Paul Giamatti stars in “Barney’s Version,” the adaptation of the 1997 novel by the late Canadian writer Mordecai Richler, who is probably best known in this country for the movie “The Apprenticeship ...

Barney the singing-and-dancing TV dinosaur is cheerful and loving. He represents kindness, fun, discovery, safety and other worthy values. Little kids — particularly preschoolers — love him. Then why ...