Aardman hits a gnome run Times-Standard [Video]

For years, before the stop-motion animation wizards of England’s Aardman Animations introduced themselves to a mass audience with the feature film “Chicken Run” in 2000, they had been delighting fans with award-winning short films starring the mild-mannered duo of British inventor and cheese lover Wallace and his faithful dog, Gromit.

The pair of unassuming heroes made it to the big screen themselves in 2005’s “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,” a well-received spoof of monster movies.

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About a year after the enjoyable feature film “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” debuted in these parts on Netflix, we’re getting another Aardman flick landing on the streaming platform: “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.”

The delightful romp is less a sequel to “Were-Rabbit” and more a follow-up to our favorite of their charming adventures, 1993’s “Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers.”

The …