Wallace And Gromit - A Matter Of Loaf And Death (DVD)

Twenty years after the first appearance of Wallace's cheese obsession and the eyebrow-raises that, in my house at least, gave rise to the expression "doing a Gromit", the Man-and-his-Dog pair returned on Christmas Day 2008. Although only three years since their feature-length debut in Curse of the Were-Rabbit, this is their first TV Short since A Close Shave in 1995. For those who haven't come across any of the previous four outings, the premise quickly becomes familiar. In an unnamed Northern English town, Wallace and Gromit are amateur inventors who also turn their hand to whatever entrepreneurial enterprise takes their fancy. Gromit is comfortably ...  Read the complete review

The wide-mouthed Lancashire inventor and his mute, semi-anthrophomorphic pooch are back, and not before time! It's always exciting news when a new Wallace and Gromit feature is in the making. Having been a fan since the first, it's well known that they take an enormous amount of time and effort to make, and as such, always are meticulously planned and perfectly scripted. Traditionally, each one is loosely based on a particular film genre, this one taking a stab (heh) at the murder mystery genre. As usual, Wallace has changed his business direction, and W&G's house has been converted into a bakery, complete with it's own windmill extension on ...  Read the complete review

WHAT IS IT ABOUT: Wallace and Gromit are back, and working in the bakery trade, but a recent spat of baker murders has them on edge. Oh, and Wallace falls in love with the face of "Bake-O-Lite". This 29 minute short is a British animation from Nick Park. The episode aired on Christmas day on the BBC. IS IT ANY GOOD: This is the first Wallace and Gromit short since 1995's A Close Shave, and I have to say I expected more. Like many, I really enjoyed the early ones, with their back to basics plasticine appeal, but nothing has moved on in this latest outing. The animation is a joy to watch, as it goes back to the old school of ...  Read the complete review

A Matter of Loaf and Death ========================== This time Wallace and Gromit appear as Bakers in the world of bun puns and bread related jokes. Wallace falls for one time Bakerlite girl, Piella Bakewell. Unfortunately Wallace is sometimes a slice short of a loaf ad it turns out Piella is hiding a deadly secret. Gromit soon comes to feel something is not quite right and attempts to thwart Piella As she tries to bump Wallace off. Gromit will really have to use his loaf to get through this one. She is after her full 'bakers dozen' and she will not let Gromit get in her way of slicing and dicing Wallace. There are the usual W ...  Read the complete review

Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death'. ============================== Introduction. ************* The dynamic duo are back as bakers with a slice or two short of a loaf. The Movie. ************* It all starts with the murder of a baker who is battered with his own rolling pin and ends up face down in his own dough. Wallace has of course a love interest, Piella Bakewell. Whilst Gromit hovers in the background trying to hold together some sort of sanity in this madcap world in which they both live. They play bakers who are quite obsessive about bread, with of course the cheese still hovering in the ...  Read the complete review