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Voilà!...Ratatouille is served

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Movie Review by Maegan-Leigh Jacobs   Picture Sourced: ratatouillemovie.net  Brad Bird - the producer and director of Ratatouille, along with Pixar Animation Studios are proving to be an unbeatable combination. Heroes with impossible dreams are what movies are made of and that is exactly what is depicted in this fun, family comedy. The film stars the voices of Patton Oswalt as Remy; a country rat with an exceptional sense of taste and smell who wants to be a chef in Paris. Lou Romano who voices Alfredo Linguini is a clumsy human who is new to the staff at top chef Auguste Gusteau’s restaurant as the garbage boy who befriends Remy. Ian Holm as Skinner, the head chef of Auguste Gusteau's restaurant; Janeane Garofalo as Colette Tatou, an employee at Gusteau's restaurant and the staff's only female chef. Peter O'Toole as Anton Ego, a restaurant critic; Brian Dennehy as Django, Remy's father and leader of his clan; Peter Sohn as Emile, Remy's older brother; and Bra...

POOR COMMUNITIES FACE CHALLENGES WITH INCREASING FOOD PRICES

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 Maegan-Leigh Jacobs Picture Sourced: Maegan-Leigh Jacobs, Hanover Park Since the COVID-19 outbreak took its toll on the nation, many households have been struggling to make ends meet and put food on the table every day. With so many people who have lost their jobs during the nationwide lockdown put in place by government; it has been a challenging time for many households to have access to food as the prices of basic goods continue to rise in local supermarkets. It is no secret that every human need adequate access to food everyday to survive. Throughout the lockdown period the number of homeless adults and children going door to door asking for food has increased. Due to less cars being on the road, less people leaving shopping malls and restaurants, their usual roadside begging; where they made enough money to buy something to eat, had to resort to going directly door to door because most of the nation was staying home. Some non-profit organisations, churches, mosques and yout...