Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2024

Happy New Year 2025 indeed, since it’s off to a “crackin’ good start’! And you’re no doubt wondering why? Well, premiering just 72 hours after the “ball drop” is the feature film return of one of the most beloved comedy teams on the planet. Now, it’s not another biopic set in Hollywood’s Golden Age ala Stan & Ollie nor a Farrelly Brothers follow-up to The Three Stooges. Mind you this duo has been entertaining audiences for over 35 years, starting with a couple of acclaimed shorts before making their first feature in 2017. Oh, did I not mention that they’re animated characters, rendered in clay? From “across the pond” it’s their full-length adventure from the artists of Aardman Animations Limited, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. Put the kettle on and bring out the cheese…

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