Larry Mantle talks with KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein of Variety, Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com, animation critic Charles Solomon of amazon.com, and Claudia Puig of USA Today about the week's new films including "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa," "Role Models," "Soul Men," "The Boy In Striped Pajamas," "Ballast," "The World Unseen," and the documentaries, "Stranded," and "Dear Zachary."
Plus: It was a long journey and a long election season for Barack Obama and the nation. Larry is joined by Mark Barabak, political correspondent for The Los Angeles Times, for a look at some of the more profound, pivotal, and downright weird moments of campaign 2008.