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Jonah Hill voices Tighten in Megamind. Tighten is sort of a Frankenstein that Megamind created to replace Metro Man. Though he was a mistake, in hindsight, he played a huge part in Megamind’s later decision to fight for good.

Brad Pitt

voices Metro Man in Megamind. Metro Man is this impossibly perfect superhero Megamind tries over and over again to beat but, honestly, would’ve never ever been able to in his lifetime.

Ferell has voiced “Megamind” who is the most brilliant

super villain the world has ever known. Surprisingly he is also the least successful. Over the years, he has tried to conquer Metro City in every imaginable way.

Megamind, voiced by Ferrell, is allegedly the most brilliant super-villain the world has ever seen, despite his many unsuccessful attempts to conquer Metro City. But he becomes bored with life after killing his good-guy a rch-rival Metro Man, voiced by Pitt. After destroying Metro Man, he suddenly has no one left to combat so creates a new nemesis called Titan, played by Jonah Hill. But his creation doesn’t quite go to plan and when Titan ends up trying to destroy the world, leaving Megamind to step in as the good guy and fight evil. Meanwhile, comedian Tina Fey, famed for her portrayal of Sarah Palin, lends her voice for the female character Roxanne Ritchi.

Tina Fey strikes a pose with her Megamind character, Roxanne Ritchi, in this new shot. Tina Fey gives her voice to Roxanne, reporter and love interest.

David Cross is the voice of Minion. Minion is

like the childhood best friend every CG protagonist cannot do without.


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Matilda Episode: 9

Children of all ages have read and enjoyed books by Roald Dahl. Many of his stories, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach, have become classics in their own time. Matilda is a novel by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. It’s a story about an intelligent girl whose quest of knowledge never ends even by reading books from libraries. This series is about Matilda who explores world with her aptitude and intellect.

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hen suddenly he struck again. Perhaps he had had a bad day at the garage and had not sold enough crummy second-hand cars. There are many things that make a man irritable when he arrives home from work in the evening and a sensible wife will usually notice the storm-signals and will leave him alone until he simmers down. When Mr Wormwood arrived back from the garage that evening his face was as dark as a thundercloud and somebody was clearly for the high-jump pretty soon. His wife recognized the signs

immediately and made herself scarce. He then strode into the living-room. Matilda happened to be curled up in an arm-chair in the corner, totally absorbed in a book. Mr Wormwood switched on the television. The screen lit up. The programme blared. Mr Wormwood glared at Matilda. She hadn’t moved. She had somehow trained herself by now to block her ears to the ghastly sound of the dreaded box. She kept right on reading, and for some reason this infuriated the father. Perhaps his anger was intensified because he saw her getting pleasure from something that was beyond his reach. “Don’t you ever stop reading?” he snapped at her. “Oh, hello daddy, “ she said pleasantly. “Did you have a good day?” “What is this trash?” he said, snatching the book from her hands. “It isn’t trash, daddy, it’s lovely. It’s called The Red

Pony. It’s by John Steinbeck, an American writer. Why don’t you try it? You’ll love it. “ “Filth, “ Mr Wormwood said. “If it’s by an American it’s certain to be filth. That’s all they write about. “ “No daddy, it’s beautiful, honestly it is. It’s about . . . “ (to be continued...)

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