The project began as a lark, an author’s hasty effort to write a children’s book manuscript for his artist friend to illustrate. Yet the resulting picture book, “The Story of Ferd… ...

Any picture book that a parent can read to kids in a few short minutes, no matter how delightful, requires fattening up to become a film. Sometimes Hollywood’s crassness kills the charm. Happily ...

This holiday season, there's all manner of conflict at your local movie theater — Jedis battling in the stars, Winston Churchill warring in Europe and Olympic athletes dueling on ice.

Any picture book that a parent can read to kids in a few short minutes, no matter how delightful, requires fattening up to become a film. Sometimes Hollywood’s crassness kills the charm.

Credits: Directed by Carlos Saldanha, with the voices of John Cena, Kate McKinnon, Jeremy Sisto, Bobby Cannavale, Raul Esparza, Jerrod Carmichael, Lily Day. Running time/rating: 1:46, PG for rude ...