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    Role Models; Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

    If Role Models is any barometer, the weekend weather’s going to be hot and humid. This is a quintessential summer comedy dropped into early November… Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa continues the sage of the animals who escaped from the Central Park Zoo and landed in the island nation of Madagascar. This time they try to return to New York aboard a rickety airplane piloted by penguins...

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    By Joe Morgenstern • Nov 8, 2008 • 4m Listen

    If Role Models is any barometer, the weekend weather’s going to be hot and humid. This is a quintessential summer comedy dropped into early November…

    Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

    Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa continues the sage of the animals who escaped from the Central Park Zoo and landed in the island nation of Madagascar. This time they try to return to New York aboard a rickety airplane piloted by penguins...

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