Summary
Charlotte's Web, live-action/CGI children's-book adaptation, rated G, UA North, 471-3377, 3 chiles
Let me make this perfectly clear: I love pigs -- in a blanket. In fact, part of me firmly believes that the scent of sizzling bacon is the untapped future of the fragrance industry. Given my pork-loving proclivities, I half expected that Paramount Pictures' live-action/ CGI version of Charlotte's Web would offer nothing more than a polemic-riddled Hollywood tutorial on vegetarianism (see Babe). Happily, I was wrong. If it's any consolation to herbivores, no ham sandwiches were harmed during the writing of this review.See the full content of this document
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Arachnophilia
Director Gary Winick (13 Going on 30) and screenwriters Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich) and Karey Kirkpatrick (Over the Hedge) honor E.B. White's children's classic with very few sidesteps, leaving intact an endearing animal tale focused on the meaning of friendshi...
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