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Page 6 Arts & Life The Clarion \ November 4,2005 Wallace & Gromit big screen debut full of humor by Zach Browning Staff Writer Wallace and Grommit “Curse of the IVere- Rabbif Directed by Steve Box and Nick Parl (Dreamworks, 2005) •k it -k -k The dynamic duo has taken America by storm, and 1 don’t mean Batman and Robin. I’m talking about Wallace and Grommit in their first big screen produc tion. The movie is about a small town’s ob session with vegetable gardens. Wallace and his canine companion, Grommit, run a humane pest removal service called Anti- Pesto. With a vegetable contest coming up soon, all the towns’ folk are nervous that rabbits might munch on their chances at winning the prestigious Golden Carrot award. The story is cute, and the effects are great. In a market flooded with computer animated cartoons, it’s nice to see some one do it the old fashioned way. 1 under stand it took five years to painstakingly piece together this film. There are a lot of rabbit’s, as you might imagine, and lots of vegetables. It seems that the British are enamored with veggies. Over the course of the flick, Wallace uses one of his wacky inventions to try and change the feeding habits of rabbits. He tries to re-wire the rabbit’s brain so that it no longer finds vegetables appetizing; this struck me as sort of Freudian. Some thing goes seriously wrong and Wallace and the rabbit end up switching brain waves. The rabbit becomes more like Wallace, and likewise, Wallace becomes a rabbit. He then gets a first hand understand ing of why rabbits love gardens so. His silent partner Grommit comes through in the end for his pal, saving him from the nasty Victor Quartermaine, a trig ger happy hunter who is trying to woo the object of Wallace’s affections, the beauti ful Lady Totington. This is a great family film, one I think even those without small children will en joy. The message in this film is a good one, people and rabbits can live together in peace. There is enough humor to keep you going and the plot is a G-rated equivalent to any Werewolf movie you have ever seen. The effects are spectacular and worthy of a peek while it’s in the theater. 1 give it 4 stars. The ClarionRe\ie\\ Rating Guide Outstanding, well worth your time & $$$ * * *: Not top-notch, but still worth a look **. May do in a pinch *: Don’t tmther Matt's Take Too many people are emulating others’ lives thanks to pop stars’ life stories r%..At r . by Matt Rutherford Arts & Life Editor cal have a new trend of making biographi- If recently are crappy^ or Fi% *™e with Madonna This new trend of making a film whenever you have two albums out is an awfullv T'' -y of our clr«tts had .0 climb from anywhere. As 1 said in a previous take, our musical artis^are ^ant- th«/‘‘clil^^he Therefore these climb to the top films are just as much of a farce as our music the stories behind the films are 100 percent true I would sav or ano hrto°soL^ h ^ conversation about someone who can relate in one way md you?lrlif?LruTo,’^'''ri'h "“1,'’' not. Originality is ttte Itey. ” through trying to act liice sometliing you’re Food Review'. Brevard Foods by Jourdan Prange Staff Writer I went to Brevard Foods and found it was quite an interesting restaurant. When I walked in I noticed there were only 5 or 6 six tables. They had soft drinks and beer and a wide variety of salads which included chicken or macaroni. 1 also noticed a lot of soups which included chicken noodle and potato. They also had some sandwiches as well which included pastrami, boiled ham, tuna, and egg. I ordered the pastrami on rye bread with the beef and vegetable soup. The pastrami was good and lean. I was going to order dessert, but then 1 saw table with candy on it which probably was the des sert menu. The “Brevard Foods” restaurant is open from 10:30 to 5:00 Tuesday to Satur day and closed on Sunday and Monday. It is located on west Main Street and in an alley to the left of the chamber of commerce store.
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