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Madagascar (2005)

Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller) lives in the zoo and has never known any other life. He is the star of the show and loves the way that the crowds gather around to watch him ferociously roar and strut his stuff. Each night, the zoo staff brings his steak on a silver platter, and he couldn’t be more pleased with life. His best friend Marty (Chris Rock) is a zebra with a desire to run free. He has a treadmill in his cage, but it’s not the same as taking off across the savannah. It’s Marty’s birthday, and all he … Continue reading →

Kung Fu Panda Coming to the Small Screen and Leno Preps to Say Good Bye

Go Po! “Kung Fu Panda” fans (and their parents) have reason to celebrate today. Nickelodeon is adding the high-flying, black-and-white bear to its afternoon line-up. The kids’ cable channel just announced that it plans to premiere “Kung Fu Panda: The Series” later this year. The show will be based on Po, the frisky martial arts panda, who starred in the hit 2008 animated film, “Kung Fu Panda.” Nickelodeon execs say the series’ 26 episodes will be animated in the same computer-generated process as the big-screen version. The decision to offer Po his own show was made following the success of … Continue reading →

Kids and Movies: How Young is Too Young?

My 4-year-old daughter has been eagerly counting down the days until the release of “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.” We have the original on DVD, and frankly I’m surprised the movie’s images haven’t been permanently seared on our TV screen given the amount of times she’s watched it. The DreamWorks movie about Central Park Zoo animals that end up in Madagascar (and in the sequel—Africa) is age appropriate for children ages 3 and up (at least in my opinion), which is why I didn’t think twice about shelling out $15 to take my lion/hippo/zebra/giraffe/monkey/penguin/lemur-loving child to an actual movie theater to … Continue reading →

Kung Fu Panda (2008)

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Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman and some of the best animation to grace the screens in year. Welcome to Kung Fu Panda, DreamWorks’ latest addition to their animation library which features Shrek, The Bee Movie, Madagascar, Shark Tale and so many more. There can be little doubt that DreamWorks Animated SKG will boast a modern animated library to rival Disney. Kung Fu Fighting Panda Po (Black) is a clumsy, oversized panda who spends his time eating and working in his family’s noodle shop. He is an average ‘Po’ who daydreams of being a great Kung Fu Master. Imagine his … Continue reading →

Surf’s Up (2007)

Have you ever wanted to step outside the norm, accomplish something that no one thought you could? That’s Cody Maverick (Shia LeBeouf) for you. A penguin from Antarctica, he spends his time surfing on a board made of ice. His hero is Big Z, the world’s greatest penguin surfer, who died in a freak surfing accident some time before. When talent scouts come looking for new blood to compete in the Big Z Memorial competition, Cody is eager to go. As the competitors travel to Pen Gu Island, where the contest is to take place, he makes friends with Chicken … Continue reading →

The Reef (2006)

Take a small orange fish who has been separated from his parents by persons in a boat who are carrying a net, and then add to the mix a long journey of discovery, and what do you get? “Finding Nemo,” right? Well, you would be right, but you’d also be right if you said “The Reef.” The two plots are pretty similar, except that in “The Reef,” it’s the parents who are taken in the net and the kid who’s left behind. Pi (voiced by Freddie Prinze Jr.) sees his parents scooped up in a giant net that captures hundreds … Continue reading →

A Bug’s Life (1998)

Flick the ant is an inventor. Always looking for a way to make the lives of the ants easier, he spends his free time coming up with things like a harvester so they won’t have to work so hard to get the precious grain they need. The problem, however, is that Flick is also a little bit accident prone, and his inventions tend to flop. His greatest wish in life is to impress Princess Atta, but it seems that all he can do is make a bigger fool of himself. Each year, the ants must gather an offering to the … Continue reading →

Hollywood Celebrity Gives Early Christmas Present to Alma Mater

Oh, to be a millionaire! Oh, to be the friend of a millionaire… or at least the recipient of a generous gift from a millionaire. The millionaire I am referring to is actress Jada Pinkett Smith and the recipient of her generosity is her high school alma mater, the Baltimore School for the Arts. Smith recently donated $1 million to the school and asked that administrators use the money to build a new theater and dedicate it to classmate Tupac Shakur, who was shot and killed in 1996. “It means a lot when you’re a teacher and your most famous … Continue reading →