By Christy Lemire
Associated Press
The animated “Astro Boy” is a shiny hodgepodge of “Pinocchio,” ‘’WALL-E,” ‘’Oliver Twist,” ‘’Gladiator” and “Superman,” with some obvious visual touches taken from “The Iron Giant.” As its own entity, though, it’s …

By BRUCE DANCIS
Scripps Howard News Service
You can take your Trigger, your Champion, your Silver and all the other television horses. For my money, the only TV horse worth his oats was the golden palomino, Mister …