Pop culture talking points for the week of March 30
By Deborah Netburn Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
We’ll talk about: Walden Media. “Nim’s Island” comes out this week, starring Jodie Foster and Abigail Breslin. We’re not that interested in the film (Foster as a scaredy-cat novelist feels wrong — we kept thinking it was Helen Hunt in the trailer), but we are interested in the furious pace with which these Walden Media films have hit theaters. It’s furious! (Friday)