“Madagascar” is an excellent film for kids. But for me, it didn’t get exciting until the lion found his wild side.For kids, I’m sure the first half of the movie is just as interesting as the second.

Since the quartet of ass-kicking, wisecracking penguins appeared and captivated audiences in “Madagascar” and its subsequent sequels, the franchise has never been about the four main animals – Alex ...

“Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted” is a riot of splashy colors, silly 3-D gimmicks, big, broad kid-friendly gags – and those professionally pesky penguins. And for adults, there’s the charming ...

Synopsis: "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa": Alex, Marty, Melman, Gloria, King Julien, Maurice and the penguins and the chimps find themselves marooned on the distant shores of Madagascar. In the face of ...

For a movie that's more paint by numbers than Picasso, "Penguins of Madagascar" begins with something completely unexpected: a Werner Herzog voiceover. Parodying his own work and documentary films' ...

Tom McGrath has discovered that kids believe Skipper, the tough, no-nonsense penguin he first voiced in the 2005 animated hit “Madagascar,” is real. “That is the curse of being a voice,” says McGrath, ...

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For a movie that's more paint by numbers than Picasso, "Penguins of Madagascar" begins with something completely unexpected: a Werner Herzog voiceover. Parodying his own work and documentary films' ...

Blame it on lowered expectations for the umpteenth cartoon starring those commando penguins from “Madagascar,” overexposed little darlings who stole all those movies and went on to star in their own ...

First thing’s first: Marty the zebra in the Madagascar video game may sound like Chris Rock, but it’s not. Next: The “Everyone 10+” rating may say this game is for everyone 10 or older, but it’s not.

The simplicity of the original “Madagascar” – New York zoo animals out of their element in, gasp, the wild – was easy for kids to get and New Yorky enough for adults to appreciate, so the original ...

When Ben Stiller and Chris Rock were first asked to become a talking lion and a cartoon zebra, neither had toddlers to impress or PTA colleagues to please. Stiller was busy strutting down fashion ...