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Writers and directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord bring LEGOs to life in the new comedy, “The LEGO Movie.” Emmet (Chris Pratt) is an ordinary LEGO construction worker who always does what he is instructed to do.
He works and lives happily in the city of Bricksburg when one day he is mistaken for a Masterbuilder, who can stop the evil Lord Business from destroying the LEGO world with his secret weapon.
When Emmet finds the “piece of resistance” he becomes the most important and extraordinary LEGO character in the universe.
After escaping Bad Cop (Liam Neeson), Emmet is recruited into a fellowship of strangers who have a mission to save the world from Lord Business’ destructive plan.
Together they unite with the real Masterbuilders, LEGO Batman, Superman, C-3PO and many more familiar characters to execute their plan.
This family action film keeps viewers laughing through the entire one hour and 41 minute showing. The plot never suffers from a dull moment and features an endless array of jokes and gags.
The movie is so fast-paced that it is hard for the viewer to keep up in the beginning, but the plot slows as the film progresses.
Although available to view in both 3-D and 2-D, the movie features too few 3-D scenes to justify spending the extra money on the 3-D version.

This year, Los Alamos is home to a slew of foreign exchange students, who have been spending this school year at Los Alamos High School as juniors.
Hailing from Belgium, Germany, Poland, France and Serbia, these students are experiencing a community, culture, landscape and education system that are drastically different from their own.
Six foreign exchange students shared the details of their stay in New Mexico so far.
For all of these international students, who are used to the buzzing city life of their hometowns, Los Alamos is quite a change of pace.
“There’s nothing to do, the only place you can go out is Starbucks,” Thomas Routiaux said half-jokingly.
Although the college freshman from Liege, Belgium misses the variety of activities that he and his friends can undertake in Belgium, he loves the nature and hiking trails that New Mexico has to offer.
Elena Plaga, a German student from Munich, and Tina Krkljus, a student from Serbia, have both found activities that keep themselves busy in their spare time.
Both ladies are swimmers, and Krkljus takes part in various clubs.

The Olympics always draw attention to the wealth of athletic talent across the globe. Viewers see athletes as young as 15 years old catapulting off ramps, rocketing down steep slopes and flying across ice. Not too long ago, many of these athletes were beginners, adolescent snowboarders nailing together makeshift obstacles in their backyards. With years of practice and dedication they became rising stars.

Nine-year-old Los Alamos resident Cade Van Etten is an up-and-comer, too. Underneath his red hair, smattering of freckles and big blue eyes lies a tough young man who has been snowboarding since he was 3 1/2 years old.

For the third year in a row, Van Etten will be competing against dozens of other boarders in the USASA Southwest Freeride series, which is a national snowboarding and skiing competition that will take place in Copper Mountain, Colo., from March 28 to April 8. 

Alice Shao sat cozily on a couch, a smile spread wide across her face, ready to dish on her recent selection to perform as clarinetist at New York City’s Carnegie Hall, the famous concert auditorium.
Shao, a junior at Los Alamos High School, was nominated by Zane Meek, the band teacher at Los Alamos High School, to perform in Carnegie Hall’s Honors Performance Series on Feb. 10.
The performance will feature students from the United States and Canada, and Alice is the only student going from Los Alamos. “It’s an honor to be performing at Carnegie,” Shao said.
Shao flew to New York City on Thursday, where she will go through placement auditions that will determine what she will be playing and whether she has a solo. The ensemble rehearsed those days, and performs on Monday.
The pieces chosen for this performance are “Gavorkna Fanfare” by Jack Stamp, “My Jesus! Oh, What Anguish (Mein Jesu! Was Für Seelenweh)” by Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Alfred Reed, “Children’s March (Over the Hills and Far Away)” by Percy Aldridge Grainger, arr. R. Mark Rogers, “The Dream of Oenghus, Op. 37 (Part 1)” by Rolf Rudin and “Don Ricardo” by Gabriel Musella.