The Pirates! Band of Misfits: A film review

 - Vancouver, British Columbia - I'm not going to bury any sort of lead here. I really love Aardman studios and I have since I was a kid and watched their classic Wallace and Gromit cartoons. I always admired their brilliant stop motion animation and was a little disappointed when they decided to conform to standard CG animation, even if Flushed Away was modelled after their token character designs. Still, their story telling and quirky sense of humour usually wins through and that certainly is the case with The Pirates! Band of Misfits. This also marks a return to form for the studio as they have returned to their stop motion roots, incorporating CG animation for some of the special effects only.

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The Beaver: A film review

 - Vancouver, British Columbia - The Beaver has been called Mel Gibson's swan song by some, but the truth of the matter is that it wouldn't be the first time that this has been said of a picture in which Gibson was involved. Mel Gibson is a very talented actor and filmmaker, whose abilities have largely been disregarded because of his personal problems. However, in The Beaver, we see Gibson bring a fascinating portrait of man with his own personal problems, and no, Gibson is not doing an Eminem and merely acting out his own life.

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