4A / ENTERTAINMENT / MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
HOROSCOPE
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 5
Today is 8
Your attention is on others today.
This could be good if you maximize the opportunities that come your way while attending to other people's concerns.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Today is a **a**
Spending time with a partner or associate opens up opportunities everywhere. Early in the day, a creative idea gets you started on a new track.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is an 8
Most of your energy is directed
at others. Work requires research
before you tackle a project.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is an 8
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is an 8
Stay close to home and work on creative projects today. Do some research. Take care of details from the weekend before moving on to the next task.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 6
Today is a 6 Stay close to home today. Opportunities arise for completing tasks and organizing space. A trip to the hardware store is in order.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 6
You fall into a discussion about a creative plan and how it fits with your emotional needs. Others play a practical part with suggestions and committed listening.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 7
TODAY it's 8.
Imagine it to accomplish it now. Multiple opportunities for increasing both bank balance and self-esteem come with no strings attached. Choose.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 6
At last, you and a partner reconnect. Recent stress has kept you apart, but now you can get to play together and enjoy the magic.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 7
today is your 7
Focus your attentions on research behind the scenes to discover what will work when you go public.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.19) Today is a 7
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18) Today is a 9
Attention to philosophical motives helps relationships grow. Listen to a woman who's researched a group goal. Her information opens opportunities for all.
Today is 9 a really be fun. Enjoy the details, and practical problem solving. Social contacts up the ante, inviting you to present your skills.
Today is a 6
Your attention is on abstract problems or communication with distant associates.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a6
Conceptis Sudoku
By Dave Green
4 6 2 5
1 3 2
7 8 9
9 5 4 2
5 0 7
8 6 2 3
6 1 5 1
7 1 8 4 9
8 6 2 3
7 1 8 4 9
Difficulty Level ★
Answer to previous puzzle
5 8 9 3 6 7 1 2 4
6 4 3 1 2 8 5 9 7
7 2 1 9 5 4 3 8 6
2 1 6 8 7 5 9 4 3
4 5 7 2 9 3 8 6 1
3 9 8 6 4 1 2 7 5
1 7 2 5 8 6 4 3 9
8 3 4 7 1 9 6 5 2
9 6 5 4 3 2 7 1 8
Dignity Level ★★★★★
THE NEXT PANEL
MOVIES
'The Millennium Trilogy ends with 'Hornet's Nest'
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
Lisbeth Salander, the centerpiece of the phenomenon known as "The Millennium Trilogy" or, in normal-speak, "The Girl Who ..." series, is a feral creature trying to survive in a hostile world that's invisible to most but very real, especially to her.
"The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" makes it clear that the true mystery in the saga — which began with "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" and "The Girl Who Played With Fire" — is about who this fiercely independent young woman is, how she got that way and, most important, what will become of her.
become of her.
Based on three best-selling novels by the late Stieg Larsson, the movies surround Salander with a cat's cradle of conspiracies, plot lines and characters, the most visible threads being murder, flashbacks to her abusive past and the presence of crusading journalist Mikael Blokvist (Michael Nyqvist), her knight errant.
As in the first two movies, meserizing Noomi Rapace plays the
title character, an enigmatic young hacker who brings a darkness and intensity that define her as much as her tattoos and body piercings.
"The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" begins where the last film ended, with Salander bloodied from bullet wounds and being whisked away by helicopter to a hospital.
to a hospital.
Director Daniel Alfredson mixes helpful flashbacks from the second movie, which he also helmed, with close-ups of her brain surgery, updates on her psychopathic half-brother, and a confusion of secondary characters who want Salander institutionalized or dead.
After rehab, Salander must stand trial for the attempted murder of her abusive father, who's in a room at the same hospital. Blomkvist continues to champion her innocence and with help from his Millennium magazine staff, plans to gather evidence and publish an expose timed to the opening of her trial.
