It’s funny when quite possibly one of the best movies released on a given day stars characters that are made entirely of clay. But if you’re not “into” that sort of thing, don’t worry. At least a couple of today’s new releases might be worth your hard-earned cash. *Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Director Nick Park’s first feature film was the cute and clever Chicken Run, but we love him more......

It has been years since we last ate at Thai Passion. No particular reason, except that perhaps we just don't think about it. Perhaps we live too close to Thai Kitchen and Madam Mam's. But last evening we decided to venture down to 7th Street for a little passion. Thai Passion, that is. Frodo greets us at the door, which is to say that Elijah Wood appears to have consented to a photograph with someone......

We know that Austin isn't a town that goes bat-shit over celebrities, but it is nice every once in a while to see one of the glamorous, glowing wonderbunnies from heaven wandering our streets, looking for a good place to get BBQ. Yesterday, Austinist bumped into Claire Forlani of the wildly opposite films, "Mallrats" and "Meet Joe Black." Sadly, she did not respond to repeated and desperate screaming of her name, so all we got......