is based off of the popular book of the same name by Alice Sebold, centering on a murdered 14-year-old girl watching the way her death has affected everyone close to her. Gosling was slated to play her father, and decided to gain some weight to help him seem age appropriate.

According to the Los Angeles Times, when Gosling walked onset, bearded and heavier than usual, Peter Jackson became slightly bent out of shape. The director was “still expecting some movie star allure” from Gosling, “not paunch and a beard”.

First of all, if it’s Ryan Gosling, it doesn’t matter if he’s got antennas and three arms—he’ll still give an amazing performance and be alluring while doing it. Besides, when did a beard and a little paunch hurt anyone? Has anyone seen Vince Vaughn lately? How about Benicio Del Toro? Tom Hanks? Read More »