Can Polar Express Make the Grade?

By Ronald Grover

Years back, when I asked billionaire media mogul John Malone if he aimed to buy a Hollywood studio, he could scarcely contain his contempt. "If I wanted to gamble my money away, I'd go to the race track," he told me. He had a point. Making movies -- more than any other form of entertainment -- is a crapshoot. And every so often, Tinseltown risk-takers roll the dice with stunning abandon.

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