What's Going Down Movies In Her Shoes Starring Toni Collette, Cameron Diaz, and Shirley Maclaine. Straight-laced Rose (Collette) breaks off relations with her party-girl sister, Maggie (Diaz), over an indiscretion involving Rose’s boyfriend. The chilly atmosphere is broken with the arrival of Ella (MacLaine), the grandmother neither sister knew existed. October 7 ~~ The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Starring Wallace and Gromit Directed by Steve Box and Nick Park Wallace and his loyal dog, Gromit, set out to discover the mys- tery behind the garden sabotage that plagues their village and threatens the annual giant vegetable growing contest. October 7 The 24th Annual Vancouver Film Festival Hundreds of films screening all over downtown Vancouver in a large variety of categories from countries all over the world. There are many solid Canadian features, a second volley of doc- umentary features after last year’s plethora, and a significant fea- ture on Asian cinema in the Dragons & Tigers series. This is a must attend for any film fan, Go to www.vifforg or the festival box office on Granville at Georgia downtown for tickets. September 29-October 14 The Arcade Fire PNE Forum Oct. 7 @ 7PM Tix $31.50 available at Ticketmaster, Zulu, Scratch Coheed and Cambria Croatian Cultural Centre Oct. 11 @ 7PM Tix $23.50 available at Ticketmaster, Zulu, Scratch The Killers Pacific Coliseum Occ I @B0 Tix $31.50-$52 available at Ticketmaster and Zulu The Diary of Anne Frank ArtsClub Theatre Sept. 22-Oct. 23 Tix $24.75-59.50, call 604.687.1644 Campus Events The Amelia Douglas Gallery presents Boris Sichon’s col- lection of instruments from around the world. Featuring photographs by Ian Joyce Sept. 22-Nov. 5. Opening reception September 22 @ 2-5:30pm. For Gallery times, call 604.527.5495. Noon at New West presents Sukha Trio, featuring: Jared Burrows on guitar, Colin MacDonald on saxophone, and Clyde Reed on bass. Performing Arts Theatre Oct. 13 @ 12:30pm ase 10 Smith & Reeve at the movies, DVD Edition: Family Guy Presents Stevie Griffin: The Untold Story Iain Reeve, A&E Editor and Steph Smith, OP Contributor co \ ~ e tewie Griffin: Mein) (| Story | A straight to DVD chapter of the recently resurrect- ed and mind numbingly funny animated classic, Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story. The story, which is actually three episodes wedged together, revolves around the Griffin baby Stewie’s quest to find his real identity. Before long, Stewie finds himself sent to hell, the future, and to Condoleezza Rice’s 70s dorm room. All this to determine if this super-genius trapped in a baby’s body could really be the offspring of super- idiot Peter Griffin. Excitement she wrote! Reeve: Seeing as how Family Guy is the only show I can summon up the effort to watch every single week without fail, I could have given this puppy a passing grade without even cracking the cellophane wrapper. But, given my responsibility to deliver hard-hitting, impartial criticism to my readers, I labouriously opened up the wrapper and sat with my usual FG group for some good times. The first thing of note is that there is not much new here. It’s more or less three normal Family Guy episodes thrown together onto a DVD. It’s pretty easy to see where one episode ends and another begins though there is enough continuity to feign a continuous plot. The dialogue is punchy, witty, and just as socially vicious as any normal episode. Though the language is uncensored and some more brutal content slips in than would normally escape the cen- sor’s watchful eye. There is also an intro and outro that were crafted specifically to give the DVD enough running time to justify itself. There are, of course, some funny moments, but they feel just as tagged on as they are. I do adore the Griffins and their wacky adven- tures, though the entire act of taking three episodes and putting them together to milk another DVD release makes me feel somewhat dirty. For all its hilar- ity, Family Guy is quickly following the dark path of The Simpsons as far as levels of market whoredom. Not that you can blame a show that was brought back from the dead by DVD sales. This is a sure buy for FG die hards, a renter for casual fans, but offers nothing to lure in new fans. Smith: Rather than Smith and Reeve at the movies, it was more like the movies at Smith and Reeve’s. Basically we did not go to the movies this week but rather bought a DVD to watch. Who can pass up the opportunity to watch and review the Family Guy movie? Not me, that’s for sure. Anyway we took the DVD home, and unwrapped its shiny cling film, filled with anticipation and joy—just like at Christmas— and chucked it into the DVD Player. What we had was 88 minutes of sheer hilarity. It was like watching Family Guy on the TV, but bigger, better, and with many more sweats. The animation was the same as you would find on the TV show, as essentially it was a three-part episode put together into one. The three parts were initially scheduled for television release, but due to content and cancellation, it was shelved. With the success of the previous DVD releases, it was thought that a film would be a way to get the show out to the public. Of course, due to popular demand (and a few threats to the Fox Network) Family Guy was brought back. This film is full of mega-celebrity cameos as well. Drew Barrymore, the cast of Beverly Hills 90210, Michael Clarke Duncan, and many more lend their voice tal- ents to this movie. ‘There were moments of incredible humour, so much so that I had tears in my eyes at some points. As always, though, some of the jokes fizzled, or the reference was too obscure for my small brain to com- prehend. Most of the time the film hit right on, and I would go as far as to call it a laugh riot. My only complaint would be the special features on the DVD, or should I say complete and total lack thereof. As far as special features go, there was an uncensored audio track, as well as a censored one. There was also a feature length audio commentary, and some commercials for Family Guy Volume 3, as well as for American Dad. In the end, I think this film is worth every penny, and on a scale of The Simpsons season—whatever season number they are on now to The Simpsons season five—I give it a The Simpsons sea- son six.