On Tuesday night the kids and I went to see the Wallace and Gromit feature, “The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.” It was funny, and particularly punny, not to mention incredibly well made as a piece of top-notch stop-motion animation. Nick Park and his crew clearly went all-out, even to the point of doing a fine job on the fur effects.

This afternoon Kyla and I saw “Serenity.” (Not being die-hard Firefly fans, neither of us had a burning need to do so before this point.) It was about what I expected, and even a bit better than, truth be told. I wouldn’t say it was a great movie through-and-through, but it was wholly serviceable and generally transcended the genre trappings through a mixture of snappy dialogue and clever visuals.

I wholeheartedly recommend catching either or both of these movies while they’re still in theaters. ‘Nuff said.