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ii MOVIES A V. 3T -J i C5 U)TJN IJKUADWA In Association with APIMOKH Productions Promlly Presents Video Review VeggieTalei hero cuke off on new adventures A 'B rsemc mit and 1 r1 2 C5 Directed by Gordon Levine '--Saturday Sunday Sunday. MAY4.11&18 May 19 --Ticket Prices: $12.00 Adults $8.00 Students performances held in the Theatre at THE SUNRISE JEWISH CENTER I nasty, hairy, angry eyebrows that have attached themselves to everyone. Because of the eyebrows, everyone is angry at someone or about something, and nobody lets go of the anger. That gives Alvin an edge, power and control.

Only Larryboy, apparently, can make things right. not fighting crime, the hero is Larry the Cucumber, the humble janitor at The Daily Rumble, the local newspaper. BY SCOTT BLAKEY VIDEO CORRESPONDENT With sly nods to comic book characters of the 1930s and the so-called golden age of animation, the studio that served up VeggieTales debuts Episode One this month of a new series starring its all-around hero, Larryboy. Who could ask for anything Larryboy and the Angry Eyebrows (Big Idea Productions, 2002, animation, color, 30 minutes, not rated, til ill "4099 NTPine Island Road For further Information please call 954-T47-7589 Visit us on our website at www.Browaraonproaoway.uum Other characters include the editor, Bob the Tomato; pho-toffraoher Vicki Cucumber, cub reporter Junior Asparagus, and Larryboy vaiet ana conn dant, Archie. I arm sometimes chafes un der his dual life.

In a moment of frustration, he complains to Archie: "I'm tired of being a janitor. I'm a superhero, for Pete's Tut-tut, says Archie. Being a riismiised superhero and work ing at the newspaper "keeps vnnr finder on the pulse of Bumblyburg and it's the only job you were qualified fnr This takes into account iiwiriiliin il i Iliumi imu mi --qmmmmmmmmMaiiiiurmmmi -m' 3 I I a. a Tmz3 I a I 1 1 it .1 i. I the Cuke's IQ, but overlooks the fact that a cucumber does not have arms and, hence, no fingers.

Nonetheless. Larryboy man ages with the help of some friends to convince folks to let go of their anger and pries the evil angry eyebrows off their brows including his own. Oh there ones the ending. available on DVD with added features for $19.99) isBiglde-as' first cartoon using traditional eel-animation. It is aimed at viewers age 4 to 11.

Larryboy made his first VT appearance in 1997 and became a star with two videos: Larryboy The Fib From Outer Space and Larryboy and the Rumor Weed. This latest outing is something of a breakthrough in reverse for the producers that pioneered the first computer-generated animation about a bunch of talking-singing vegetables on a direct-to-video cassette in 1993. There were some startled looks as well, when Big Ideas announced that VeggieTales were Christian tapes with themes promoting "Sunday Morning Values (through) Saturday Morning Fun" a tradition carried on in the new series. The Christian angle pretty well limited itself to the universal Golden Rule and with the exception of a line of scripture at the close of each video, VeggieTales turned out to be a very funny, innovative and quality product with straight-forward, if subtle messages. Creator Phil Vischer earned many awards and big, big bucks.

Well, here we go. Bumbly-burg and its vegetable voters are lucky: they have their very own crime-fighter. That, of course, would be Larryboy. Crime seems an unlikely happenstance in a town where everyone is nice, well-behaved and mild-mannered most of the time. But it is something of a magnet, too, for really bad dudes.

And Awful Alvin is one of them. Alvin has bad teeth and dreams of power. This wretch has socked peaceable Bumblyburg citizens with a dreadful plague: Unlike Batman's belt of trirW tools, or Superman's ray vision, Larryboy relies on his ears. Tnese resemDie plumber's helpers attached to bungee cords, in nHHition to the main fea tnr there is also a short sub ject titled, Fly by Might, in which the supernero ib num-bled by a tiny, pesky fly with reri eves. This is included on i fc x--m 1 3 "as iAt-n TPt HI 5 S.

both the video and the DVD versions. Fnr its die-hard fans. Veg gieTales has undertaken a live show that is touring me unucu States VepeieTales will be re leasing its first full-length theatrical release, Jonah, later this summer. Smtt Ttlakev writes for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, a division of inoune aieaia uiA ttn.