Ben Stiller
1) Madagascar
Publisher
Dreamworks Pictures
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
The friendship between a New York City lion and zebra is tested when fate brings them out to the unforgiving wilderness in this computer-animated DreamWorks feature. Includes the Madagascar penguins' short A Christmas Caper.
"Brilliantly written, animated and performed, it not only bridges the child-adult divide, but also makes its kid-friendly humor smart in its own way."--Houston Chronicle.
"My hat's off to the directors. They've given us a funny...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
History is larger than life, and twice as funny, in this monumental comedy sequel. Larry Daley is a former night watchman at the Museum of Natural History, where the exhibits come to life after dark. Now Larry's nocturnal friends are being retired to the archives of the Smithsonian Institution, luring him back for a hilarious, all-out battle against museum misfits who plan to take over the Smithsonian, and the world.
"...has plenty of life. But it's...
Publisher
Dreamworks Pictures
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The animals leave the island in an old plane and find themselves landing in the wilderness of Africa. While discovering their roots they learn the differences between the concrete jungle and the heart of Africa. It's a great place, but not Central Park!.
"This is a brighter, more engaging film than the original 'Madagascar.'"--Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times.
"...ultra crisp computer animation, bright, sharp, somewhat clinical. "--Michael Phillips,...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Your favorite characters are back in their most hilarious adventure yet! Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria are on the run through Europe in this wildly-entertaining and outrageous comedy critic's call 'charming and very funny'! With the fame-loving King Julian and take-charge Penguins, the whole crew joins the circus to escape Captain Dubois of Animal Control.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Larry Daley is a divorced father who can't seem to keep a job for more than a week. He applies for a job at the Museum of Natural History and is assigned as a night guard. However, a seemingly easy job turns out to be an adventure when he finds that an ancient curse has caused the "inhabitants" of the museum to come to life.
Author
Language
English
Description
From the seed of historical truth that is the death of President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son Willie, George Saunders spins a "story of familial love and loss that breaks free of its realistic, historical framework into a supernatural realm ... Willie Lincoln finds himself in a strange purgatory where ghosts mingle, gripe, commiserate, quarrel, and enact bizarre acts of penance. Within this transitional state--called, in the Tibetan tradition,...