...screen version of the global hit stage musical "Mamma Mia!"

Well if this critic thinks it was justified as a "global hit" then Billy, I think your opinion of the movie may differ from his.

Not in the animated segments, but Mickey Mouse and the conductor talked to each other.

Thomas McCarthy's The Visitor, like his previous movie The Station Agentis an unconventional off-beat story about some fascinating (oddball?) characters. It shows transformational possibilities in the person of a middle-aged, dry, unsocial and unfriendly college professor who has an encounter with an illegal immigrant couple, a young man from Syria and a young woman from Senegal. What happens between them is told with humor and pathos. Richard Jenkins (the dead father from Six Feet Under) gives an outstanding performance. Very enjoyable movie.

......I noticed there was alot more SOUND......booms and whooshes.....especially when the spaceship landed. Almost like it was trying to be an action movie. I would need to see it with a kid......and know what that perspective is... (can't wait for yambu's report)......

leopold stokowski

Whose real name was Leo Stokes. Seriously.

I didn't know that was his original name, I thought it was Stokowski, because the name was changed to Stokes and then he changed it to Stokowski later in life. I was under the impression that Stokowski was the original name and he just changed it back to the original, but I'm sure that Wiki wouldn't invent that other difficult name.