WALLACE & GROMIT: A MATTER OF LOAF & DEATH (DVD Review) - 29/3/09

Recently shown at Christmas I must admit I did not really like this story - It wasn't in the previous vein of the preceding short films and came across rather dark. Then again it does have all the Wallace & Gromit subtle touches like the superb animation and techniques, the intensely detailed backgrounds and modelwork and of course the 'blink-and-you'll-miss-them' in-jokes and sight-gags. The DVD also has a nice localised feel to it with the Special Features in the form of "When Wallace Met Harvey" an advert feature for Harvey Nichols set in Bristol where Aardman is based. It also runs to a Commentary & Making Of with a Picture Gallery plus a Playable Game Demo and Trailers for Shaun The Sheep and it's spin-off Timmy Time (Unfortunately this production is REALLY aimed at children under 5 and the animation is pretty dreadful - Certainly not the quality of Shaun or W&G!)

Wallace & Gromit have set up a brand new Bakery at home. Thick as ever Wallace falls for the dubious charms of Piella Bakewell whilst as usual Gromit suspects something is not quite right? Throw in the usual film homages to numerous films and some quick fast action sequences to neatly tie up a pretty flawless 30 minutes (Apart from the script!)