Through his Spy Kids adventure flicks, filmmaker Robert Rodriguez has created a franchise that plays straight to the hearts of its preteen fans.

His junior spies Carmen (Alexa Vega) and Juni (Daryl Sabara) Cortez are every bit as resourceful and fearless as their adult counterparts. In fact, in the first two Spy Kids movies, they often triumphed where adults had failed.
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Having covered this beat since pre-Betamax days, I've seen 3-D reintroduced on several occasions -- each time touted as the greatest thing since popcorn.

And yet they're still using those stupid red and blue glasses they used in the '50s, you still get a headache, and the results are still questionable -- despite the publicity machine hype for Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over that this time, for sure, it's a bold new digital experience.
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