This is an interesting look at the Life and Times of car customizer/cartoonist Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. Through the use of many graphically enhanced photographs and "talking" cars, it is a loving look at the car culture in Southern California from the Early 50's to Ed's Passing in 2001.
Ali's life in Canada as a newcomer is shaken when his naive cousin Omid arrives unexpectedly from overseas. His arrival sets off a tide of misadventures threatening to cost him his cherished ambitions and driving him to wits end.
In the midst of a future-past world, frantic preparations for an elementary school music recital are underway in a theatre building crumbling due to the reverberations of a far-off battle.
A talented shrimp chef with an ego that outweighs his tiny body carries out his vendetta against a certain culinary inclined rat which puts The Shrimp’s human puppet at risk of deportation.