01-30-2013-Midweek - Wise County Messenger

2 ALL AROUND WISE • A PART OF THE WISE COUNTY MESSENGER Decatur, Texas, Wednesday, January 30, 2013Fractured fairy tale Grimm, wackyMOVIEman1 and is made byfanboy favoriteHanzel&Gretel 6Bryan Singer (X-Men [2000, MMNo. 349, 8]). Thetrailer is fantastic.In 2014, AngelinaJolie willplay “Maleficent,”a Disney picture.It’s a very seriouseffort — the budgetis listed at agigantic $200 million.The delay(twice, actually)Usually when a moviegets pushed back by almosta year — “Hanzel & Gretel:Witch Hunters” was originallyset for a March 2012release — the reason is thatit’s not very good.That’s not totally true of“H&G:WH.” It’s nothing towrite home about, but it’snot so bad that it received aspot in the dumping groundof February.Starring:Jeremy Renner,GemmaArterton,Famke JanssenDirected by:Tommy WirkolaRated R for:everything,esp. goreTHE BIG 50% OFFEverything SaleThe MarketCollectionAbout the filmMovie ideas are famousfor cycling. Either one moviebecomes a big hit and othersfollow its theme — trycounting the “Star Wars”sci-fi knockoffs after 1977— or studios develop movieswith similar original concepts.There have been cyclesof werewolf, splatter, buddycop, Truman Capote(“Capote” in 2005 [wherePhillip Seymour Hoffmanwon Best Actor] and Infamousthe next year), and“Hitchcock,” to name a few.(HBO produced “The Girl,”and last year’s “Hitchcock”[a Movie Man 7] was a bigscreenrelease.)There are a few of the currentfairy tale movies cyclein the pipeline still. “SnowWhite and the Huntsman”(a 6) shone last summer,making $155.1 million inAmerica and $396.4 millionworldwide.Expect a few more fairytale films to arrive eventually.While there are rumorsof a modern day version ofPeter Pan as a detective(2014), a new Pinocchio, anda rebooted Arabian Nights,two other anticipated cinematicfairy tales are alreadyeither ready or are almostdone.First is “Jack the GiantSlayer.” It arrives MarchStarts JAN. 28Stone Briar Business Center • 1555 W Business Hwy 380 Suite 5 • Decatur, Texas 76234940-627-8885 • Store Hours: Tues - Fri 10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. • Sat. 10:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. • Closed Sunday & Monday* Exdudes Arthur Court/Carole Fabrics and already sale merchandiseof “H&G:WH” wascaused by either 3-D conversion(which is pretty good)or studio woes, dependingon whom you believe.As filmmaker TommyWirkola insisted, the movieis an R, filled with gore, languageand creature (and human)killing galore.The plot (spoilers)Hanzel and Gretel’s fatherhurriedly takes theminto the deep forest in thedead of night, telling themto stay there. They neversee their parents again.Wandering in the woods,they stumble upon a housemade of candy and cookies.Going inside was a bad idea,but they slay the witch intenton killing them.Years later, now adults,Hanzel (Jeremy Renner)and Gretel (Gemma Arterton)make their livingby killing every witch theycan find. A mayor hires thesiblings when a slew of childrenabductions proves tootough for the local sheriff(Peter Stormare) to solve.Renner saves a womancondemned by Stormare as awitch, Mina (Pihla Viitala).Soon, Renner and Artertonfigure out that a “grand”witch, Muriel (Famke Janssen)is readying for a blackmagic shindig as a “bloodmoon” nears.See Fractured on page 3THE BOYD AREA BUYERS ASSOCIATIONinvites you to the 3rd AnnualJIMMY WARE SCHOLARSHIP& BABA FUNDRAISERSaturday, February 23 • 6:30 - 9 p.m.Boyd Community Center • 420 E. Morton St.DINNERCatered by Pronto’s (Italian)Tickets at door $10LIVE AUCTION * SILENT AUCTION * RAFFLEAll proceeds will benefi t theJimmy Ware Scholarship Fundand the Boyd Area Buyers Association,which supports the Boyd FFA, Boyd 4-Hand Boyd FCCLA students at theWise County Youth Fair.For More Information CallLorie Pack 817-614-3748Mailing Address - BABA • P.O. Box 2006 Boyd, TX 76023SUDOKUComplete the Sudoku grid so that each row,each column, and each 3 by 3 box containsthe numbers 1 through 9. Numbers cannotbe duplicated in a row or a column.We believe your heartdeserves its own hospital.There are many hospitals in North Texas you could choose for heart and vascular care. But if you follow the numbers, you’ll fi nd yourselfhere. Which makes sense, considering our heart program is among the ten largest in the nation. We perform more heart surgeries thananyone else in Dallas-Fort Worth. Plus, we’ve received the highest national ranking from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. When itcomes to cardiovascular care, these are the facts that count. Because the fact is, nothing counts more than your heart.FEBRUARY IS AMERICAN HEART MONTHHeart Failure Series: Monday, Feb. 4For a list of all events, go to TheHeartHospitalBaylor.comYou can also call 1.800.4BAYLOR.1100 Allied Drive Plano, Texas 75093Source: TRG Health Care Solutions, Denver, Colorado; based on patient volume.The Society of Thoracic Surgeons developed a comprehensive rating system for the quality of cardiac surgery among hospitals across the country.Approximately 12-15% of hospitals received the “3 star” rating, which denotes the highest category of quality. In the current analysis of nationaldata covering the period from July 2011 through June 2012, the cardiac surgery performance of the hospital is established in the highest qualitytier, thereby receiving an STS three star rating. The STS National Cardiac Database measures outcomes on over 95% of the 1,100 cardiac surgeryprograms in the U.S.Additional Sources: TRG Health Care Solutions, Denver, Colorado; Press Ganey Associates, Inc.Notice Regarding Physician Ownership: THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano is a hospital in which physicians have an ownership or investment interest. Thelist of the physician owners or investors is available to you upon request.Physicians are members of the medical staff at one of Baylor Health Care System’s subsidiary, community or affi liated medical centers and are neitheremployees nor agents of those medical centers, THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano or Baylor Health Care System. ©2013 Baylor Health Care SystemTHHBP_470_2012 11625 CE 01.13