The Sun By The Sea -- Meg the Movie Buff

THE SUN BY THE SEA

Jim’s Clam Bar
Campfires at night. Being tucked in to bed in the evening. Family get togethers. Reunions with family and friends. Christmas and holidays. What is one thing that these things all have in common?

WiLDWOOD by-the-sea: Nostalgia & Recipes Tent City: 1939-1953
Imagine spending a summer on the beach, sleeping in a tent, having fun on the sand and in the ocean all day and every day! At the southern end of the barrier island near the stone jetty just below Diamond Beach, between the years of 1939 and 1953, more than 100 tents were set up there each summer.

Leprechaun Sited in Cape May
It has been written that if you capture a Leprechaun he can be fooled into revealing the location of his pot of gold, but the wily Leprechaun is good at tricking mere mortals and if you take your eyes off of him for an instant, he will vanish.

IONE’S “ALWAYS” Coka Cola COLLECTION
I have always been a collection kind of gal. Magnets, frisbees, rubber ducks, you name it. The recent chance to remodel my kitchen has allowed me to put the largest of my collections - Coca Cola memorabilia - on display.

Vietnam Wall by-the-sea... Memorial Day Weekend, 2010
The original Vietnam War Memorial in Washington D.C. is a massive angular wall of polished black granite that is subtly submerged in a whispering of the dead slope.

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Author: Meg Corcoran

Date:July 2010 | Edition: XIII

MEg the Movie Buff

2010 SUMMER MOVIE GUIDE

Since the Inception of summer by the sea, beach lovers and movie goers alike have united in a common goal: to get ample amounts of sun, surf, SPF, and scintillating big screen blockbusters. The Last Airbender is, ironically, the first in line, stocking up on beach balls, beverages, and buttered popcorn (not to mention abundant air space). Disciplinarian Nanny McPhee (2) tries to maintain order, as The Other Guys and The Expendables argue over everything from how to keep the sand out of their sandwiches to which movie to see first. Beneath the golden, movieinspired glow, the entire cast can at least agree on one thing; Wildwood summers are the thing blockbusters are made of!

Before agreeing which blockbusters to add to your summer schedule, please check your local listing for release date changes.

The Last Airbender (opens July 2nd) coasts through the lives of a young boy (Noah Ringer) with some fierce martial arts’ moves, a determined girl (Nicola Peltz) and her sidekick brother (Jackson Rathbone), each battling to connect the Air, Water, and Earth nations against the genocidal Fire Lord while proving themselves unique candidates for the Wildwood Talent Showcase.

A plot to steal the moon (with no ocean beneath it) is just one of the many things a group of 3-D-animated villains (including the voices of Steve Carell, Jason Segel, and Will Arnett) devise, each happily embracing the Despicable Me (opens July 9th) within their dark, sunless souls.

Dreams and reality blur with the Inception (opens July 16th) of a group of dream thieves (including Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page) who profit from the ideas found in strangers’ subconscious minds as they sleep, leading to a complicated, dangerous job to reunite a family (who clearly will need some wide-awake, shore-bonding time).

Kite festivals and Beach Concerts aren’t in the cards for a politician (Matt Damon) and a ballet dancer (Emily Blunt) who have an illfated romance thanks to The Adjustment Bureau (opens July 30th) determining their fate.

A modern-day sorcerer (Nicolas Cage) living in a CGI-packed world where good and evil wizards do battle, connects with a NYU physics student who ultimately becomes The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Jay Baruchel, opens July 16th) working on his own supernatural version of Fireworks on the Beach.

The Other Guys (Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, opens August 6th) in law enforcement forgo the Pro Wrestling Meet and Greet Convention when they get in over their heads attempting to crack a big financial fraud case.

The Expendables (opens August 13th) includes a shady tycoon (Bruce Willis) who employs a group of mercenaries (led by Sylvester Stallone) to overthrow a Latin American dictator as the lead mercenary deals with a longtime rival (Arnold Schwarzenegger). They all eventually realize their non-battling shore time is what is truly in expendable.

Living an emotional rollercoaster existence, a recently-divorced woman (Julia Roberts) learns to Eat, Pray, Love (opens August 14th) following a yearlong, worldwide hunt for a bit of serenity (while praying for a serene ocean view). From Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestselling memoir. Also stars Javier Bardem.

Super Nanny McPhee (2) (Emma Thompson, opens August 20th) employs unusual methods for child rearing and domestic discipline that do not include childlike rounds of miniature golf or Mini Teacup rides.

Following a summer of romantic Concert(s) Under the Stars, a journalism grad student (Drew Barrymore) is Going the Distance (opens August 27th) to keep her relationship with a music executive (Justin Long) thriving when she moves back to California.

The Adjustment Bureau organizes a combo boardwalk/big screen adventure, putting The Sorcerer’s Apprentice in charge of supplying the magic. Partaking in Sea Serpent rides while surrounded by movie-star scenery, he quickly declares Despicable Me for ever thinking that wizardry is involved in making Wildwood magical.

Our cast Eat, Pray, (and) Love their coastal days away, hoping that these lazy, hazy days and soft seabreezey nights will be Going the Distance all through summer and beyond!