It's useful to remember that the Swedish name for the first book translates to "Men Who Hate Women" as misogyny remains a thread throughout. Salander's
father beat her and her mother. Her psychiatrist, a major character in "Hornet's Nest," kept her strapped to a table when she was wrongly institutionalized as a child. Later, her court-appointed guardian brutalized and raped her. (Recorded in controversial graphic scenes in the first film, they are revisited in the last, so be forewarned.)
Although Blomkvist uses people without regret, he is the exception. And while Salander mends physically and mentally, Blomkvist dredges up documents relating to Salander's past, interviews key figures and ignores threats to himself and his staff.
"Hornet's Nest" delivers patches of action, more than the first but nothing like the thrills in "Played With Fire." Although following the story is, at times, like wading through an aquarium thick with murk, "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" captivates because of Salander. Her presence dominates even when she's off-screen. She's a tenacious survivor so we root for her. And we know enough about her past to understand her, to know her, if you will, despite her revealing so little - other than through her eyes, her posture and movements; telling insights riveting Rapace brings out so well.
Nygvist also engages, again, as Salander's steadfast champion. The journalist acts as light to her dark, physical to her mental, verbal to her quiet. As in the other movies, the two aren't on-screen together — although they communicate via e-mail — until the end, a device that contributes to the suspense.
ACROSS
1 Historic period
4 Argo skipper
9 Lingerie item
12 Cover
13 Greek market-place
14 Conger or moray
15 They're caught
17 Solidify
18 Kimono sash
19 Become rigid and bonelike
21 "— down the hatches!"
24 Night light?
25 "— Town"
26 Upgrade from dial-up
28 Litters' little ones
31 Raw minerals
33 Young fellow
35 Father (Fr.)
36 Civil rights org
38 Kitten's remark
40 Scoot
41 Takes to court
43 Hound variety
45 Female graduate
47 Cleopatra's snake
48 In favor of
49 They're bought
54 Fish eggs
55 Point of view
56 Actor Vigoda
57 Chances, for short
58 Eye surgery device
59 Keglers org.
DOWN
1 Sprite
2 Brazilian city,
familiarly
3 Commo-
tion
4 Poked
5 Opposed to
6 Scale member
7 Synthetic fiber
8 Egypt's president,
1956-70
9 They're taught
10 Coral structure
11 Companion
16 Youngste
Saturday's answer 11-1
Solution time: 24 mins.
20 First course, maybe
21 Benefit
22 Emanation
23 They're sought
27 Felon's flight
29 Verifiable
30 Transmitted
32 Pond gunk
34 Fiasco
37 Foreign correspondent?
39 Laundromat machine
42 Hot box?
44 Locale for 42-Down
45 Roundish hairdo
46 Aerobatic maneuver
50 Some teammates of QBs
51 Potential syrup
52 Recede
53 Vast expanse
11-1 CRYPTOQUIP
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QAZB DARL YKLTYVA, S HYKMF
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Saturday's Cryptoquip: BECAUSE THAT PUB ONLY ACCEPTED ONE-DOLLAR BILLS AS PAYMENT, YOU MIGHT CALL IT A SINGLES BAR.
Today's Cryptoquip Clue: A equals E
All puzzles © King Features
TELEVISION
'Munsters' episodes to air on Hallmark
Some children call their childhood "the wonder years." But Butch Patrick says his childhood could be called "The Munsters Years."
Patrick, who played the pointy-earned Eddie Munster on the classic TV comedy "The Munsters," says he's never forgotten how much fun he had working on the series.
"I had the best time in the
makeup chair, or hanging out in the area where they had all the special effects" said Patrick, 57, in a phone interview.
Patrick has also been spending several hours in the last few days promoting the Hallmark Channel's "The Munsters Marathon," a 10-hour cavalcade of episodes from the comedy that has become a staple of classic television, even though it ran for only two years, from 1964 to 1966. The marathon starts at 8 a.m. EDT Sunday.
Patrick said the show's popularity is indicative of its strong family values and off-beat humor.