‘Mr. Popper’s Penguins,’ a modern adaptation of a children’s classic

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Based on the 1938 children’s book of the same name, “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” resembles little of the classic many of us read as elementary school students. Screenwriters Sean Anders and John Morris transform Tom Popper, the small town house painter that authors Richard and Florence Atwater created, into a highly Read More…