As far as Jada Pinkett Smith is concerned, big is beautiful. In the ‘Madagascar’ movies, the actress’ alter ego, Gloria the hippo, might be a smidge over her ideal weight, but Pinkett Smith is proud ...

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (R) DreamWorks/Paramount (89 min.) Directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath. With the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer. Opens Friday ...

“Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted” is one of the fanciest, most carefully assembled cartoons ever put on the screen. The jokes come so fast they’re nearly subliminal. Plot points whiz by and when ...

Jada Pinkett Smith’s kids were some of her main motivations for starring in the 2005 animated feature. But she also did the film for the kid in her too. “I do it for my kids, but if I was a bit more ...

A plot point in "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" involves thirsty animals suffering through a drought. I know how they feel. Midway through this blase, gratingly loud cartoon, I was feeling parched, ...

Brecken Hunter Wellborn (he/him) is an educator and critic based in Dallas, Texas. He holds a Master of Arts in Critical Media Studies and teaches film studies. His writing and research areas include ...

The colony of penguins that took over the boat didn't concern Cindy Light as much as it did the lion, the zebra, the hippo and the giraffe. That's because the larger animals were tossed to and fro as ...

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is the rare sequel that rises above the original, and in this case it's able to rise over its title, too. The main characters from the first movie are all back, along with ...

A giraffe in love with a hippo, a zebra with an identity crisis, a lion desperate to win his newfound daddy?s respect ? the makers of ?Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa? could have plunked their heroes down ...

Madagascar lets the big questions about carnivore versus herbivore fall by the wayside in a successful rush for fun and visual entertainment, according to our movie reviewer. So "Madagascar" is ...