BEST OF 2008: GLOBAL STARS -- MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA: BEST ANIMATED FILM

I confess I didn't like the first Madagascar film, except for the times when Sacha Baron Cohen's King Julien appeared n screen.

But the second Madagascar film -- is a great second helping indeed! It is a case of the sequel being better than the first one. Madagascar 2 is funny, cheeky and engaging and it has the level of irreverence that the Dreamworks studio is so famous for (remember the first Shrek film?).

And the additional voice talents like Alec Baldwin (Makunga), Will.I.Am (Moto Moto) -- are insired choices indeed!

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is the perfect antidode to the sterile and nauseating animation that Pixar keeps churning out from its production line.