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Denzel Washington is shown in a scene from "Safe House." (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Jasin Boland)

Spycraft practitioners on brilliant display in 'Safe House'

He must have joined "The Agency" with an eye toward excitement, exotic locales and danger. But in Capetown, a backwater as far as foreign intrigue goes, agency newcomer Matt Weston is stuck -- a one-man show, running a never-used "safe house" in the C.I.A.'s real-estate portfolio. Until the day he plays host to America's "most notorious traitor."
February 10, 2012 12:10 AM
From left, Luis Guzman, Vanessa Hudgens, Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne Johnson and Michael Caine are shown in a scene from "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Ron Phillips)

Leave Verne behind for a mindless 'Journey'

There's little mystery about "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island." This 3-D sort-of sequel wears its formula-for-dollars purpose with pride, delivering a dash of cinematic nonsense that represents Hollywood calculation at its shrewdest and most shameless.
February 10, 2012 12:05 AM
In this image released by Universal Pictures, the Lorax, voiced by Danny DeVito, is shown in a scene from the animated film, “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax.” The film is going green, and not only with green eggs and ham. (AP photo)

Forget the Happy Meal: 'Lorax' gets green tie-ins

The Lorax, perhaps the most famous anti-industrial crusader from children's literature, is about to become a big-time corporate spokesman.
February 9, 2012 12:05 AM

Superheroes ready to flex box-office muscle

Hollywood is respecting the environment and recycling -- again. The prospect of a few dozen sequels, prequels, remakes and assorted other reworkings of familiar tales might sound tiresome until you look over the guest list studios have lined up.
February 5, 2012 12:30 AM
>Drew Barrymore stars in “Big Miracle,” based on a true story about the rescue of a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle. (AP/Universal Pictures)

Whale of a tale

In last year's "A Dolphin Tale," Ashley Judd, Harry Connick Jr. and Morgan Freeman saved the dolphins. Now, in "Big Miracle," Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski and Dermot Mulroney save the whales. Somewhere, the manatees are thinking, "What about us?"
February 3, 2012 12:05 AM

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